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Shery Saeed

Executive Strategic Advisor & Executive Coach specializing in transformation and growth

New York, NYAdvisory Council Research Advisor26 years experienceExecutiveConsultingExecutive CoachingFinancial Services
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Transformation/PMO leader who launched the Bear Stearns program management office for a firm-wide business transformation, building governance (steering/ops committees), communications, and an issue-resolution system to align five parallel teams. Known as a highly discreet trusted advisor who improves executive effectiveness through delegation systems, and who can influence senior leaders via storytelling and ROI framing—while also advocating strongly for teams on deadlines and workload.

Experience

Advisory Council Research AdvisorHarvard Business Review
CEO Advisor | Executive CoachSHERY SAEED, LLC
Adjunct Business AdvisorHynes Institute for Entrepreneurship & Innovation, Iona University
Head of U.S. Business Development & OperationsNaissance Capital – Women’s Leadership Fund
Managing Director, Strategy & TransformationBear Stearns & Co.
Senior Director, Reengineering ExpertAmerican Express

Education

Fordham Gabelli School of Businessmaster, Management Science, Corporate Transformation, Organizational Change
University of Coloradobachelor, Physics

Key Strengths

  • Built and launched a PMO for a firm-wide business transformation (Bear Stearns) with multi-level communications and governance
  • Established executive alignment mechanisms (biweekly steering committee, operations committee) to drive decisions and accountability
  • Ran weekly cross-team prioritization across five parallel teams, reducing redundancies and capturing learnings via an issue-resolution database
  • Skilled at breaking down silos and improving transparency in contentious cross-functional environments
  • Improved executive productivity by implementing delegation-oriented team operating rhythms (weekly issue/solution meetings) to remove leader bottlenecks
  • Influenced risk-averse executives by reframing innovation funding into outcome/ROI narratives and using storytelling to build buy-in
  • Advocated effectively for realistic delivery timelines; successfully pushed back on an impossible deadline and secured a CEO-approved reset
  • High discretion and trusted-advisor profile; maintains strict confidentiality while influencing leaders toward fair outcomes

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Languages

English

Skills

Executive coachingCEO advisoryStrategic planningStrategyBusiness transformationOrganizational changeCorporate transformationProgram managementProgram Management Office (PMO)ReengineeringOperationsBusiness developmentGo-to-market strategyU.S. market entryCross-border operations