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Yasmin Saadat joined SEAF’s Board of Directors in 2019, bringing more than three decades of experience in development economics and investing in emerging markets.
She currently serves as a Senior Fellow at the Hunt Institute for Engineering and Humanity at Southern Methodist University where she researches technology application in promoting an inclusive economy in low-income communities.
Prior to her current position, Yasmin spent over 30 years at the World Bank and the IFC, working on macro and agricultural sector policy and lending operations in a variety of roles including, as an economist, investment officer, and operations manager of trade finance portfolio facilities.
Most recently, Yasmin served as the Product Head of the Commodity/Structured Trade Finance at the IFC where she launched and managed a newly created $1.5 billion line of business of structured trade finance with emerging market banks, and global traders.
From 2007 to 2009, Yasmin left the IFC to become a Principal Member and Chief Operating Officer of Potomac River Capital, at the time a newly established asset management company of a global macro hedge fund.
Yasmin holds a BA in Economics from Université des Sciences Sociales in Grenoble and an MA and a Ph.D.
in Development Economics and International Development from the Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy at Tufts University.
She is a CFA charter holder.
Yasmin Saadat active positions
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SEAF Management LLC
SEAF Management LLC Investment ManagersFinance SEAF Management LLC (SEAF) is a private equity firm founded in 1989 by Bert Jan van der Vaart. The firm is headquartered in Washington, District of Columbia. | Director/Board Member | 2019-11-30 |
Former positions of Yasmin Saadat
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Potomac River Capital LLC
Potomac River Capital LLC Investment ManagersFinance Potomac River Capital LLC provides investment services. The company was founded by Mark Spindel and is headquartered in Washington, DC. | Corporate Officer/Principal | 2009-07-31 |
Training of Yasmin Saadat
University of Grenoble | Graduate Degree |
Fletcher School of Law | Doctorate Degree |
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SEAF Management LLC
SEAF Management LLC Investment ManagersFinance SEAF Management LLC (SEAF) is a private equity firm founded in 1989 by Bert Jan van der Vaart. The firm is headquartered in Washington, District of Columbia. | Finance |
Potomac River Capital LLC
Potomac River Capital LLC Investment ManagersFinance Potomac River Capital LLC provides investment services. The company was founded by Mark Spindel and is headquartered in Washington, DC. | Finance |
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