Mr. Sheikh is a forward-thinking executive leader and advisor with 20+ years of success researching, developing, and integrating ground-breaking economic, sustainability (CSR/ESG), and risk strategies and policies that transform corporate cultures and investment processes while driving long-term economic growth, new business development, risk mitigation, and ROI.

His background includes roles as senior advisor to the Dutch Minister of Economic Affairs, Senior Vice President Emerging Market Research and Country Risk Management, sustainability strategy implementation and E&S risk management. Reputed for providing strategic analyses, forecasts, and insight to senior management to capture new financial opportunities, penetrate new markets, and expand product portfolios.

Khalid is one of the founding fathers of Sustainable Development within ABNAMRO, Global Compact Netherlands, OECD EMNet and of the Netherland Financial Exchange. He contributed to the International Institute of Finance’s Principles for Stable Capital Flows and Fair Debt Restructuring in Emerging Markets. He has numerous publications on his names and is a well respected speaker at International Conferences.

Khalid holds a Post-Masters Degree in Banking and Finance from Tilburg Institute of Academic Studies and a Masters Degree in Development Economics from Erasmus University Rotterdam.

Specialties: Economic Research; research focuses on strategy and decision making under high uncertainty, corporate governance & boardroom dynamics/moments of truth. Environmental and Social risk management systems, tools and procedures for financial institutions. Experienced in building and managing world-class macro-economic research units while elevating research quality and results.