Nii Saka A.

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Senior Portfolio Manager at Vanguard

London, England, United Kingdom

Overview

Nii Saka A. is a Senior Portfolio Manager at Vanguard with over 15 years of experience in financial technology, quantitative modeling, and trading systems. His career includes leadership roles at Bank of America and Credit Suisse, where he specialized in algorithmic electronic trading and platform development. He is a graduate of Swarthmore College.

He formerly headed the Qate program at Bank of America, a trading platform focused on balance sheet optimization and inventory management.

Personality Overview

Process Oriented

Unexpressive

Late Adopter

Being observant comes to them naturally.  They are heavily focused on quality and prefer doing things the right way, even if it takes time. They do not like taking risks at all and go for proven options in the end.

Topics They Care About

Quantitative Trading
His career has centered on algorithmic trading, ETF systematic block trading, and developing quantitative models for risk and portfolio management at top financial institutions.
Fintech Strategy
Previously led a team at Vanguard developing long-term data strategy, experimentation, and architecture for the firm's investment management groups.
Talent Acquisition
Actively recruits for his teams, with a focus on hiring professionals with experience in equities, fixed income, and quantitative analysis.

Media Appearances

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Work History

4-2025
Senior Portfolio Manager at Vanguard
8-2021 - 4-2025
Portfolio Manager at Vanguard
8-2021 - 3-2023
Senior Manager, Investment Management FinTech Strategies at Vanguard
2019 - 8-2021
Senior Trading Strategist at Bank of America
2019 - 2019
U.S. Head, Principal Electronic Trading Product at Credit Suisse

Education

Securities Industry Institute® (SII) Executive Education Program from Wharton Executive Education
Bachelor of Science - BS from Swarthmore College

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Insights For Selling To Nii Saka

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Spend time addressing concerns around risk and change, they will have them even if they don't express them
  • Ask them which other stakeholders would be important for this purchase decision
  • Be firm in your communication and stay in control

DONT's

  • Avoid getting into storytelling mode, especially when they ask specific questions
  • Don't rely on relationship building even if they act pleasantly
  • Don't be very accepting if that is your natural style, stay firm

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Nii Saka is

  • For them, low risk and acceptance by others are very important, followed by proof of ROI.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Nii Saka

  • They are unlikely to say no, it's better to stop yourself once you have exhausted all the options.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Nii Saka move?

  • They do not like to take decisions in a hurry, so they could be slow in making their mind up.
  • Can Nii Saka take some risk or not?

  • They are low on risk-appetite and prefer to make informed decisions.

You And Nii Saka

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