Meet Your Expert Course Director

Waseem Anwer is Managing Director of Chicago Capital Group, an advisory firm, as well as a Managing Director of Gulf Capital, a private boutique investment bank, both based in New York. He advises companies on investment transactions and on issues in corporate finance, strategy and governance. He also teaches at the City University of New York.

Waseem has advised corporate clients on investment transactions and financing, restructurings, capital structure and financial policy, valuations, real estate investments, organisation structure, and executive compensation. He has worked with family-owned and public companies in both developed and emerging economies in North and South America, and in the Middle East. He has been a guest speaker at several universities and conferences.

Previously,Waseem was a Vice President with Stern Stewart & Co, a global advisory firm specialising in corporate finance advisory, shareholder value management and corporate governance issues. He was also with Hewlett-Packard Company in the United States for five years.Waseem holds an MBA from the University of Chicago. In addition, he earned an MS in computer engineering from Syracuse University and holds a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering.