The board of directors of the Council of Institutional Investors (CII) has announced that Bob McCormick, a widely respected corporate governance expert, will succeed Amy Borrus as executive director after she retires June 30.
The appointment followed an extensive national search and selection process that began last fall, after CII announced Borrus’s retirement plans. Korn Ferry provided executive recruiting services.
McCormick has more than 25 years of experience working in various roles across the corporate governance community. He led the proxy voting team at Fidelity Investments for five years, then worked for more than a decade at Glass Lewis, where he was chief policy officer. From 2017 to 2021, he advised corporate executives and board members as managing director at PJT Camberview.
McCormick now serves in an advisory capacity at PJT Camberview and Third Economy and on the advisory boards of Columbia Law School’s Millstein Center for Global Markets an