Michael Herskovich is Global Head of Stewardship within the Sustainability Centre.

Michael was BNPP AM’s Global Head of Corporate Governance since 2009, responsible for implementing its stewardship policy, including proxy voting, issuer engagement and corporate governance analysis. Michael has played a key role in the development of its Global Sustainability Strategy, Governance & Voting policy, ESG ratings and SRI analysis.

He works closely with portfolio managers on proxy voting and engagement, a collaboration that will become even closer as we continue to strengthen the ties between investment teams and our stewardship activities.

His wider industry activity includes being a board member of the International Corporate Governance Network (‘ICGN’), Chair of the Corporate Governance Committee of the French Association of Asset Managers (‘AFG’) and Chair of the International Corporate Governance Committee of the Council of Institutional Investors (‘CII’).