Bashir Ahmad

Research Analyst – Equity Management

Bashir Ahmad is a research analyst for MetLife Investment Management’s (MIM) small and small-mid cap equities team. He provides coverage for the consumer and internet sectors for the small cap and small-mid cap strategies.

Bashir joined MIM on February 28, 2025 in connection with the acquisition of Mesirow Institutional Investment Management’s equities management team where he served as a research analyst for the small cap and small-mid cap strategies. Prior to joining Mesirow in 2021, he was the consumer sector head and a senior consumer equity analyst at Concentric Capital Strategies and Millennium Management, respectively. Before that, he served as a senior equity analyst at Cupps Capital Management. Bashir also previously worked in private equity at CapitalSpring, and in investment banking at Morgan Stanley and JPMorgan. He has 25 years of industry experience.

Bashir earned a Bachelor of Arts cum laude in biochemistry and geology with a minor in economics from Vassar College and a Master of Business Administration from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.