CorpGov would like to provide video highlights of the fourth annual Palm Beach CorpGov Forum held on Nov. 13-14, 2024 at the Palm Beach Lake Pavilion. The audience comprised more than 200 attendees including institutional investors, family offices/HNWIs, attorneys, investment bankers and key advisors.
The forum’s first day was dedicated to private equity and the topics included liquidity, credit, investment and industries like retail and fashion, media and entertainment, and EV, among others.
The second day focused on public companies and corporate governance with panels covering IPO readiness, 2025 proxy season, M&A, cross-border activism and industries like tech and hospitality, and more.
Watch the 2024 CorpGov Forum Highlights:
Speakers and Sponsors:
Jack Carlson, Founder and Creative Director, Rowing Blazers
Jason Cohen, CEO, MyBundle
Mary Ellen Coyne, CEO, J.McLaughlin
Bradley Heppner, CEO, Beneficient
Christine Schindler, Co-Founder and CEO, PathSpot
Hooman Shahidi, CEO, EVPassport
Justin Kenna, CEO, GameSquare
Tim Hentschel, CEO, HotelPlanner and Meetings.com
Keith Rosenbloom, Founder, Cruiser Capital
Josh Harlan, Founder & Managing Partner, Harlan Capital
Leonardo Anselmi, Partner, CFGI, a Portfolio Company of Carlyle & CVC
Jeanne Carr, Managing Director, Mackenzie Partners
Christine Carson, President and CEO, Carson Proxy
Casie Connolly, Head of Digital Communications, Edelman Smithfield
Jonathan Costello, Managing Partner, Devon Park Advisors
Craig DeDomenico, Managing Director, Equity and Equity-Linked Capital Markets, Stifel
Keil Decker, Partner, ICR
Seth Derdzinski, Managing Director, Bank of America Private Bank
Cato Felán, Managing Partner, La Hoja Capital Partners
Jonathan Feldman, Partner, Mergers & Acquisitions, Goodmans
John Ferguson, Senior Partner, Saratoga Proxy Consulting
Brendan Foo, Co-CEO and Co-Founder, Forward Risk
Andrew Freedman, Co-Managing Partner, Olshan Frome Wolosky
Chuck Garske, Senior Managing Director, Okapi Partners
Keely Gispan, Managing Director, ASC Advisors
Bruce Goldfarb, President and CEO, Okapi Partners
Ira Gorsky, Managing Director, Edelman Smithfield
John Grau, President, InvestorCom
Mark Harms, Chairman and CEO, Global Leisure Partners
Taylor Ingraham, Partner, ASC Advisors
Rafique Jiwani, Vice President, Goldman Sachs Private Equity
Arrun Kapoor, Managing Director, SJF Ventures
Christine Gagnon, Partner, EisnerAmper
Katie Keohane, Executive Director, Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation
Alex Knowland, Principal, Comvest Credit Partners
Adam Kommel, Shareholder Activism Development Lead, Bloomberg
Ramey Layne, Partner, Capital Markets and M&A, Vinson & Elkins
Jonathan Lo, VP of Finance, EisnerAmper
Shari Mager, Partner, National Capital Markets Readiness Leader, KPMG
John Marchisi, National Director, SPAC Segment, Gallagher
Rebecca Kral, Partner, COO, Longacre Square Partners
Mary Matyas, COO, Ironbound Group
Hunter Stenback, Executive Vice President, Edelman Smithfield
Kelly McKenna, Director, Cliffwater
Mark Meltz, Former COO and General Counsel, Kinnate Biopharma
Patrick Murphy, Head of NYSE Market Making, GTS
Tad Nacheff, Head of Financial Sponsor Coverage – Capital Markets, NYSE
Ron Orol, Senior Editor, The Deal
Jim Palmiter, CEO, DragonGC
Michael Partridge, Partner, Goodman
Seth Potter, Founder, Business Development, OpenWater
Nicholas Petruska, Partner, Vine Hill Capital Partners
Michael W. Robinson, Chairman and CEO, The Montgomery Strategies Group, former Chief Spokesman & Policy Director, The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
Brad Ross, Partner, Goodmans
Lou Schwartz, President, GameSquare
Rob Sender, Senior Director of Brand & Marketing, Dallas Cowboys
John Prince, Co-CEO, HotelPlanner
Emma Sissman, Impact Investing, Goldman Sachs
Jon Solorzano, Counsel – Environmental, Social & Governance, Vinson & Elkins
Brice Soucy, Principal, Argo Infrastructure Partners (Owner of Ice Energy)
Zach Swartz, Partner in the Corporate Real Estate Practice, Vinson & Elkins
Michael Weiksner, Chief Technology Officer and Co-Founder, DragonGC
Jeff Welday, Head of Originations & Distribution, Beneficient
Steve Wolosky, Chair Emeritus, Olshan Frome Wolosky
Christopher Young, Global Head of Contested Situations, Jefferies
Rodnie Williams, Senior Managing Partner, Convergint
Paul Zederbaum, Private Equity Risk Advisors Practice Leader, McGriff
Jarrett Banks, Editor-at-Large, CorpGov, IPO Edge and PE Edge (Moderator)
John Jannarone, Editor-in-Chief, CorpGov, IPO Edge and PE Edge (Moderator)
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