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Dr. Chris Cernich is Deputy Director of Global Research at Institutional Shareholder Services, Inc. He joined the firm as Head of M&A and Proxy Contest Research, and in January 2015 became Deputy Director of Global Research.
He oversees analyses and vote recommendations for high profile and contentious mergers and proxy contests globally.
Prior to joining ISS in June 2010, Mr. Cernich was Director of Mergers & Acquisitions and Quantitative Analysis at Proxy Governance, Inc. His previous management experience includes eight years in corporate finance and strategy at the Ford Motor Company.
Mr. Cernich holds an MBA in Finance and Strategy from the University of Michigan and a PhD in American Literature.
Former positions of Chris Cernich
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|---|---|---|
Institutional Shareholder Services, Inc.
 Institutional Shareholder Services, Inc. Investment ManagersFinance Institutional Shareholder Services, Inc. (ISS) is an investment research firm headquartered in Rockville, Maryland. The firm was founded in 1985 and is owned by Viss Intermediate LLC, which is ultimately held by Deutsche Börse AG (ETR: DB1) in Germany. ISS provides corporate governance and responsible investment solutions globally to other investment advisers, including investment advisers to investment companies, pension and profit-sharing plans, broker-dealers, asset owners, asset managers, banks or thrift institutions, hedge funds, trusts, estates, charitable organizations and other institutional investors, as well as law firms, and universities. The firm also provides data to third parties for use in thematic based indices. Their solutions include objective governance research and recommendations; responsible investment data, analytics, and research; end-to-end proxy voting and distribution solutions; turnkey securities class-action claims management provided by Securities Class Action Services, LLC (ISS SCAS); reliable global governance data and modeling tools; asset management intelligence, portfolio execution and monitoring, fund services, and media. | Director of Research - Equity | 01/09/2016 |
Training of Chris Cernich
| University of Michigan | Doctorate Degree |
| Marquette University | Undergraduate Degree |
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Institutional Shareholder Services, Inc.
Institutional Shareholder Services, Inc. Investment ManagersFinance Institutional Shareholder Services, Inc. (ISS) is an investment research firm headquartered in Rockville, Maryland. The firm was founded in 1985 and is owned by Viss Intermediate LLC, which is ultimately held by Deutsche Börse AG (ETR: DB1) in Germany. ISS provides corporate governance and responsible investment solutions globally to other investment advisers, including investment advisers to investment companies, pension and profit-sharing plans, broker-dealers, asset owners, asset managers, banks or thrift institutions, hedge funds, trusts, estates, charitable organizations and other institutional investors, as well as law firms, and universities. The firm also provides data to third parties for use in thematic based indices. Their solutions include objective governance research and recommendations; responsible investment data, analytics, and research; end-to-end proxy voting and distribution solutions; turnkey securities class-action claims management provided by Securities Class Action Services, LLC (ISS SCAS); reliable global governance data and modeling tools; asset management intelligence, portfolio execution and monitoring, fund services, and media. | Finance |
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