Ed Saiedi

Ed Saiedi holds a Ph.D. in Industrial Economics and Management from KTH Royal Institute of Technology and a Ph.D. in Industrial Management from Technical University of Madrid. He was a visiting scholar at Swedish House of Finance at Stockholm School of Economics, and a Senior Economist at the Norwegian Tax Agency. Ed joined BI at 2021. Ed teaches Predictive Analytics with Machine Learning for various MSc programmes' students at BI. His studies have been accepted for publication by outlets such as Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, and Small Business Economics. His main research focuses on the relationships between financing, entrepreneurship and technological innovation.

Companies

• Assistant Professor BI Norwegian Business School (2021)
• Senior Economist/Analyst Skatteetaten (2019 — 2021)
• PhD Candidate, Economics Division KTH Royal Institute of Technology (2014 — 2019)
• Visiting PhD Candidate Stockholm School of Economics (2016 — 2019)
• Corporate Relations, Finance KTH Finance Society (2018 — 2019)
• PhD Candidate, Business Administration Research Group Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (2014 — 2018)
• Editor-in-Chief of Capital Magazine KTH Finance Society (2016 — 2018)
• Consultant, P.Eng. Glotman Simpson Consultants (2012 — 2014)
• Consultant Read Jones Christoffersen Ltd. (2010 — 2012)

Education

• Masters of Science The University of Calgary (2008 — 2010)
• Monash University Foundation Year (pre-University) Monash University Malaysia (2003 — 2004)
• Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (2014)