Cohen & Steers Appoints Karen Wilson Thissen to Board of Directors
Cohen & Steers appointed Karen Wilson Thissen, General Counsel and Secretary of General Mills, Inc., as an independent director effective immediately, increasing the Board to 11 directors. She also joined the Audit, Compensation, and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committees. The filing contains no financial results or guidance, so the change is a board governance update.
Key points
- Appointed by the Board on November 7, 2024; announced in a press release dated November 8, 2024
- Board size increased to 11 directors upon her appointment
- Serves on Audit, Compensation, and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committees
- Previously spent 17 years at Ameriprise Financial, Inc., most recently as Executive Vice President and General Counsel from 2017 to 2022
The filing
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