Responsible Investor – Canada’s Shareholder Association for Research & Education (SHARE) and Groupe Investissement Responsable (GIR) have joined forces to launch a single proxy voting service. The deal merges the voting services of both organisations, creating a new GIR. SHARE will own 30% of the new service, and will be part of the new GIR board of directors.
“Unity makes strength,” said Olivier Gamache, who will chair the board of the new GIR, after being the CEO of the original entity for 14 years.
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