Marran Ogilvie
Director
Four Corners Property Trust, Ferro Corporation, Evolution Petroleum Corporation & Bemis Company.
Marran Ogilvie is a Director of Four Corners Property Trust and joined Four Corners’ board in 2015. Ms. Ogilvie also serves as the chairperson of our Nominating and Governance Committee and as a member of our Audit Committee and our Compensation Committee. Ms. Ogilvie has served as an Advisor to the Creditors Committee for the Lehman Brothers International (Europe) Administration since 2008, as a Director of Ferro Corporation, a manufacturing company, since 2017, as a Director of Evolution Petroleum Corporation, an oil and gas company, since 2017, and as a Director of Bemis Company, a packaging company, since January 2018. Ms. Ogilvie served as a Director of Forest City Realty Trust from April 2018 to December 2018, as a Director for Southwest Bancorp, a regional commercial bank from January 2012 to April 2015, as a Director of Seventy Seven Energy Inc., an oil field services company, from 2014 to 2017, as a Director of Zais Financial Corporation, a real estate investment trust, from 2013 to 2017, as a Director of the Korea Fund, an investment company, from 2012 to 2017, and as a Director of LSB Industries, Inc., a manufacturing company, from 2015 to 2018. Prior to that, Ms. Ogilvie was a member of Ramius, LLC, an alternative investment management firm, where she served in various capacities from 1994 to 2009 before the firm’s merger with Cowen Group, including as Chief Operating Officer from 2007 to 2009 and General Counsel from 1997 to 2007. Following the merger, Ms. Ogilvie became Chief of Staff at Cowen Group, Inc. until 2010. Ms. Ogilvie received a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Oklahoma and a Juris Doctorate from St. John’s University.
SESSIONS
Human Capital and ESG – Panelist
Human capital management is a key part of ESG imperatives. Adopting principles under this umbrella is seen as a way to attract and retain the best talent. But how do employees really fit into ESG initiatives? Should boards track job creation and satisfaction? What’s the company’s responsibility to older workers who might be displaced by technology? What responsibility does a company have for income inequality?
Takeaways:
- Is it the responsibility of the corporation to provide good jobs?
- What are the payoffs of focusing on ESG initiatives throughout organizations?
- How should a board define and promote diversity and inclusion?
- Should employees (not just senior management) be represented on the board?