Saskia Albers

Enthusiast
DISC Type : i

Corporate Development & Strategy BFS at Macquarie Group

Greater Sydney Area, Australia

Overview

Saskia is a strategy and corporate development professional at Macquarie Group with a background in management consulting. She previously co-founded Unhedged, an award-winning FinTech platform for algorithmic investing, and holds an MBA from INSEAD and a Masters in Quantitative Finance.

As co-founder of Unhedged, she won the "Fintech Founder Award" for her work making sophisticated algorithmic investing accessible to everyday investors.

Personality Overview

Consensus Focused

Non-Confrontational

Story Driven

They are more about building relationships than just cutting deals.  They agree with others often, so exercise caution when relying on their word. Unlike D or C types, they are convinced more by stories and testimonials.

Topics They Care About

Algorithmic Investing
Co-founded Unhedged, a platform where algorithms manage investments, and advocates for their ability to outperform human managers by removing emotional bias.
Fintech Innovation
An award-winning FinTech founder who has participated in panel discussions on building "killer apps" and disrupting the wealth investment industry.
Accessible Investing
Passionate about democratizing finance by giving retail investors access to sophisticated tools, like algorithmic trading, that are typically reserved for high-net-worth individuals.

Media Appearances

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Work History

10-2024
Corporate Development & Strategy BFS at Macquarie Group
5-2023 - 9-2023
Strategy and Ops, Driver Growth at Uber
6-2021 - 3-2023
COO & Co-founder at Unhedged
8-2018 - 6-2021
Strategy at Volt Bank
7-2015 - 8-2017
Strategy Consultant at A.T. Kearney

Education

2017 - 2018
Master of Business Administration - MBA from INSEAD
2010 - 2012
Master from Erasmus University Rotterdam

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Insights For Selling To Saskia

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Give them the opportunity to lead the conversation where possible
  • Invite them for a lunch or a drink/coffee
  • Speak from experience about success that the product has seen with other customers

DONT's

  • Don’t be excessively objective, be like a storyteller with them
  • Avoid overloading them with too much information
  • Don’t be too formal with them, they trust informality more

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Saskia is

  • Relationships and rapport matter to them, but so does the value of the product.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Saskia

  • They probably won't say no directly.


Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Saskia move?

  • They are not the ones to make fast decisions, even while they stay committed.
  • Can Saskia take some risk or not?

  • If it seems really necessary, they can take small risks.

You And Saskia

Personality Compatibility


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