Andrew Shaiman (Managing Director)

Andrew Shaiman has significant experience valuing industrial, consumer products and high tech companies, as well as professional service firms and practices. His engagements have also included the valuation of such intangible assets as the record library of a major recording company, the subscriber lists of national newspapers and magazines, and patented and proprietary technology of numerous high tech companies.

Mr. Shaiman has supported his work in court proceedings as well as in negotiations with the IRS and other adverse parties. He has been qualified by the Superior Court of New Jersey as an expert witness on business valuation issues and is a member of the American Arbitration Association’s Panel of Experts. In addition to his valuation work, Mr. Shaiman has broad-based corporate finance experience advising clients on mergers, acquisitions, divestitures and ESOPs.
 
Prior to founding Wharton Valuation Associates, Inc., Mr. Shaiman was a Vice President in the Merchant Banking Group of Marine Midland Bank, where he served as Department Manager for Valuation Services and Product Manager for ESOP Finance. Prior to that, he was a Senior Manager of Valuation and Appraisal Services for the accounting firm of Touche Ross & Co. (now Deloitte & Touche), and a Senior Consultant with Arthur D. Little Valuation. Mr. Shaiman has conducted continuing professional education courses for certified public accountants in New Jersey.
 
Mr. Shaiman graduated from The Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania with an MBA in finance. He is also a Magna Cum Laude graduate of Rutgers College, with a BA in economics.