Since June 2007 Brad has been the Chief Economist at Jadwa investment Company in Riyadh.  He is also Managing Director of Proprietary Investments, overseeing investment of the bank’s own capital, and he is the Vice Chairman of the Management Committee.  Brad publishes regularly on issues related to the Saudi and global economies and the world oil market.  He appears frequently in the domestic and international media and is a regular public speaker.  For nine years prior to joining Jadwa, Brad was the Chief Economist at Samba Financial Group, formerly Saudi American Bank, in Riyadh.  At Samba he was also head of cross-border risk management for the bank, which involved managing the bank’s exposures outside Saudi Arabia.  Before joining Samba, Brad spent an 18-year career as diplomat, economist, and manager with the U.S. Department of State.  During the last three years of his diplomatic career he was in Riyadh as the American Embassy’s First Secretary responsible for financial affairs, where he analyzed the Saudi economy for the U.S. Government and conducted financial aspects of US-Saudi relations, such as serving on the US negotiating team for Saudi accession to the World Trade Organization.  Brad has his BA and MA magna cum laude from the University of Utah, and is a CFA (Chartered Financial Analyst) charterholder.

Jadwa Investment

Jadwa Investment is the leading investment company in Saudi Arabia. It has large corporate finance, asset management and brokerage operations and is also considered the leading source of stock market and economic research in the Kingdom.  Since launching operations in 2006, Jadwa has executed landmark transactions, becoming the first local joint-venture partner with Saudi Aramco and managing the Kingdom's largest Sharia-compliant project financing. Jadwa also has a reputation for lauching innovative products, including the region's first global sukuk and Africa mutual funds and the Kingdom's first multi-manager funds.