Mr. Aymeric Saha is the CEO of MiDA Advisors. He leads all key strategic and senior-level engagements on behalf of MiDA Advisors. More recently, he was the Managing Director of the NASP-USAID Investment Partnership for Mobilizing Institutional Investors to Develop Africa’s Infrastructure or “MiDA.” He led the transition from the MiDA initiative to MiDA Advisors, a global advisory firm in 2019. He has supported the mobilization of $1.8 billion in investments in Africa and other emerging markets. He previously spent fourteen years at the World Bank and led the quantitative risk finance function responsible for overseeing market and credit risks for $200 billion in banking operations in over 100 countries, and an investment portfolio of over $100 billion invested across developed and emerging markets. In 2013, Mr. Saha was appointed Financial Policy Director in the United States Congress for the House Subcommittee on Financial Institutions to oversee the implementation of banking and capital markets reforms in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis. Cumulatively, he directed initiatives to boost U.S.-Africa trade and investments, particularly within the Power Africa initiative. Mr. Saha holds two M.A. degrees in Finance and Business Management from Johns Hopkins University Carey Business School and his B.A. degree in Finance and Economics from McGill University. He previously lived abroad in Africa, Europe, and Canada, and is fluent in French.
