Annual Members Meeting 2016

The ECGI Annual Members Meeting 2016 took place on 21 and 22 April 2016 in London, UK. The event comprised of a dinner, AGM, Lecture and Prize-giving ceremony.

Annual Lecture:

The annual lecture was delivered by Professor Francesca Cornelli, Professor of Finance and Director of Private Equity, London Business School. Professor Cornelli’s lecture, entitled “Are CEO’s Fired for Bad Luck?”, debated the accountability of senior corporate management and whether they always deserve the consequences of unfortunate events that may lead to their demise.

2016 Working Paper Prize-giving:

The Standard Life Investments Finance Prize was won by Professor Karl Lins, Professor Henri Servaes (both of London Business School), and Professor Ane Tamayo (London School of Economics) for:

Social Capital, Trust, and Firm Performance: The Value of Corporate Social Responsibility during the Financial Crisis (ECGI Finance Working Paper No. 446/2015) 

The Allen & Overy Law Prize was won by Professor Holger Spamann (Harvard University) for:

Monetary Liability for Breach of the Duty of Care? (ECGI Law Working Paper No. 300/2015)