Keir Gumbs: "Governance Directly and Unequivocally Impacts Value."

Welcome to the Boardroom Governance Podcast. I’m your host, Evan Epstein. In this episode, I talk with Keir Gumbs, the Chief Legal Officer of Broadridge Financial Solutions, where he oversees the legal, compliance and physical security teams. Prior to joining Broadridge, Keir served as Deputy General Counsel and Deputy Corporate Secretary of Uber. Before Uber, he was a partner for nearly a decade at Covington & Burling. Prior, he served with the SEC for six years, where, immediately prior to joining private practice in 2005, he served as Counsel to SEC Commissioner Roel C. Campos. In this podcast, we talk about the Holder Report and corporate governance reforms at Uber, the state of corporate governance in Silicon Valley, from startup to public companies. We also address his current focus with Broadridge, and the state of proxy voting, proxy plumbing (tech and blockchain) and proxy contests, including incoming changes with the new universal proxy rules for director elections. In addition, we talk about boardroom diversity, the SEC’s enforcement agenda (including a discussion on the recent EY enforcement action) and how companies and boards need to address increasing politicization and polarization. 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