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, 25 Aug 2026 11:32:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.10 https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/cropped-photography-4-e1706898544564-1-32x32.png Seven Questions Boards Should Ask After the 2026 Proxy Season – The Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu 32 32 Seven Questions Boards Should Ask After the 2026 Proxy Season https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/2026/08/25/seven-questions-boards-should-ask-after-the-2026-proxy-season/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=seven-questions-boards-should-ask-after-the-2026-proxy-season https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/2026/08/25/seven-questions-boards-should-ask-after-the-2026-proxy-season/#respond Tue, 25 Aug 2026 11:32:32 +0000 https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/?p=183439?d=20260824162444EDT Posted by Lee Henderson and Jamie Smith, EY, on Tuesday, August 25, 2026
Editor's Note:

Lee Henderson is the Center for Board Matters Leader and Jamie Smith is the Center for Board Matters Director at EY. This post is based on their EY memorandum.

The proxy landscape is becoming more complex and less predictable.

In brief

  • Regulatory and stewardship shifts are making investor signals harder to read and proxy voting outcomes harder to predict.
  • Boards may need to evaluate whether their oversight structures and disclosures reflect growing expectations around AI governance.
  • Directors should reassess investor engagement strategies, governance practices and board readiness for a rapidly evolving environment.

Headline voting results from the 2026 proxy season reflect relative calm: continued high support for directors, hardly any failed say-on-pay votes and a sharp decline in shareholder proposals reaching the ballot. Yet those results mask a more complex reality.

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