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Global management team

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  Global Head of Georgeson

  Cas Sydorowitz

  Cas has more than 25 years’ experience in international investor relations and shareholder identification and has been with Georgeson since 1998. As responsible for Georgeson’s Global activism and M&A practice, he has been involved in the highest profile M&A and activist situations. Cas has a longstanding knowledge of Global proxy voting mechanics and key governance matters affecting issuers and shareholders globally. Having worked for several activists and against many more he has in-depth experience in how activists run their campaigns and the different stakeholders they look to influence in sensitive activist campaigns. Prior to joining Georgeson he had five years’ experience in international investor relations and shareholder identification. While honing his skills in the US, Cas has been in the UK since 2002.
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  Investor Engagement Global COO

  Domenic Brancati

  Domenic began working for Georgeson in the UK in 2000, and has since played major roles in some of the largest M&A transactions and proxy fights in UK, Europe, Asia and Australasia. Domenic is a trusted advisor to the firm’s clients on all matters relating to stakeholder engagement. He currently has responsibility for all Georgeson across UK/Europe and parts of Asia. Domenic had also spent time in Australia running the local Georgeson business.
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  CEO, Global Ownership Intelligence

  Laks Meyyappan

  Laks joined Georgeson in 2003. He has over 26 years industry experience and owns a Masters degree in Global Finance. He has been the deputy CEO of Japan Shareholder Services from 2005 to 2015, a joint venture between Computershare and Mitsubishi United Financial Group. He started his career as Junior Account Executive in 1990 at Morrow & Co. followed by Chase Mellon Shareholder Services, Corporate Investor Communications and Computershare. Currently Laks is the CEO of Australasia responsible for all Georgeson services across the region overseeing a global staff located across Australia and Asia.
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  Head of Continental Europe and Integration CEO Investor Engagement, Computershare

  Kirsten van Rooijen

  Kirsten joined the Computershare business in 2007 as an Account Manager at Georgeson in London. After relocating to the Netherlands, she led Georgeson’s Benelux team on numerous transactions, activist situations, and shareholder meetings for companies such as ASM International, ING Group, Philips, and Shell. She has had key involvement in a number of high-profile M&A transactions. In 2009, Kirsten took on the role of Managing Director Netherlands at Computershare, extending the local footprint and participating in various shareholder meetings, employee share plan roll-outs, and class action litigations. After her tenure in growing the Benelux business, Kirsten assumed responsibility for Computershare Shareholder Meetings globally within the company and was appointed the Head of Continental Europe, covering seven country organizations in 2022. Since the beginning of 2025, Kirsten has been leading the new Investor Engagement business in Computershare Issuer Services, integrating Georgeson with the recently acquired companies CMi2i and ingage.
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  CEO Investor Engagement, Computershare North America

  Aaron Bertinetti

  Aaron Bertinetti is the CEO of Investor Engagement at Computershare North America. Aaron has more than 17 years of experience in capital markets, investor relations and corporate governance. With deep expertise in the US market and a strong network across the investor landscape, Aaron will lead our North American teams in delivering strategic intelligence, software and advice for the directors and executives serving at our client companies. Before joining us, Aaron was Managing Director, Investor Relations and Head of ESG at JPMorgan Chase, as a trusted advisor for the C-Suite and Board. He previously led global research and corporate advisory at proxy advisor Glass Lewis, where he helped launch software solutions, including Meetyl, and engaged with thousands of Boards of listed companies on business strategy, financial performance, corporate governance, investor communications, ESG, activism, proxy contests and M&A.