Directors' College 2018
Abe M. Friedman
CEO & Founding Partner, CamberView Partners
Abe M. Friedman is the Founder and Managing Partner of CamberView Partners. CamberView advises boards and management teams of public companies on how to succeed with their investors in the context of shareholder activism and engagement. Prior to founding CamberView, Abe was a Managing Director at BlackRock where he served as the Global Head of Corporate Governance and Responsible Investment. Abe led a team of 18 professionals in six offices around the globe.
Prior to his role at BlackRock, Abe was the Global Head of Corporate Governance at Barclays Global Investors (BGI). Before joining BGI, Abe served as Chief Policy Officer and General Counsel for Glass, Lewis & Co., LLC, a corporate governance and proxy research firm. Abe joined Glass Lewis upon its founding and developed and led Glass Lewis’ proxy research business. Abe is a co-director of the Stanford Institutional Investor Forum, was appointed by Chairman Shapiro in 2009 to serve on the SEC’s inaugural Investor Advisory Committee, and was selected to the NACD Directorship 100 list of the most influential leaders in corporate governance in 2012, 2015, 2016, and 2017. Abe earned a JD, a Masters in Public Policy, and a B.A., with honors, in Political Science from U.C. Berkeley.
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