Sameer AlZahrani is the CEO and CIO of KAPSARC Investment Management Company. KAPSARC is a leading global energy think tank based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, that focuses on energy economics and sustainability (https://www.kapsarc.org/about/). Sameer oversees the Center’s Endowment portfolio and its implementation options across asset classes, public and private and is responsible for all the company’s activities across functions. Sameer is also a board member and Investment Committee member of some of the largest investment pools in the Kingdom. 

Prior to this role, Sameer spent a decade at KAUST Investment Management Company in Washington D.C., where he managed multibillion portfolios for the KAUST endowment in different asset classes. Prior to his role at KAUST, Sameer was an investment director at Cambridge Associates in Boston, where he advised endowments and sovereign wealth funds on strategy allocation, manager selection and implementation options. Sameer started his career as an engineer and consultant with Saudi Aramco and McKinsey and Company. 

Sameer holds an MBA from Stanford University, an M.S. degree in Systems Engineering from King Fahd University a B.Sc. degree from the University of Pennsylvania. Sameer is a CFA and CAIA Charter holder.