Tejal Patel

Tejal joined the SOC Investment Group in 2016, where she focuses on corporate accountability and shareholder advocacy.  In her current role, she has worked with investor coalitions on issues like opioids accountability and racial equity audits where she developed strategies for issuer engagement, shareholder proposals, and asset manager outreach.  Prior to the SOC, Tejal was a Senior Associate at Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS), where she worked with asset owners and asset managers in the development and implementation of their proxy voting guidelines.  Before ISS, Tejal was an Associate at a Connecticut-based law firm, where she represented institutional lenders in a variety of commercial finance transactions and advised public and private companies on securities law related matters.  She currently serves as a director and the Labor Constituency Co-Chair for the Council of Institutional Investors (CII) and previously served on the U.S. Asset Owners Advisory Council from 2019-2021.  She holds a J.D. from the University of Connecticut School of Law and a MSc. from the London School of Economics.