Sadeq Sayeed:
Mr. Sayeed is Chairman of Metage Capital Limited, an investment firm based in London.
Previously, Mr. Sayeed was appointed CEO of Nomura International in 2008 having joined the company in 2000 as Special Advisor. This appointment followed the acquisition of the Lehman Brothers businesses in EMEA and Asia in which Mr. Sayeed played a key role. In 2011, Mr. Sayeed retired as CEO of Nomura.
Mr. Sayeed has over 30 years of experience in investment banking and previously served as Managing Director of Credit Suisse First Boston where he spent 15 years. Prior to his global investment banking career he was Consultant to the World Bank in Washington DC.
Mr. Sayeed holds an undergraduate degree in economics with concentration in electrical engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), as well as a master's degree in finance from MIT's Sloan School. Mr Sayeed is a visiting Associate Scholar at Pembroke College, Cambridge and he is also Adjunct Professor at Imperial College Business School in London.