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chayden@georgeson.com
Christopher M. Hayden serves as President of Georgeson Advisory, North America, where he advises public operating and investment management companies on corporate governance issues, shareholder proposals and proxy contests.
With over 30 years of experience in the proxy solicitation industry, Chris specializes in complex solicitations for both corporate issuers and closed-end funds. His corporate annual meeting clients include many S&P 100 members. He has represented more than 100 different closed-end funds involved in proxy contests over the course of his career and has worked on more than 2,000 non-contested closed-end fund solicitations.
Chris is a member of the Society for Corporate Governance. He has also been a featured speaker at industry events hosted by the Investment Company Institute, the Society for Corporate Governance, the National Investor Relations Institute and Practising Law Institute.
He also serves as a Senior Managing Director for Georgeson Securities Corporation where he oversees the firm’s Dealer Manager activities.
Chris received a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from Colgate University and holds Series 7, 24 and 63 licenses. Chris is an active volunteer with The Peddie School, where he currently serves as an advisory co-chair to The Peddie Fund.
