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ECGI APPOINTS 5 NEW FELLOWS
| Milan, 9 March 2005. The European
Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI) today announces the
appointment of five new Fellows of the Institute drawn from
academia in Europe and North America. They augment the 21
inaugural Fellows who were nominated in 2002 and an additional
6 nominated in 2003.
The new Fellows are:
| Professor Bernard S. Black, Hayden
W. Head Regents Chair for Faculty Excellence and Professor
of Law, School of Law, University of Texas at Austin
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| Professor Brian Cheffins, S.J.
Berwin Professor of Corporate Law, Cambridge University
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| Professor Paul Davies, Cassel
Professor of Commercial Law, London School of Economics
and Political Science (LSE)
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| Professor Guido Ferrarini, Professor
of Law, University of Genoa and Director of the Centre
of Law and Finance
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| Professor René M. Stulz,
Everett D. Reese Chair of Banking and Monetary Economics,
The Ohio State University and Director, The Dice Center
for Financial Economics
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| These Fellows were nominated by
the ECGI's Fellowship Committee chaired by Professor
Marco Pagano, Professor of Economics, Università
di Salerno.
The ECGI, which was founded in 2002, is an international
scientific non-profit association. It provides a forum for
debate and dialogue between academics, legislators and practitioners,
focusing on major corporate governance issues and thereby
promoting best practice.
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| Its primary role is to undertake
and disseminate impartial and objective research on corporate
governance and undertake any other activity that will improve
understanding and exercise of the highest standards in corporate
governance. ECGI Fellows provide intellectual leadership and
inspiration for the Institute as it seeks to achieve its aims. |
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For further information:
Antonio Borges, Chairman, ECGI
(antonio.borges@ecgi.org,
+44-20-7774.9299)
Marco Becht, Executive Director, ECGI (marco.becht@ecgi.org,
+32-2-650.4466)
Notes for Editors
1. The biographies and photographs of
these new Fellows can be found on the ECGI website through http://www.ecgi.org/members_directory/fellows2005.php
2. A list of all 32 ECGI Fellows can
be found on the ECGI website at the following page:
http://www.ecgi.org/members_directory/fellows.php
3. The composition and remit of
ECGI’s Fellowship Committee can be found at: http://www.ecgi.org/committees/fellowship.htm
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