We take a look at the day’s news, ESG trends and special situations. Mastercard (MA) ties executive bonuses to ESG goals. Ingevity (NGVT) is a discounted specialty chemicals story with an ESG twist.
CEO / CFO / Director Moves
Track latest CEO, CFO, and Director appointments and resignations across all US public companies
Boardroom Alpha Daily Read
We take a look at the day’s news, ESG trends and special situations. WindAcre increases its stake and opposes NSLN takeover bid. Activist Jana Partners brings lessons learned at ConAgra (CAG) to Treehouse Foods (THS). And other notable special situations.
Activist Alert: Treehouse Foods
Jana Partners is closing in (again) at Treehouse Foods (THS). Lessons learned from ConAgra give the activist an edge toward incremental improvements which should unlock value for the stock.
Boardroom Alpha Daily Read
We take a look at the day’s news, ESG trends and special situations. Management shakeup at Faraday Future (FIFE) is an all-too familiar story in the world of EV SPACs. Blackrock to be 75% net-zero aligned by 2030, and Jana closing in (again) at Treehouse Foods (THS).
Weekly Executive & Director Moves (Apr 15)
All the week’s director, CEO, CFO moves including Jorge Gomez joining as Chief Financial Officer of Moderna.
Weekly Executive & Director Moves (Apr 8)
Elon Musk joins the TWTR board, Shultz is already making changes at SBUX, and a new CEO coming in at KDP highlights this week’s moves.
Activist Alert: What Elon Musk Really Wants at Twitter
Elon Musk is now Twitter’s largest investor, possesses a board seat, and has a top 10 following on the platform itself. What happens when the world’s wealthiest private citizen gets involved in the battle over free speech?
Weekly Executive & Director Moves (Apr 1)
Fred Smith is retiring from FDX, Volta’s founders depart, Claure replaced at WE, and the rest of the week’s executive moves.
Activist Alert: Kroger is next in Icahn’s Animal Welfare Campaign
Kroger Co (KR) is the latest in Carl Icahn’s animal welfare push, as activist pushes for changes among its pork suppliers and to address a widening gap between worker and executive pay.
Activist Engaged Capital Looks to Follow Rent-A-Center Playbook at Quotient Technology
Chipping away at an entrenched board, Engaged Capital looks to be following a similar playbook that culminated in a successful buyout of Rent-A-Center in 2018.
Weekly Executive & Director Moves (Mar 25)
Janus Henderson (JHG) gets new CEO in Ali Dibadj while Cohen wins 3 board seats at Bed Bath and Beyond (BBBY).
Weekly Executive & Director Moves (Mar 18)
Schultz is back at SBUX, for now as Kevin Johnson steps aside. New CEO era at WING, Elon leaves Endeavor and the rest of this week’s exec moves.
Third Time’s a Charm: Schultz back from the Bench as SBUX Favorite Pinch Hitter
Kevin Johnson steps down as SBUX CEO, with Schultz returning on an interim basis once again.
Weekly Executive & Director Moves (Mar 11)
Board overhaul at Dollar Tree (DLTR) as settlement is reached with Mantle Ridge, and Jeff Ubben steps down from AppHarvest (APPH) highlight this week’s exec moves.
Weekly Executive & Director Moves (Mar 4)
It’s a new era at NextEra as longtime CEO Jim Robo steps down, TuSimple CEO resigns, and Craig Menear departs Home Depot.
Weekly Executive & Director Moves (Feb 25)
Christian Cocks starts at HAS, Sima Sistani to take over from Mindy Grossman at WW and all the week’s executive and director moves.
Weekly Executive & Director Moves (Feb 18)
Chamath makes a quick exit from SPCE, TradeWeb sees an end of an era, and all the week’s executive and director moves.
CEO / CFO / Director Resignations & Appointments | February 11, 2022
Big moves this week with Foley stepping down as CEO at PTON, HTZ appointing ex-Goldman CFO Stephen Scherr as CEO, and Peter Thiel leaving FB.
Peter Thiel Leaves Facebook Signaling its Fading Influence and Future
Thiel votes with his feet, suggesting Facebook’s influence over politics and culture is over for good. Will the remaining board be up to the task?
CEO / CFO / Director Resignations & Appointments | February 4, 2022
It was a busy week with over 20 CEO changes including WISH and WYNN. Lockheed Martin, Karat Packaging, and RumbleOn all get permanent CFOs.
CEO / CFO / Director Resignations & Appointments | Jan 28, 2022
A busy week in January for moves. New CEOs at Home Depot, Ball, Fluidigm, and others. New CFOs including at L3Harris Technologies and Genuine Parts. Plus all the new and departing directors.
CEO / CFO / Director Resignations & Appointments | Jan 21, 2022
Whitestone REIT (WSR)’s CEO is terminated and replaced by their CFO. XpresSpa (XSPA), Zymeworks (ZYME), and Cicor International (CIR) all get new CEOs.
CEO / CFO / Director Resignations & Appointments | Jan 14, 2022
Elastic’s CEO moves to CTO, Dana adds Icahn directors, STAG’s CFO gets promoted to CEO, Exelon losing board members to its spin-out Constellation, and all the other moves from the week.
CEO / CFO / Director Resignations & Appointments | Dec 31, 2021
For the last issue of 2021 we’re highlighting CEO and CFO moves that have either been announced in the past week or that are set to take affect as the year closes.
CEO / CFO / Director Resignations & Appointments | Dec 23, 2021
Darden and OppFi promote new CEOs from within and other notable CEO, CFO, and Director moves.