Ali Saeed

Pakistan Society for Training & Development Trainer Profile – Ali Saeed Ali Saeed is the young and energetic soul leading SAAO Capital Private Limited as its Chief Executive, over the years he has played a pivotal role in establishing the firm and later on enacting the strategy function. His professional experience converges from over 10+ years of diverse indulgence in the fields of portfolio management and institutional/retail sales of equities to domestic and foreign market participants. His responsibilities have encompassed a wide range of roles from effectively marketing the firm to domestic, retail and corporate institutions and also managing the entire settlement cycle. He has been a board member on three committees (Trading & Company Affairs, Demutualization & New Products) at the Karachi Stock Exchange from 2007 to 2012. Previously Ali was a Portfolio Manager for Alfalah GHP, an asset management company owned by the Abu Dhabi Group, supervising the compositions of three funds ranging from equities to pure fixed income, incorporating a concave ideology in initiating and later on balancing the funds dynamics. Prior to that Ali was an Investment Banker with Deloitte & Touche in London looking at the M&A and LBO channel checks in the Asia Pacific Rim focusing on Malaysia & Philippines. The initial years of Ali’s career were focused towards research in which he was involved in both buy and sell side research and macro-economic analytics, his research career has instilled him to write over numerous buy and sell side company reports coupled with over 50 white papers on exploratory and descriptive analysis including a white paper on GDR issuances and an independent study on Ecological Industrial Parks. His passion for developmental economics has encouraged him to write a book on PPP (Public Private Partnerships) that is co-authored by an American consultant. His association with academia entailed him to qualify for a Master’s degree in Finance & Economics from the prestigious Graduate School of Business at the University of Strathclyde in Scotland, UK and a complementary Bachelor’s degree in Business & IT from the University of Curtin, Perth Australia, during his professional career he has also attended numerous workshops on Corporate Finance, Treasury functions, Investment Banking & Modern Portfolio Techniques in London, New York, Chicago & Dubai. He has been trained by Mr. Hensley in Negotiation skills and also is a certified mind map expert by the legendary Tony Buzan. Ali is renowned for his highly engaging, thought provoking and practical approach towards coaching and mentoring professionals. He is a Corporate Trainer/ Mentor and specialises in inhouse and open enrolment workshops on areas such as Financial Leadership, Econometrics, Advance Research Methods and Effective Financial Presentations just to name a few, Ali also has a bouquet of soft skills training program’s that he has numerous times, they include, Business Communication Toolkit, How to deliver killer presentations, The art of Negotiating, Theory of Mindmaps & Beyond, Stress Management, Time Management, Collaborative Thinking and Customer Services Excellence just to name a few. Ali is also a regular visiting faculty member at leading business schools namingly SZABIST, IBA and Greenwich University in Karachi lecturing MBA & EMBA students.