Jackie Cook

Jackie is Director, Engagement Services at Morningstar, leading Sustainalytics' ESG Voting Policy Overlay. Prior to this she was Director of Investment Stewardship Research in Morningstar Manager Research until September 2021, where her research covered investor active ownership practices, proxy voting trends, and investor advocacy. Jackie joined Morningstar in October 2018 with Morningstar’s acquisition of Fund Votes Research Ltd., a company she founded in 2007. Jackie’s professional background spans academia and the private sector. She has published academic articles on mutual corporate form, investor advocacy, and energy governance. She completed a master’s degree in Research Psychology at Rhodes University South Africa, and a second Batchelor’s degree in Economics and Management at Oxford University’s Saïd Business School on a Rhodes Scholarship, South Africa-at-Large.