Naheed Malik is a finance executive with over 25 years of experience. Over the past six years, Naheed has led finance initiatives at American Tower Corporation as Senior Financial Advisor VP of Corporate Finance, VP of FP&A, and VP of Finance & Treasurer of American Tower Foundation. American Tower is a $6 billion revenue public company and independent owner, operator and developer of multitenant communications real estate (primarily wireless towers) with a portfolio of over 150,000 communications sites.

Prior to American Tower, Naheed spent nine years in corporate finance at Wolters Kluwer Medical Research where she led global finance functions as Acting CFO and Director of FP&A. Prior to that, she was a management consultant with A.T. Kearney Inc. for four years focused on operations improvement and organization design. Naheed was a finance marketing manager at Lotus/IBM where she designed and executed pricing strategy for software products. She began her career as a CPA in the audit group of Ernst & Young where she managed audit engagements for a diversified client base including manufacturing, banking, and health care companies.

Naheed holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from Western Kentucky University. She is a Board Member of OPEN New England and Audit Committee Member of HBS Association of Boston and is an active member of other nonprofits including The Boston Club and Community Action Partners.

Why CWE?

Having had a successful business career and business education, I would like to help other women grow and achieve success. I have followed the work of CWE for many years and have always been interested in women’s professional development, mentoring and advancement. I believe that the mission of CWE to empower women to become economically self-sufficient and to prosper through business and entrepreneurship is truly impactful and transformative and can change many people’s lives.