Karoline Herms

Director Investment Stewardship, Asset Management, L&G

Karoline is sector lead for the financials industry, as well as sharing specialist responsibility for responses to company engagement requests on executive pay proposals for L&G’s Asset Management division.

Karoline joined L&G in 2020 from Boudicca, a specialist proxy solicitation and corporate governance advisory firm, where she was Senior Corporate Governance Consultant advising investors and corporates on best practice, shareholder voting and engagement during her four-year stay. Prior to that, she managed UK research teams at the Investment Association and Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) and was involved in the analysis and engagement on company proposals in the areas of director elections, pay, M&A and activism, shareholder rights and company legislation.

Karoline holds a degree in business studies and an MA in corporate governance, as well as having graduated with The Chartered Governance Institute UK & Ireland (formerly ICSA).