• Candidates
• Timetable
• Guidelines
• Nominating Committee

 

 

GARP Recommended Slate of Candidates

Name Position Company Kenneth Abbott Managing Director Morgan Stanley Benjamin Golub Vice Chairman, Chief Risk Officer BlackRock Michael Hofmann Chief Risk Officer Koch Industries Jacques Longerstaey MD and Chief Risk Officer State Street Global Advisors William Martin Chief Risk Officer Commonfund Riccardo Rebonato MD, Head, Group Market Risk Royal Bank of Scotland David Shimko President Winhall LLC. Rene Stulz The Everett D. Reese Chair of Banking and Monetary Economics The Ohio State University Peter Tufano The Sylvan C. Colemen Professor of Financial Management Harvard Business School

Timetable

January 27, 2010	Petitions must be filed with the Association containing the appropriate number of signatures for individuals to nominate members for the Board. The Petitions must be filed on the form provided.
February 10 - February 16, 2010	Elections: From February 10 at 12:01AM (New York time) – February 16, 2010 at midnight, (New York time). Voting shall be conducted via the GARP website.
February 18, 2010	Results announced

Guidelines

Who is Eligible to Run For Election

Any Fellow Member or Individual Member in good standing shall be eligible to run for election.

Who is Eligible to Vote

Only Fellow Members and Individual members are eligible to vote as per Article III, Section 10 of the Association's Bylaws. That means only a GARP member who is a current dues paying member may vote in the election.

Classes of Trustees to be Elected

This election is for Class A Trustees who once elected will stand for a 2-year term of office.

Petitions

Individual members whose names were not placed on the election ballot by the Nominating Committee may be nominated for election by filing a Petition. The Petition must be signed by at least 319 persons entitled to vote in the election.

The Petition must be filed with the Secretary of the Association by fax or by mail no later than January 27. Petition shall be mailed or faxed to the following address:

GARP
111 Town Square Place, Suite 1215
Jersey City
New Jersey 07310
USA
Fax Number: 201 222 5022

Click here to download a copy of the Petition form.

Candidate Information

Each person standing for election shall provide to the Association a brief biography describing their educational and professional background and a short statement as to why they are standing for election. The biography and statement shall not exceed more than 500 words in length and shall be written in English.

The information submitted shall be immediately posted to the Association's website, www.garp.com for viewing by the membership.

Voting procedures

Fellow Members and Individual Members shall cast their vote electronically via the website. The election shall take place over a seven (7) day period starting on Wednesday, February 10 at 12:01 AM (New York Time) and continuing until Tuesday, February 16 at midnight (New York Time) to ensure there is ample opportunity for all to vote.

Voting shall be for the number of nominees to be elected. Any ballot attempting to cast a vote for more than the number of nominees to be elected shall be disqualified. Cumulative voting is not allowed.

Nominating Committee

The following Board of Trustee members shall serve as the 2010 Board of Trustee Nominating Committee in accordance with the Association's Bylaws:

• Richard Apostolik
• Michelle McCarthy
• Victor Makarov
• Jacob Rosengarten

No member of the Nominating Committee will be standing for election to the Board of Trustees.