Investment Advisor and Professor of Practice
Ahmed Abou El Saad is the Managing Director of Azimut Egypt Asset Management managing a total AUM of EGP 8 billion (USD 500 Million) in a wide range of institutional/HNW portfolios as well as Public Equity and Money Market funds. Azimut Egypt is Part of Azimut Group, which is a Global Asset Management firm with total of USD 62 Billion over 18 countries worldwide.
Ahmed was the head of asset management at Naeem Holding managing a total MUM reaching USD 520 million of HNW Gulf portfolios. He was the Head of Capital Markets at MIBank, where he managed the bank’s investment portfolio in public trading equities, fixed income instruments and private equity. He has also served as the head of surveillance at the Cairo and Alexandria Stock Exchange, where he was on the executive committee that works on introducing new instruments and regulations to the market.
Ahmed is currently a board member at the Egyptian Stock Exchange. He is also the President of CFA Society Egypt & the Secretary General of the Egyptian Investment Management Association. In SSM Cairo, Mr. Abou El Saad will provide master classes and courses in Investment.
Ahmed holds a Bachelor of Arts from Alexandria University, an MBA from AASTMT. Ahmed is also a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and certified the professional certificate in project finance and investment appraisal from the Harvard Institute for International Development.