Christopher Dowd is Senior Managing Director at Georgeson Inc. He has over nineteen years experience consulting with Fortune 500 and small-to mid-cap corporations in the field of corporate governance, equity compensation and proxy solicitation. Prior to Georgeson, Chris was a Director of Kissel-Blake Inc. where he managed the Corporate Governance Consulting, mergers/acquisitions and proxy solicitation divisions.

Chris holds a BA and an MBA in business from St. John’s University, New York and was awarded his CCP certification in executive compensation from the American Compensation Association. He is a member of the National Association of Corporate Directors, SSA (a National Shareholder Services Association), where he currently serves as Treasurer/Director, American Compensation Association and The Society of Corporate Secretaries and Governance Professionals. He has been a featured speaker at St. John’s University, industry seminars and conferences discussing corporate governance and executive compensation topics.