Waheed Hassan

Waheed is a Senior Advisor at Perceptual Advisors and is the Founder & CEO of ZMH Advisors, a data-driven ESG and shareholder advisory firm. He brings 25 years of corporate governance, investor communication, proxy solicitation, and proxy advisory firm experience (ISS).

Before launching ZMH, Waheed led the ESG, Corporate Governance, and Activism Defense practice at The Blueshirt Group; was the Co-Head of Corporate Governance and Shareholder Activism Defense Practice at one of the largest proxy solicitation firms in North America; and managed the M&A and Proxy Contest Research Team at Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS).

Waheed has closely worked on +300 shareholder campaigns, including those at Huntsman Corp, US Foods, LivePerson, Virtusa, Target, First Energy, NRG Energy, Cablevision, Office Depot, and Barnes & Noble.

Previously, Waheed worked as a Senior Research Analyst with Indosuez W.I. Carr Securities, UBS Warburg, and Khadim Ali Shah Bukhari (an affiliate of Merrill Lynch). Waheed received an MBA with Beta Gamma Sigma honors from Vanderbilt

University and is a CFA charter holder.