The Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu The leading online blog in the fields of corporate governance and financial regulation. Tue, 14 Jul 2026 11:32:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.8 https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/cropped-photography-4-e1706898544564-1-32x32.png Shareholder Engagement: A Director’s Guide to Building Investor Credibility and Confidence – The Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu 32 32 Shareholder Engagement: A Director’s Guide to Building Investor Credibility and Confidence https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/2026/07/14/shareholder-engagement-a-directors-guide-to-building-investor-credibility-and-confidence/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=shareholder-engagement-a-directors-guide-to-building-investor-credibility-and-confidence https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/2026/07/14/shareholder-engagement-a-directors-guide-to-building-investor-credibility-and-confidence/#respond Tue, 14 Jul 2026 11:32:05 +0000 https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/?p=182377?d=20260713192959EDT Posted by Matt DiGuiseppe, Gregory Johnson, and Ariel Smilowitz, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, on Tuesday, July 14, 2026
Editor's Note:

Matt DiGuiseppe is Managing Director, and Gregory Johnson and Ariel Smilowitz are Directors at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. This post is based on their PwC memorandum.

Introduction

Director–shareholder engagement is undergoing a fundamental shift. Since the beginning of 2025, changes in regulation, market structure, and investor behavior have made engagement more complex and increasingly more direct between directors and shareholders.

Investors are bringing a wider range of priorities and perspectives to their engagements with companies. Asset managers’ proxy voting is increasingly fragmented across teams, client-directed voting programs, and technology-enabled decision-making, with some investors relying on proprietary platforms, data, and AI tools to inform voting. These changes are resulting in more customized and less standardized voting approaches, making outcomes less predictable. In parallel, regulatory developments and heightened scrutiny of investor influence are reshaping how investors engage (see appendix).

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