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Mr. Aladdin Saba is currently an independent investment banker. He is the
co-founder of Hermes Financial, which grew to be one of the leading
investment banking institutions in Egypt. In 1996 Hermes Financial merged
with the Egyptian Financial Group to form EFG-Hermes, where he assumed the
role of Managing Director of Asset Management and member of the Executive
Committee of EFG-Hermes till February 2002.
In
1991, Mr. Saba co-founded the Kidder Peabody Middle East regional office in
Cairo where he was co-manager and was involved primarily in corporate
finance activities including privatizations.
As
Vice President and Senior Portfolio Manager at Kidder, Peabody in New York
he managed institutional portfolios as well as a mutual fund utilizing
quantitative investment strategies that he devised. He was also responsible
for NOVA, an investment consulting service provided by Kidder, Peabody & Co.
Inc.
Prior to joining Kidder Peabody in 1987, Mr. Saba served as an associate
pension consultant, analyzing and evaluating quantitative investment
techniques and investment managers at Evaluation Associates Inc.
Mr. Saba holds the degree of Masters in Business Administration (MBA) from
the Wharton School, USA, 1986, and a further Masters degree in Science and
Engineering (MSE) from the University of Pennsylvania, USA, 1983. He also
holds the degree of Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in Biomedical Engineering,
graduating from Cairo University in 1981.
Mr. Saba is a board member of the Egypt's International Economic Forum. He
is a member of board of directors of EFG-Hermes.
For three consecutive years, Mr. Saba has been a member of the Board of
Directors of The Cairo and Alexandria Stock Exchange. He is President, a
founder and member of The Egyptian Investment Management Association, and
also a founder and member of The Egyptian Capital Markets Association. Mr.
Saba is also a member of the American Chamber of Commerce, the British
Egyptian Business Association, and a member of the Egyptian Businessmen’s
Association, and head of its Stock Exchange committee.
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