 Steven Balet |
Steven Balet, who was managing director at FTI Consulting Group’s strategic communications unit, is now New York managing director of Strategic Governance Advisors, which is affiliated with Sard Verbinnen & Co.
Prior to FTI, Balet headed his own firm and worked at Okapi Partners and MacKenzie Partners on proxy contests, mergers & acquisitions and various corporate governance matters.
Launched in 2017, SGA counsels boards and management on activism, messaging, takeover battles, compensation, shareholder engagement and messaging.
It handled ADP’s successful proxy contest defense against Pershing Square and EQT’s contested merger with Rice Energy.
Chris Cernich is SGA’s founding partner. Earlier, he did a six-year stint as managing director at Institutional Shareholders Services, where he analyzed and made recommendations on M&As, economic proposals and takeover fights involving DuPont, Canadian Pacific, Hess, Biogen Idec, Wynn Entertainment and MGM.
The Blueshirt Group handles Lime as the San Francisco-based electric bike/scooter company has filed paperwork for an initial public offering, which will have an expected valuation in the $2B range.
Why CEOs need their CFOs and CCOs on the same page.
ICR handles Rare Earths Americas as the Manchester, Georgia-based company plans an initial public offering valued in the $370M range.
DGA Group handles takeover target Intertek as the London-based quality assurance testing company as it launches a strategic review of its operations.
