John C. Wilcox has been hired as the new head of corporate governance and a senior vice president at TIAA-CREF. Wilcox replaces Peter Clapman, who is retiring.

Wilcox will be responsible for overseeing the team that monitors governance at its portfolio investment companies, as well as TIAA-CREF itself.

Wilcox reports to executive vice president and general counsel George Madison and manages two corporate governance directors, Linda Scott, Hye-Won Choi. Choi was recently promoted to manage international governance issues.

Prior to joining TIAA-CREF, Wilcox was vice chairman at Georgeson Shareholder Communications.  

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