Jamil Naayem

Jamil Naayem is an associate director in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) economic forecasting team at S&P Global Market Intelligence.

Jamil has expertise in various MENA countries and primarily covers Egypt, Kuwait, Bahrain, Jordan and Iran, providing economic and country default risk analysis. He regularly briefs clients on MENA economies and actively contributes to strategic reports on various topics of interest. 

Previously, Jamil was the head of the markets research unit at Bank Audi SAL, a Lebanon-based regional bank operating in the MENA region and Western Europe. During his 17-year tenure there, he covered various countries of presence and provided extensive economic and sectoral analyses to management and clients. Jamil was also pivotal in developing fixed income research at the bank, covering MENA debt markets with a focus on the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region. In addition, he regularly contributed to strategic reports for the bank's management, analyzing economic and banking operating conditions across countries of presence. 

Jamil is a Lebanese national. He earned master's degrees in finance from École Supérieure de Commerce de Paris (ESCP) Business School, Paris, and École Supérieure des Affaires (ESA) Business School, Beirut, in 2007–08 and a master's degree in economics (specializing in economic policy) from the Saint Joseph University of Beirut (Université Saint-Joseph [USJ] de Beyrouth) in 2003. He holds multiple management certificates from reputable regional and international training institutions, anchored around change management, people management, managerial leadership, advanced negotiation skills, and conflict management and resolution, in addition to various securities and financial regulations certificates. Jamil is fluent in English, French, and Arabic.