Corporate Secretary Announces Finalists for Annual Corporate Governance Awards

Legal, governance and compliance excellence recognized, from rising stars to CSR

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Oct 03, 2011, 12:40 ET

NEW YORK, Oct. 3, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Corporate Secretary, the leading governance and compliance publication, is excited to announce the finalists for the Corporate Governance Awards 2011. This annual event recognizes the leading practices and companies in the corporate compliance, governance and legal community.

The governance and legal professionals selected have demonstrated excellence in fields ranging from mergers and acquisitions to the use of technology in governance and compliance. A full list of the finalists is provided below.

Highlights from this year's finalist selection process include:

Broad governance success: Prudential Financial is a finalist in three categories: corporate governance team of the year (large cap), best proxy statement and governance professional of the year (for Peggy Foran, chief governance officer, vice president and secretary).
Head-to-head match-up: KLA-Tencor and AGCO Corporation are finalists in the same three categories: corporate governance team of the year (small to mid-cap), best overall governance compliance and ethics (small to mid-cap) and governance professional of the year (small to mid-cap).
Repeat performances: Cisco and Kraft Foods, both winners in 2010, are finalists in 2011. Cisco won the award for best overall governance, compliance and ethics last year and is a finalist for corporate governance team of the year this time around. Kraft Foods won best legal team in an M&A transaction last year and this year is a finalist for best proxy statement and best overall governance compliance and ethics. Best Buy won the award for the best governance team of the year in 2010 and is in the running for most innovative CSR disclosure policy this year.
New possibilities: Corporate Secretary has introduced a new category: best overall governance – international.

In the coming weeks, the panel of judges will review the finalists and identify the winners, who will be celebrated on November 10, 2011 at the Corporate Governance Awards in New York City.

Matthew Scott, editor, Corporate Secretary

'This year we see several past winners of our awards earning finalist nominations in other categories. This shows their commitment to maintaining high standards of governance over the long term.

'With technology playing such a major role in improving the efficiency of corporations, we were compelled to offer a new award category that celebrates the innovative spirit of executives who use new technologies to improve governance and compliance at their companies.'

Learn more about the Corporate Governance Awards 2011 at http://www.CorporateSecretary.com/events/2011/corporate-governance-awards-2011/.

Corporate Governance Awards 2011 finalists

Governance professional of the year (small to mid-cap)

Brian Miller – AES Corporation
Debra Kuper – AGCO Corporation
Sarah Teslik – Apache Corporation
Brian Martin – KLA-Tencor
Stacey Geer – Primerica

Governance professional of the year (large cap)

Jay Martin – Baker Hughes
Thomas Larkins – Honeywell International
Cary Klafter – Intel Corporation
Neila Radin – JPMorgan Chase
Margaret (Peggy) Foran – Prudential

Corporate governance team of the year (small to mid-cap)

AGCO Corporation
KLA-Tencor
Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company
Pitney Bowes

Corporate governance team of the year (large cap)

Cisco
Dell
Prudential
PSEG
Visa

Best use of technology by a corporate secretary or general counsel

Christine Jones – Go Daddy
Cary Klafter – Intel
Doug Shia – Johnson & Johnson
George Long – PNC Financial Services Group
PSEG's office of corporate secretary

Most innovative CSR disclosure policy

Best Buy
Intel
Northern Trust
Pfizer
Raytheon

Best legal team in an M&A transaction

AES Corporation
Fasken Martineau DuMoulin (Gammon–Capital Gold merger)
NYSE

Best overall governance, compliance and ethics (small to mid-cap)

AGCO Corporation
KLA-Tencor

Best overall governance, compliance and ethics (large cap)

Graybar
Kraft Foods
Microsoft
Pfizer
Starbucks

Best proxy statement

GE
Intel
Kraft Foods
Prudential
Raytheon

Rising star

Monique Allaire – AVEO Pharmaceuticals
Christine Peaslee – Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company
Matt Lepore – Pfizer
Jason Mefford – Ventura Foods

Best overall corporate governance – international

Cisco Systems
Infosys
Royal Bank of Canada
TD Bank

About Corporate Secretary

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