Ken Altman

President

Ken Altman is the President and founder of The Altman Group, winner of the last two TOPS Awards for Best Proxy Solicitation Firm. With over 35 years of experience in proxy solicitation and shareholder communications, he is one of the most knowledgeable people in the U.S. in the proxy solicitation field. He began his career in the proxy industry in 1969 working part–time in a brokerage firm back office while in college. In early 1970, Ken joined D.F. King & Company working there through the balance of his college years and while he completed his MBA. Ken joined Hill & Knowlton in 1976 founding and running their proxy business for 18 years.

In 1995 Ken founded The Altman Group. In 2002 the firm expanded operations and brought in a number of top proxy industry veterans. The firm has added over 100 people to its staff in the past four years and opened its Lyndhurst, NJ facility with a 250–seat call center.

The company today includes executives formerly with ISS, ADP, Georgeson, Morrow & Co., & D.F. King. The firm has grown not only into one of the premier firms in corporate proxy solicitation, but also has unrivaled expertise in corporate governance consulting, open and closed–end mutual fund solicitations, shareholder and bondholder identification, and bankruptcy claims and balloting.