Saeed Azhar

Saeed Azhar is an experienced U.S. banking reporter currently working at Thomson Reuters since July 2022 and previously at Reuters News Agency since August 2006. Saeed has held various significant positions, including Senior Middle East Finance Correspondent, overseeing a team focused on major developments in Gulf finance, and Chief Correspondent, Southeast Asia Finance, focusing on private banking and financial institutions in that region. Saeed’s expertise also includes serving as Bureau Chief in Singapore and covering macro-economics and the domestic debt market as a reporter for Dow Jones Newswires. Educational qualifications include multiple Master's degrees in Political Science from Karachi University and a Bachelor's degree from Islamabad College for Boys in Mathematics, Statistics, and Economics.