Netherlands: Corporate Governance/Investor Accountability Coordinator

[FabianPattberg]

Corporate Governance/Investor Accountability Coordinator
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Competitive
Full-Time
Immediate

Description

The CtW Investment Group, part of the Change to Win federation of seven unions representing nearly six million workers in the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico, seeks an experienced Corporate Governance/Investor Accountability Coordinator to work as part of a Change to Win team in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

The CtW Investment Group supports efforts by trustees and their pension funds to be responsible active owners. The CtW Investment Group believes in active ownership , strong corporate governance, and responsible investment practices across all asset classes: public equity, private equity, hedge funds, and real estate. Active ownership enhances the returns of long-term investors, especially worker-owner funds that are broadly diversified across the whole market.

The CtW Investment Group supports regulatory and investor initiatives to ensure independent and accountable directors, reasonable executive compensation, and sound environmental, human resource and other business practices.We have developed a specialized focus on large corporate transactions, which we believe too often destroy value for investors and other stakeholders while enriching company insiders. Our past initiatives have secured improved terms for shareholders at companies including Lafarge North America, CVS/Caremark, Heinz, and Gold Kist.

Members of CtW affiliated unions participate in public and private multi-employer pension funds with approximately $1.5 trillion in assets.
The Corporate Governance/Investor Accountability position requires long work hours and extensive travel. Languages in addition to English are a distinct advantage. This position reports to the Director of the CTW team in Amsterdam and the Director of the CtW Investment Group.

The Amsterdam-based CtW Investment Group Corporate Governance/Investor Accountability Coordinator will have primary responsibility to:

• Work as part of a team with other Change to Win staff in Amsterdam.
• Work with the CtW Investment Group PDirector to plan, organize, direct and evaluate the CtW Investment Group Program in Europe.
• As required by the Director, assist in the recruitment of and supervise additional CtW Investment Group staff in Europe; supervise the work of consultants to the program.
• Develop relations, engage and collaborate with large European pension funds, their trustees, staffs and service providers.
• Develop relations with union leaders and staff who maintain relations with the pension funds that manage the retirement assets of their members and work with unions and non-governmental organizations to develop their own capacity to run active ownership initiatives
• Develop relations with the European investment managers who manage the assets of workers’ pension funds.
• Promote the adoption by pension funds and investment managers of responsible investment policies and proxy voting guidelines, and work to ensure the enforcement of these guidelines.
• Provide support to investment and owner initiatives by CtW affiliates that require the support of European pension funds, investment managers and unions
• Provide vision, critical thinking and leadership to the direction of the CtW Investment Group Program.
• Coordinate with CtW affiliates and programs and with counterparts at global union federations and allied organizations in support of CtW initiatives.
• Represent the CtW Investment Group Program in external forums and maintain relations with pension and related industry organizations and associations, experts, academics and the media.
• Perform other duties as assigned in support of the work of the Program.

Qualifications: University degree in economics, business, finance, labor relations or related field. Minimum of five years (5) of work experience in labor, political or public interest organizations; advocacy in the field of labor, finance or investment; and/or any combination of education and experience. Must have ability to think critically and analytically and use good judgment; ability to manage at own initiative, independent of all but necessary supervision by the CTW team Director in Amsterdam and the CTW Investment Group Director; ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing; ability to work with union leaders, elected officials, pension fund trustees and staff and senior executives of investment firms; and skill in the use of personal computers, including spreadsheet and presentation software, database management systems, and on-line information sources.

Competitive salary; excellent benefits.

Contact

Send resume, a writing sample and list of references by email to Rayshawn Alfaro-Pitts at rayshawn.alfaro-pitts@changetowin.org

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