Azam Saeed is the President of New England Mercantile Group, parent company of TexereSilk.com. He has been driving revenue and business growth for start-ups, turnarounds and Fortune 100 companies for over 10 years. Mr. Saeed's leadership background spans general management, marketing, business development, corporate strategy and project management with extensive experience in building international partnerships within the Asian markets.

Azam started his career with IBM, where he served as a Financial Analyst and was instrumental in establishing the company's contract monitoring process. His early experience also included stints with Whirlpool and Sprint before he joined Warner Lambert Company in 1996.

At this time, Warner Lambert was one of the nation’s largest pharmaceutical companies (it subsequently merged with Pfizer). Azam Saeed was a key player in the company's growth from annual revenues of $2 billion to over $6 billion as the leader of an international project team that devised and implemented a new global manufacturing strategy for the company. The implementation of this complex strategy project laid the foundation for the enormous success of the company's blockbuster release of Lipitor.

In 2000, after leaving Warner Lambert, Azam was involved in the acquisition of a small, solo-physician medical practice. Over the next five years, he established a solid operational framework for the business and grew it into a thriving multi-physician operation that is extremely well-regarded.

In 2005, he launched New England Mercantile Group where he now serves as President. In this role, Azam established the culture of social responsibility which informs all the company's business decisions, including product development, human resources and vendor selection.

Azam Saeed's career has been characterized by a passion for excellence and a refusal to give in when faced with complex challenges. He has built a proven record of business growth, cost reduction and productivity, and has done it all without ever compromising his core values.

Mr. Saeed has an MBA from the University of Michigan, and a BA in Business Administration from the University of Washington. He speaks fluent Hindi, Punjabi and Urdu and is familiar with Italian. He currently resides with his family in Farmington, Connecticut.