Managing Director, PJT Camberview
Rob Zivnuska is a Managing Director at PJT Camberview, based in San Francisco. He advises clients on all aspects of corporate governance and shareholder engagement with a focus on shareholder activism, crisis situations and executive compensation matters.
Before joining PJT Camberview, Mr. Zivnuska served as head of the Americas Corporate Governance and Responsible Investment team at BlackRock. In that role, he managed all aspects of the corporate governance function for BlackRock’s equity investments in more than 5,000 companies based in North and South America. Mr. Zivnuska and his team were responsible for developing corporate governance policy, representing BlackRock in discussions with issuers, clients, and regulators and supporting global corporate governance efforts.
Prior to that, Mr. Zivnuska was a senior counsel in the BlackRock legal and compliance department. In that position, he advised the portfolio management group on governance matters and contributed to the development of novel investment products. Earlier in his career, Mr. Zivnuska was a corporate attorney with Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, where he counseled companies and investors on capital markets transactions, mergers, acquisitions, venture capital investments and corporate governance issues.
Mr. Zivnuska is a member of the State Bar of California. He holds a JD from Georgetown University Law Center and a bachelor’s degree, with honors, from the University of California, Davis.