Name
Saker Nusseibeh CBE
Job Title
CEO
Company
Federated Hermes Limited
Speaker Bio
Saker Nusseibeh is chief executive officer (CEO) of Federated Hermes Limited, the London headquartered business of Federated Hermes, Inc. He is also a member of the Federated Hermes, Inc. Executive team. Saker was appointed CEO of Hermes Investment Management in November 2011, prior to its acquisition by Federated Investors, Inc. in 2018, having joined the fi rm as chief investment officer (CIO) in June 2009. Previously, he was Global Head of Equities at Fortis Investments, having initially been appointed to the fi rm as CIO Global Equities in 2005. Before this, he was CIO of Global Equities and Head of Marketing for SGAM UK. This role followed SGAM’s acquisition of Trust Company of the West (TCW), where Saker was a Managing Director, running global and international strategies, as well as managing TCW’s London office. He started his career at Mercury Asset Management in 1987.
Saker is the founder of the 300 Club, a group of leading CIOs and investment professionals who seek to challenge investment orthodoxy. He is a council member of the Integrated Reporting and Connectivity Council at the IFRS Foundation, the International Finance Corporation, the FCA-PRA Climate Financial Risk Forum and the Institute for Fiscal Studies. He sits on the UN Business and Human Security Initiative Advisory Board and was on the Financial Services Culture Board (FSCB), formerly the Banking Standards Board, which was created as a result of a Parliamentary inquiry to restore trust in the UK banking industry. Saker is also an Advisory Council Member of the Impact Investing Institute and on the Making London a Living Wage steering group. He is a member of the Chancellor’s Circle of St Mary’s University and is on the advisory Board of the National Youth Orchestra.
Saker received several awards including CEO of the Year at the Global Investor Investment Excellence awards in 2015 and again in 2018 in the Financial News Asset Management Europe awards. He was named European Personality of the Year in 2020 at the Funds Europe Awards and was awarded a CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in the Queen’s 2020 New Year’s Honours list for services to Responsible Business and Finance. He has a bachelor’s degree and Ph.D. in Medieval History from King’s College, University of London.
Saker is the founder of the 300 Club, a group of leading CIOs and investment professionals who seek to challenge investment orthodoxy. He is a council member of the Integrated Reporting and Connectivity Council at the IFRS Foundation, the International Finance Corporation, the FCA-PRA Climate Financial Risk Forum and the Institute for Fiscal Studies. He sits on the UN Business and Human Security Initiative Advisory Board and was on the Financial Services Culture Board (FSCB), formerly the Banking Standards Board, which was created as a result of a Parliamentary inquiry to restore trust in the UK banking industry. Saker is also an Advisory Council Member of the Impact Investing Institute and on the Making London a Living Wage steering group. He is a member of the Chancellor’s Circle of St Mary’s University and is on the advisory Board of the National Youth Orchestra.
Saker received several awards including CEO of the Year at the Global Investor Investment Excellence awards in 2015 and again in 2018 in the Financial News Asset Management Europe awards. He was named European Personality of the Year in 2020 at the Funds Europe Awards and was awarded a CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in the Queen’s 2020 New Year’s Honours list for services to Responsible Business and Finance. He has a bachelor’s degree and Ph.D. in Medieval History from King’s College, University of London.