CorpGov would like to provide video highlights of the fourth annual Palm Beach CorpGov Forum held on Nov. 13-14, 2024 at the Palm Beach Lake Pavilion. The audience comprised more than 200 attendees including institutional investors, family offices/HNWIs, attorneys, investment bankers and key advisors.

The forum’s first day was dedicated to private equity and the topics included liquidity, credit, investment and industries like retail and fashion, media and entertainment, and EV, among others.

The second day focused on public companies and corporate governance with panels covering IPO readiness, 2025 proxy season, M&A, cross-border activism and industries like tech and hospitality, and more.

Watch the 2024 CorpGov Forum Highlights:

Speakers and Sponsors:

Jack Carlson, Founder and Creative Director, Rowing Blazers

Jason Cohen, CEO, MyBundle​

Mary Ellen Coyne, CEO, J.McLaughlin

Bradley Heppner, CEO, Beneficient​​​

Christine Schindler, Co-Founder and CEO, PathSpot​

Hooman Shahidi, CEO, EVPassport

Justin Kenna, CEO, GameSquare

Tim Hentschel, CEO, HotelPlanner and Meetings.com

Keith Rosenbloom, Founder, Cruiser Capital

Josh Harlan, Founder & Managing Partner, Harlan Capital​

Leonardo Anselmi, Partner, CFGI, a Portfolio Company of Carlyle & CVC

Jeanne Carr, Managing Director, Mackenzie Partners

Christine Carson, President and CEO, Carson Proxy

Casie Connolly, Head of Digital Communications, Edelman Smithfield

Jonathan Costello, Managing Partner, Devon Park Advisors​

Craig DeDomenico, Managing Director, Equity and Equity-Linked Capital Markets, Stifel​

Keil Decker, Partner, ICR

Seth Derdzinski, Managing Director, Bank of America Private Bank​

Cato Felán, Managing Partner, La Hoja Capital Partners​

Jonathan Feldman, Partner, Mergers & Acquisitions, Goodmans

John Ferguson, Senior Partner, Saratoga Proxy Consulting

Brendan Foo, Co-CEO and Co-Founder, Forward Risk

Andrew Freedman, Co-Managing Partner, Olshan Frome Wolosky

Chuck Garske, Senior Managing Director, Okapi Partners

Keely Gispan, Managing Director, ASC Advisors

Bruce Goldfarb, President and CEO, Okapi Partners

Ira Gorsky, Managing Director, Edelman Smithfield

John Grau, President, InvestorCom 

Mark Harms, Chairman and CEO, Global Leisure Partners

Taylor Ingraham, Partner,  ASC Advisors​

Rafique Jiwani, Vice President, Goldman Sachs Private Equity​

Arrun Kapoor, Managing Director, SJF Ventures

Christine Gagnon, Partner, EisnerAmper

Katie Keohane, Executive Director, Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation

Alex Knowland, Principal, Comvest Credit Partners

Adam Kommel, Shareholder Activism Development Lead, Bloomberg ​​

Ramey Layne, Partner, Capital Markets and M&A, Vinson & Elkins

Jonathan Lo, VP of Finance, EisnerAmper 

Shari Mager, Partner, National Capital Markets Readiness Leader, KPMG

​John Marchisi, National Director, SPAC Segment, Gallagher

Rebecca Kral, Partner, COO, Longacre Square Partners

Mary Matyas, COO, Ironbound Group

Hunter Stenback, Executive Vice President, Edelman Smithfield

Kelly McKenna, Director, Cliffwater

Mark Meltz, Former COO and General Counsel, Kinnate Biopharma

Patrick Murphy, Head of NYSE Market Making, GTS

Tad Nacheff, Head of Financial Sponsor Coverage – Capital Markets, NYSE

Ron Orol, Senior Editor, The Deal

Jim Palmiter, CEO, DragonGC

​​​Michael Partridge, Partner, Goodman

Seth Potter, Founder, Business Development, OpenWater

Nicholas Petruska, Partner, Vine Hill Capital Partners

Michael W. Robinson, Chairman and CEO, The Montgomery Strategies Group, former Chief ​Spokesman & Policy Director, The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ​​

Brad Ross, Partner, Goodmans 

Lou Schwartz, President, GameSquare

Rob Sender, Senior Director of Brand & Marketing, Dallas Cowboys

John Prince, Co-CEO,  HotelPlanner

Emma Sissman, Impact Investing, Goldman Sachs​

Jon Solorzano, Counsel – Environmental, Social & Governance, Vinson & Elkins

Brice Soucy, Principal, Argo Infrastructure Partners (Owner of Ice Energy)

Zach Swartz, Partner in the Corporate Real Estate Practice, Vinson & Elkins ​​

Michael Weiksner, Chief Technology Officer and Co-Founder, DragonGC

Jeff Welday, Head of Originations & Distribution, Beneficient

Steve Wolosky, Chair Emeritus, Olshan Frome Wolosky 

Christopher Young, Global Head of Contested Situations, Jefferies 

Rodnie Williams, Senior Managing Partner, Convergint

Paul Zederbaum, Private Equity Risk Advisors Practice Leader, McGriff​​

Jarrett Banks, Editor-at-Large, CorpGov, IPO Edge and PE Edge (Moderator)​

John Jannarone, Editor-in-Chief, CorpGov, IPO Edge and PE Edge (Moderator)

Contact:

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Editor@CorpGov.com

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