Frank Kelley is a Director and Head of ESG at Donnelley Financial Solutions (DFIN). He is responsible for providing thought leadership on corporate governance, executive compensation, proxy disclosure & design, shareholder activism, and sustainability with an emphasis on corporate issuer engagement. Frank specializes in taking a data-driven approach to corporate governance and sustainability, utilizing analytics and framework-modeling to enhance reporting.
Frank was formerly a Senior Analyst at the largest proxy advisor, Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS), where he reviewed director independence, equity plans, ESG, say-on-pay, and shareholder proposals. Preceding ISS, Frank worked at MacKenzie Partners, a leading proxy solicitor specializing in M&A, where he counseled boards, corporate executives, and shareholders on proxy contests, solicitations, tender offers and other complex transactions. Before MacKenzie Partners, Frank served as a Consultant at Willis Towers Watson (TWT) where he designed executive compensation programs.
Prior to entering the corporate governance & sustainability world, Frank was a sell-side analyst in equity research. He resides in New York City and Tampa, Florida.