Saker Nusseibeh

CEO at Federated Hermes

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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 firm as chief investment officer (CIO) in June 2009. Previously, he was Global Head of Equities at Fortis Investments, having initially been appointed to the firm 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 has 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, prior to Hermes Investment Management’s acquisition by Federated Investors, Inc. 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.