Corporate Transactions & Transformation
Greater Chicago Area
- Past
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- Sr Consultant at Hewitt
- Manager Corporate Finance at Hewitt Associates
- Consultant at Hay Group
- Analyst, Corporate Strategy at Ameritech
- Education
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- Northwestern University
- University of Arizona
- University of Arizona
- Connections
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- Industry
- Management Consulting
- Websites
Samir Raza’s Summary
Samir Raza’s Specialties:
Governance & Shareholder Value, Business Performance & Risk Management, Human Capital Strategy, Organization Alignment to Value, Executive & Broad Based Incentives
Samir Raza’s Experience
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Sr Consultant
Hewitt
(Public Company; HEW; Human Resources industry)
December 1996 — December 2008 (12 years 1 month)
Current responsibilities include business development and thought leadership with Hewitt's Corporate Transactions & Transformation practice, with focus on governance, shareholder value, human capital and organizational alignment. Successful client projects in the financial services, oil/gas, petrochemical and retail sectors. Previously with Hewitt's corporate finance group, leading the firm's internal shareholder value initiative post IPO.
In addition to corporate and consulting roles, I am involved with business research and academic collaboration. In 2006 I presented one of my publications, titled “Optimizing Human Capital Investments for Superior Shareholder Returns”, at the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) Labor Economics forum. This paper develops core methodology for predictive analytic methods supporting human capital decisions and presents research findings. Previously a guest lecturer at the Kellogg Graduate School of Management executive program course in Value Based Management.
Business Publications & White Papers
“Optimizing Human Capital Investments for Superior Shareholder Returns”, published in Valuation Issues Journal, February 2006
“Human Capital Investments for Pareto Optimal Returns”, co-authored chapter in Workforce Wake-up Call: Your Workforce Is Changing, Are You? published July 2006
“Performance Goal Setting relative to Capital Market Expectations”, June 2000
CFO Survey Study: “Organizational Alignment and Performance Impact”, May 1999, in collaboration with BCG and University of Chicago, GSB
“The Path to Value: A Capital Markets’ Perspective”, September 1998 -
Manager Corporate Finance
Hewitt Associates
(Public Company; HEW; Human Resources industry)
September 2003 — May 2006 (2 years 9 months)
• Responsible for managing Hewitt’s corporate shareholder value initiative post IPO for outsourcing and consulting businesses
• Implemented Hewitt’s long term planning framework, internal and external reporting framework, and management incentive plan
• Built M&A valuation framework, and financial modeling for policy decisions on share buybacks, dividend policy, capital structure
• Collaborated with ERM (Enterprise Risk Management) team to identify sources of business risk and implications for strategy -
Consultant
Hay Group
(Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Management Consulting industry)
August 1994 — November 1996 (2 years 4 months)
Governance, shareholder value and business performance consulting
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Analyst, Corporate Strategy
Ameritech
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; AIT; Telecommunications industry)
May 1993 — July 1994 (1 year 3 months)
Developed EVA analysis of Ameritech's business units, pricing strategy for cellular service.
Samir Raza’s Education
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Northwestern University
Visiting Scholar , Finance , 1993 — 1994
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University of Arizona
M.A. , Economics, Corporate & International Finance, History , 1989 — 1992
- Activities and Societies:
- Research Associate, Experimental Economics Group
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University of Arizona
B.S. , Engineering, Decision Sciences , 1984 — 1989
