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Hendrik Schmidt is Senior Investment Stewardship Specialist in the Corporate Governance Center of DWS and since 2016 is responsible for the regions: Germany, Austria, Switzerland and the UK. He represents DWS regularly at Annual General Meetings of and in C-level engagements with portfolio-companies as well as in conferences. Mr Schmidt is member of several corporate governance bodies, incl. the DVFA-Commission on Governance & Stewardship, BVI Working Group Corporate Governance and the Stewardship Committee of the Investment Association. He holds guest-lectures at Goethe-University Frankfurt, WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management, Frankfurt School of Finance & Management and HHL – Leipzig Graduate School of Management. He publishes regularly on corporate governance topics and is co-author of the “DVFA Scorecard for Corporate Governance”, “DVFA Stewardship Guidelines” and the “Guidelines for a sustainable executive remuneration”. Mr Schmidt is co-editor and co-author of the book “Corporate Governance in Germany”. In 2020, Hendrik Schmidt was named recipient of the Modern Governance 100 in acknowledgement for his work and contributions to drive good governance. He holds degrees from Frankfurt School of Finance & Management (BSc.) and HHL – Leipzig Graduate School of Management (MSc.) and is a Certified ESG Analyst (EFFAS/DVFA).