Sadek Wahba
I Squared Capital
Chairman & Managing Partner
Dr. Sadek Wahba is Chairman and Managing Partner of I Squared Capital, an independent global infrastructure investment manager specializing in infrastructure investments in the energy, utilities, transport, environmental infrastructure, digital infrastructure and social infrastructure around the world. He was previously the CEO of Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners, a global platform for infrastructure investments. A former economist at The World Bank, Sadek is an advocate for transformative approaches to infrastructure investment and the need infrastructure investment to promote sustainable
economic growth. He was part of the expert committee on the World Economic Forum's first
report on global infrastructure investments and was named Global Infrastructure Personality of
the Year twice, as well as Global Infrastructure Personality of the Decade, by Private Equity
International (PEI). President Biden appointed Sadek to the National Infrastructure Advisory
Council, which advises the White House on improving the security and resilience of critical
infrastructure in the U.S. He holds a Ph.D. in economics from Harvard University, an M.Sc. in economics from the
London School of Economics (LSE) and a B.A. in economics from the American University in
Cairo. Sadek is a Senior Fellow at the Development Research Institute of New York University and
Foundation Fellow of St. Antony’s College, University of Oxford. A member of the Council on
Foreign Relations, he is also a member of the Global Advisory Council of the Wilson Center, a
trustee of the American University in Cairo and a member of the board of directors of the Miami Cancer Institute.
