Name
Chuka Umunna
Job Title
Global Head, Corporate Governance & Sustainable Solutions and UK Head, Security & Resiliency Initiative
Company
J.P. Morgan
Speaker Bio
Chuka Umunna is an investment banker and who has spent over two decades in law, politics, and finance advising various companies and organizations on business-critical issues that impact long term value.
He is a Managing Director, Global Head of Corporate Governance & Sustainable Solutions, a member of the leadership team of J. P. Morgan's Global Advisory and M&A business, and UK Lead of the Firm's Security & Resiliency Initiative.
In this role he leads a global team that works on transactions and provides support to clients on a broad range of corporate matters including, but not limited to, corporate governance, executive compensation, proxy advisory and AGM support, sustainability and transition strategies, as well as stakeholder management, intelligence, and engagement. In addition, he oversees J. P. Morgan's coverage of clients in emerging green sectors in EMEA.
He is also UK Lead of the Firm's Security & Resiliency Initiative - a $1.5 trillion, 10-year plan to facilitate, finance and invest in industries critical to national economic security and resiliency.
Before joining JPMorgan Chase’s Commercial & Investment Bank in April 2021, he was Global Co-Head of ESG at Edelman, the world’s biggest strategy and communications advisory firm. In addition, from 2020 until 2021 he served as a non-executive director (NED) for leading private equity firms BC Partners and Vista Equity Partners on the board of their portfolio company, Advanced, then the UK’s third largest software company. He has also served as a NED of Digital Identity Net UK, a UK fintech firm in the digital identity sector and has sat on the advisory board of Signal AI, a leader in Artificial Intelligence solutions for business and professional services.
He was a Member of the UK Parliament from 2010 to 2019, during which time he served in a number of senior roles in the UK parliament including as the UK's Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills.
Originally a lawyer by profession, prior to his election to the UK Parliament he worked as a corporate employment law solicitor for international law firm Herbert Smith Freehills LLP for several years.
He is a Managing Director, Global Head of Corporate Governance & Sustainable Solutions, a member of the leadership team of J. P. Morgan's Global Advisory and M&A business, and UK Lead of the Firm's Security & Resiliency Initiative.
In this role he leads a global team that works on transactions and provides support to clients on a broad range of corporate matters including, but not limited to, corporate governance, executive compensation, proxy advisory and AGM support, sustainability and transition strategies, as well as stakeholder management, intelligence, and engagement. In addition, he oversees J. P. Morgan's coverage of clients in emerging green sectors in EMEA.
He is also UK Lead of the Firm's Security & Resiliency Initiative - a $1.5 trillion, 10-year plan to facilitate, finance and invest in industries critical to national economic security and resiliency.
Before joining JPMorgan Chase’s Commercial & Investment Bank in April 2021, he was Global Co-Head of ESG at Edelman, the world’s biggest strategy and communications advisory firm. In addition, from 2020 until 2021 he served as a non-executive director (NED) for leading private equity firms BC Partners and Vista Equity Partners on the board of their portfolio company, Advanced, then the UK’s third largest software company. He has also served as a NED of Digital Identity Net UK, a UK fintech firm in the digital identity sector and has sat on the advisory board of Signal AI, a leader in Artificial Intelligence solutions for business and professional services.
He was a Member of the UK Parliament from 2010 to 2019, during which time he served in a number of senior roles in the UK parliament including as the UK's Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills.
Originally a lawyer by profession, prior to his election to the UK Parliament he worked as a corporate employment law solicitor for international law firm Herbert Smith Freehills LLP for several years.