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Matteo Tonello

Matteo Tonello

Matteo Tonello is a corporate governance and regulatory compliance expert with The Conference Board Governance Center in New York City. An international lawyer by background, Matteo has conducted for The Conference Board corporate law and risk management analyses and research in collaboration with leading corporations, institutional investors and professional firms. Also, he has participated as a speaker and moderator in educational programs on governance best practices.

Matteo is widely published on the subject of corporate governance, business ethics and compliance. Recently, he advised the Italian Commission of Study on Corporate Transparency, established by the Ministry of Finance, about the effects of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act on foreign private issuers, and contributed to the drafting of the two final reports by the Commission. A new securities law enacted by the Italian Parliament in December 2005 was largely based on the Commission's findings and related recommendations.

Before joining The Conference Board, Matteo Tonello practiced corporate law at Davis Polk & Wardwell. He received a Master of Laws degree from Harvard Law School (1997) and a J.D. from the University of Bologna (1994). He also earned a S.J.D. from the St. Anna Graduate School of the University of Pisa (Italy) (1998) and was a Visiting Scholar at Yale Law School (1997).

Publications by Matteo Tonello:

Research Reports
The 2009 Institutional Investment Report
The Role of the Board in Turbulent Times: Leading the Public Company to Full Recovery
Corporate Governance Handbook: Legal Standards and Board Practices (Third Edition)
Directors’ Compensation and Board Practices in 2008
Hedge Fund Activism: Findings and Recommendations for Corporations and Investors
Assessing the Climate for Enterprise Risk Management in India
Reputation Risk: A Corporate Governance Perspective
Corporate Governance Handbook 2007: Legal Standards and Board Practices
Emerging Governance Practices In Enterprise Risk Management
The Role of U.S. Corporate Boards in Enterprise Risk Management
Revisiting Stock Market Short-Termism

Executive Action Reports
The Role of the Board in Turbulent Times... CEO Succession Planning
The Role of the Board in Turbulent Times: Avoiding Shareholder Activism
The Role of the Board in Turbulent Times: Overseeing Risk Management and Executive Compensation
Defining Corporate Governance Best Practices to Add Firm Value

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