Profile
Dr. Martha L.
Carter is a Managing Director & Head of Global Research at Institutional Shareholder Services, Inc. In this role, she directs proxy voting research for ISS, leading a global research team that analyzes companies in over 110 markets around the world, provides institutional investors with customized research and voting recommendations, and produces studies and white papers on issues and topics in corporate governance.
In addition, she serves as Head of the ISS Global Policy Board, which develops the ISS Global Proxy Voting Policies.
Prior to joining ISS in 2002, Ms. Carter served as a Director in Listing Qualifications for The NASDAQ Stock Market.
Ms. Carter holds a Ph.D.
in Finance from George Washington University, an M.B.A.
in Finance from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, and undergraduate degrees in Mathematics and French from Purdue University.
Former positions of Martha L. Carter
| Companies | Position | End |
|---|---|---|
Institutional Shareholder Services, Inc.
 Institutional Shareholder Services, Inc. Investment ManagersFinance Institutional Shareholder Services, Inc. (ISS) is an investment research firm headquartered in Rockville, Maryland. The firm was founded in 1985 and is owned by Viss Intermediate LLC, which is ultimately held by Deutsche Börse AG (ETR: DB1) in Germany. ISS provides corporate governance and responsible investment solutions globally to other investment advisers, including investment advisers to investment companies, pension and profit-sharing plans, broker-dealers, asset owners, asset managers, banks or thrift institutions, hedge funds, trusts, estates, charitable organizations and other institutional investors, as well as law firms, and universities. The firm also provides data to third parties for use in thematic based indices. Their solutions include objective governance research and recommendations; responsible investment data, analytics, and research; end-to-end proxy voting and distribution solutions; turnkey securities class-action claims management provided by Securities Class Action Services, LLC (ISS SCAS); reliable global governance data and modeling tools; asset management intelligence, portfolio execution and monitoring, fund services, and media. | Analyst-Equity | 2015-08-31 |
Training of Martha L. Carter
| George Washington University | Doctorate Degree |
| Purdue University | Undergraduate Degree |
| The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania | Masters Business Admin |
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Institutional Shareholder Services, Inc.
Institutional Shareholder Services, Inc. Investment ManagersFinance Institutional Shareholder Services, Inc. (ISS) is an investment research firm headquartered in Rockville, Maryland. The firm was founded in 1985 and is owned by Viss Intermediate LLC, which is ultimately held by Deutsche Börse AG (ETR: DB1) in Germany. ISS provides corporate governance and responsible investment solutions globally to other investment advisers, including investment advisers to investment companies, pension and profit-sharing plans, broker-dealers, asset owners, asset managers, banks or thrift institutions, hedge funds, trusts, estates, charitable organizations and other institutional investors, as well as law firms, and universities. The firm also provides data to third parties for use in thematic based indices. Their solutions include objective governance research and recommendations; responsible investment data, analytics, and research; end-to-end proxy voting and distribution solutions; turnkey securities class-action claims management provided by Securities Class Action Services, LLC (ISS SCAS); reliable global governance data and modeling tools; asset management intelligence, portfolio execution and monitoring, fund services, and media. | Finance |
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