About Michael Guesev

Michael Guesev is a specialist at the intersection of economics, data, financial modeling and strategic decision-making. Originally hailing from the coastal town of Scarborough, Maine, Michael has built a career bridging quantitative finance, analytics consulting, and strategic transformation on a global scale.

Currently, Michael leads strategic finance and investment analysis for a NEOM sector investment portfolio in Saudi Arabia. In this role, he develops advanced valuation frameworks, risk simulations, and capital allocation strategies to drive high-impact, long-term investments. Prior to joining NEOM, Michael honed his expertise at BlackRock in the Aladdin Financial Engineering team and at Goldman Sachs in Global Banking & Markets, where he contributed to large-scale trading initiatives and analytics design.

Michael holds a Master’s in Quantitative Management from Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business and a Bachelor’s in Economics from the Rochester Institute of Technology. He is also a distinguished recipient of the U.S. Department of State’s Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship and the National Security Education Program Boren Scholarship.

When not modeling complex financial systems, Michael is an avid traveler and photographer. All images featured on this site are his original work.