Nasser Saidi

Who is Nasser Saidi?

Dr. Nasser Saidi is a Lebanese politician and economist who served as the Minister of Economy and Industry and the Vice Governor for the Lebanese central banks for several terms in the last decade of the 20th century.

He is currently the Founder and President of Nasser Saidi & Associates. Prior to this role, he acted as the Chief Economist of the Dubai International Financial Centre and was also the executive director of the Hawkamah Institute for Corporate Governance based in the Dubai International Financial Centre in Dubai. In these capacities he conceived and developed the role of the Chief Economist of the DIFC providing strategy & advice to the DIFC and Dubai Government; acted as spokesperson & developed a series of broadly disseminated publications, and promoted the DIFC internationally. He established and developed the external relations of the DIFC with international financial institutions and international financial centres. Dr. Saidi designed and set-up DIFCSTAT, a secure, interactive, on-line, web-based, registration, reporting and statistical system for DIFC entities.