Business career

Wafic Saïd started his business career in banking in 1963 at UBS Geneva. In 1969, he established a project development and construction management business in Saudi Arabia. The following two decades, during the period when Saudi Arabia was building its infrastructure, saw his group handle some of the largest public sector projects in the Kingdom.

Today, Wafic Saïd is the Chairman of Saïd Holdings Limited (SHL), an investment holding company with investments in Europe, North America and the Far East. In 1995 he co-founded Sagitta Asset Management Limited, an international asset management business, subsequently acquired by Fleming Family & Partners. As a consequence of that transaction, SHL became a significant shareholder in FF&P. Wafic Saïd is also a major shareholder and member of the Board of the Banque Libano-Française.

SHL

SHL is an investment holding company, incorporated in Bermuda, with investments in Europe, North America and the Far East. It has diverse portfolios, which include fixed income, quoted equities, hedge funds, private equity and real assets including real estate. The Company is a long term investor, supporting innovative strategies and managers.

Its main advisers are Capital Generation Partners. The Board members are Mr Wafic Saïd, Chairman, Mr Robert Genillard, Vice Chairman, Mr Barton Biggs, Mr Michael Butt, Mr Ed Hyman, Mr Daniel Martineau, The Rt Hon Brian Mulroney and Mr Philip Seers, Chairman of the Audit Committee.

If you would like to know more about SHL see www.shl.bm.