Natalia Weaver
Managing Director, Head of Governance and Corporate Stewardship
Natalia Weaver is the Head of the Governance and Corporate Stewardship team and a Managing Director at Joele Frank, Wilkinson Brimmer Katcher. Natalia has over 20 years of experience advising public companies on complex corporate reputation matters, including corporate governance, shareholder engagement, sustainability and executive compensation.
Prior to joining Joele Frank, Natalia held corporate roles in sustainability and executive compensation at Booz Allen Hamilton and Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) where she focused on corporate sustainability reporting, executive and equity compensation programs, board reporting and HR due diligence and post-M&A integration.
Natalia began her career at a strategic communications advisory group that partnered with international law firms on matters including international litigation, joint venture transactions, cross-border financings, international market-entry strategies and commercial dispute resolution.
Recent Highlights
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Corporate Governance
Natalia has deep expertise in institutional investor policies and proxy advisory frameworks, developed during her tenure as a Vice President at ISS Corporate Solutions. She advised companies across a wide range of industries on evolving governance standards and the design of executive and equity compensation programs aligned with investor expectations and proxy advisory guidelines.
Sustainability Reporting
Natalia advises clients on the evolving sustainability reporting landscape, mitigating reputational risk and addressing investor expectations. Her work spans sustainability strategy and implementation, stakeholder engagement on environmental and social topics and the development of annual corporate sustainability reports.
Shareholder Engagement
At Joele Frank, Natalia advises on high-stakes governance and executive compensation proposals, curating in-season and off-season shareholder engagement approaches and crafting targeted positioning and disclosure strategies to mitigate investor concerns and, in certain cases, reverse proxy advisor recommendations and voting outcomes.
Executive Compensation
She advises clients on challenging executive compensation proposals, guiding boards and management teams in designing competitive and defensible pay programs, while developing tailored shareholder engagement and disclosure strategies to drive successful voting outcomes.
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Credentials
Natalia holds a MA in International Communications, a MS in Forestry and a BA in Economics.