Abe Friedman: "Investors Don't Care As Much About The Messenger As They Do About The Message."

In this episode, I talk with Abe M. Friedman, a Partner and Head of PJT Camberview, a leading shareholder advisory firm based in San Francisco. Abe joined PJT Partners through the acquisition of CamberView Partners in 2018. Abe founded CamberView in 2012 and served as its CEO through 2018. Before founding CamberView, Abe was Managing Director and Global Head of Corporate Governance and Responsible Investment at BlackRock. Prior to that role, he served in leadership positions, including Global Head of Corporate Governance, at Barclays Global Investors from 2005 until the company merged with BlackRock in 2009. In 2003, Mr. Friedman helped found Glass, Lewis & Co. and served as Chief Policy Officer and General Counsel. In this podcast, we talk about his entrepreneurial journey in corporate governance, the shift in the role of institutional investors and the state of play in shareholder activism. We also discuss the past proxy season, ESG, say-on-pay and regulations on climate and human capital management. We also discuss some of the governance challenges of private tech companies, the rise of private markets and much more. If you like this show, please consider subscribing, leaving a review or sharing this podcast on social media. You can find all the show notes on the website boardroom-governance.com and please feel free to subscribe to the Boardroom Governance Newsletter at evanepstein.substack.com