Rei Sayag

Rei Sayag is currently the Head of Data and Analytics at Adevinta since June 2021. In this role, they are part of the Benelux Product and Tech leadership team and lead the Benelux Data domain, including Analytics, Machine Learning, and Data Engineering teams. They collaborate closely with Engineering, Product, Marketing, and Commercial leaders.

Prior to joining Adevinta, Rei worked at eBay from 2017 to 2021. At eBay, they held several positions, including Head of Data and Analytics, Head of Product Analytics Benelux, Lead Data Scientist for Product and Experimentation, and Senior Data Scientist. In these roles, they led teams, grew data analytics capabilities, partnered with stakeholders, and supported cross-functional product teams.

Before eBay, Rei was a University Lecturer at Universitat Pompeu Fabra - UPF from 2014 to 2017 and a Visiting Scholar at Haas School of Business in 2013. They also worked as a Lecturer at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam/VU from 2010 to 2011, where they taught Health Economics and supervised Master theses.

Rei Sayag earned a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in Economics from the University of Amsterdam in 2008. They then pursued an Mphil in Economics from the University of Amsterdam and Tinbergen Institute, which they completed in 2010. From 2010 to 2014, Rei Sayag obtained a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Economics from Erasmus University Rotterdam. In 2016, they also received a certification in Machine Learning from Coursera Course Certificates.