Egyptian entrepreneur and economist.

He is the Co-Founder & Managing Director “ Qalaa Holdings ” representing “Citadel Capital Partners” since 2004, a member of the Board of Trustees of “ The American University in Cairo ” since 2012, and a member of the Board of Directors of “ ASEC Mining Company” “ASCOM” , “Al-Maghrabi Optical Company”, and “ASEC Holding Group”.

He is also a Fellow of the Aspen Institute’s Middle East Entrepreneurship Initiative, an Advisory Board Member of the Emerging Markets Private Equity Association, a Strategic Advisory Board Member of the School of Business at the American University in Cairo, and a founding member of the Egyptian Private Equity Association.

He was a member of the Board of Directors of the Sixth of October Development and Investment Company (SODIC) , El Sewedy Cables Company , Children’s Cancer Hospital, Egyptian Securities Association, and the Egyptian-American Business Council. He also headed the Capital Markets and Investment Committee at the American Chamber of Commerce in Egypt.

He was Head of Investment Banking at EFG Hermes Holding, and worked at Goldman Sachs in the UK, advising European companies and institutions on investment strategy and M&A deals.

He holds an MBA from Harvard Business School in 2003, and a BA in Economics from the American University in Cairo in 1996.