Marc Stanghieri

Marc Stanghieri has a passion for shareholder democracy and investor relations. Marc Stanghieri's Australian-based proxy solicitation firm, PGS Advisers, has grown without external funding, leveraging his deep experience and trusted relationships across the Australian market. Marc lives in Sydney, Australia. The PGS Advisers office is located on Elizabeth Street in Sydney. As a specialist proxy solicitation and shareholder engagement firm, PGS Advisers' specialty is partnering with listed and unlisted Australian companies to support the Board and Executive Management team in navigating proxy adviser alignment and investor voting for shareholder meetings. At PGS Advisers, Marc Stanghieri's chief responsibility is leading its high profile proxy solicitation engagements. These engagements include proxy solicitation for merger votes, capital events such as internalisations, board elections, and other routine or contested shareholder meetings. PGS Advisers is known for its hands-on approach to contested votes, institutional messaging, and executing proxy strategies across listed and unlisted clients. Marc Stanghieri's mandates at PGS Advisers include proxy solicitation for several large company shareholder meetings and major Scheme of Arrangements, developing and executing bespoke shareholder engagement for merger votes, advising on expert strategies for shareholder activism, developing tailored engagement and communication strategies for proxy advisers, and advising on institutional voting insights and governance expectations of investors. PGS Advisers has been engaged on a wide range of shareholder voting mandates including mergers for listed and unlisted companies, asset sales, internalisations, opinion research, off-market takeovers, AGMs, EGMs, and a wide range of Board advisory mandates. In its first year, the firm grew rapidly and was mandated by a large number of listed and unlisted companies. Background Marc Stanghieri's most recent position was MD and head of the M&A practice of a global shareholder engagement firm. In this role Marc initiated and oversaw engagements with Australian company boards and executives during a period of heightened proxy and M&A activity. Marc’s experience navigating the complexities of institutional voting is extensive. He has deep investor engagement, advisory, and shareholder communication experience across listed and unlisted markets. Marc Stanghieri holds several postgraduate qualifications from Australian universities. This includes a Masters of Business Administration, a Graduate Certificate of Management, and a Bachelor of Commerce. He also has a Diploma of Investor Relations. At PGS Advisers, Marc Stanghieri is supported by industry expert Justin Foord and Murray Williams as Chairman, a pioneer of Australia’s proxy solicitation and shareholder engagement sector with more than four decades of experience.