Veena Ramani joined PRIM in 2023 as Director of Stewardship. She is responsible for coordinating and leading MassPRIM’s stewardship and ESG activities, including supporting the Board ESG Committee, proxy voting efforts and other initiatives. Veena came to PRIM from FCLTGlobal, a nonprofit whose mission is to focus on the long term to support a sustainable and prosperous economy. As Research Director, Veena worked with asset owners, asset managers, and corporations to develop actionable research to drive long-term value creation for investors. Prior to FCLTGlobal, Veena spent 15 years at Ceres, a leading sustainability nonprofit. Her accomplishments included running programs to engage financial regulators on the systemic risk of climate change, developing an online training curriculum for corporate board members on ESG in partnership with the Berkeley School of Law and engaging with large corporations on their sustainability and climate change strategies and disclosures. Veena has authored several research reports on climate change, ESG and governance. She holds a BA LL.B with honors degree from the National Law School of India University and a Masters of Law (LL.M) degree from Washington University School of Law.
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