Technology/IT (including AI and Hardware) Financial Services Leadership and Management Product Development Pitching

Mahmoud Hamouda is head of strategic initiatives at Banque Misr, part of the team tasked to build a new strategy office and help Banque Misr in its transformation journey. Before that, he was an in-house business strategy consultant at Dell Technologies, offering business and technical thought leadership. He focuses on identifying new market and growth opportunities and crafting go-to-market strategies. Since 2014, he has also led the Dell for Entrepreneurs program in Egypt, introducing the start-up community to cutting-edge technology.
Mahmoud has received numerous awards since joining Dell Technologies in 2011. Among them are Dell EMC Silver and Gold awards and a winning idea in the EMC innovation roadmap 2013. He received his first patent in 2014 for his concept for a centralized employee data analytics IoT platform. Mahmoud also drives local engagement initiatives as a member of the Harvard Business Review Advisory Council.
Mahmoud credits his success at Dell Technologies to a professional approach based on job crafting. He consistently looks beyond his business unit and job description for opportunities to enhance his skillset or add more value to the business. Mahmoud had a Bachelor’s degree in Communications and Electronics Engineering from the Akhbar El Yom Academy in Egypt and a Master of Liberal Arts and Management from Harvard University with various Strategic Management, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship certificates.

Leadership and Management

Country Manager GeeKay Group gaming

Retail FMCG (Fast Moving Consumer Goods) Healthcare/Medical Hospitality Marketing Product Development Sales

I have 20+ years of experience in managing International FMCG brands, health products, and Nutritional health products in Egypt. Managment and Marketing is my key areas of strength academically and professionally, academically with the DBA certification, Ain Shams University, my Thesis “The impact of Entrepreneurs marketing capabilities on their International performance” and professionally for the last years I have founded companies and managed International and Multinational Products. As an Entrepreneur, I founded my own SME during 2016, El Gondy Trading with the vision : In a world where consuming is a daily routine, we will be a leading solutions provider in the areas of healthcare, nutritionals, baby care, cosmetics, and OTC aspiring to become the most admired company in our industry as seen by our stakeholders, and offer our consumers a better sense of well-being and healthy lifestyle.
We will be the world’s first choice for the best quality Egyptian products. My key area of strength is managing and communicating consumer brands with health promoting benefits.

Community servicing, and working with various Egyptian and International NGOs is part of my daily life routine; I conducted and managed many service projects in various Governorates especially Upper Egypt, Giza and Monofya. The service projects are in different fields humanitarian, health and vocational projects both to empower women and service needy children in underserved villages. I am an active member in different International and local NGOs.

As a mentor and coach to other startups and women entrepreneurs, I mentor women entrepreneurs under the WEN program of USAID-Seed in Egypt, which is a very strong program to support women startups till they reach their goals, as well as mentor other startups through various programs. Myself was part of the Scholarship of the WEL program funded by Goldman Sachs and the AUC during 2009.

The passion of professional training and giving back knowledge and experience is fulfilled by training at the “Efe” Egypt for the last years. Training youth to assure employment and first career steps, I train business skills, marketing and retail, with expertise in emotional intelligence and soft skills.

Retail Marketing Leadership and Management Product Development Sales

Retail FMCG (Fast Moving Consumer Goods) Technology/IT (including AI and Hardware) Financial Services

Regional Finance Director at Majid Al Futtaim. A certified public accountant (CPA) Guam board of accountancy (USA) with three years and half as a CFO of Jumia Egypt, three years as a Statutory and tax regional leader at GE (General Electric) and seven years of experience with the big four audit firms (Ernst & Young 4 years – KPMG 3 years) specialized in assurance services across a variety of industries including the Manufacturing, utilities, NFP (Not for profit organizations) transportation and logistics.
Strong knowledge in IFRS “International Financial Reporting Standards”. Excellent leadership skills in both leading and motivating team members towards achieving overall organization’s goals.
Hold two qualifications from Harvard Online Business School in FinTech and lead by Finance.

Leadership and Management

I am an Egyptian professional/consultant with more than 18 years of experience in innovation, SMEs and start-ups support, organizational development , industrial support, policy design, moderation & facilitation, negotiating sensitive issues with international government and corporate entities, and facilitating national and global supply chain linkages.

I had led an international public fund supporting and facilitating business innovation schemes resulting in more than $50 million of investment, creation of 1,500 to 2,000 jobs across more than 700 SMEs and start-ups.

Policy-wise, I acted for 5 years at the Egyptian Cabinet of Minister of International Cooperation as the Desk Officer for economic & trade cooperation between the Egyptian Government and European Financing Institutions including: European Commission in Cairo, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development as well as European Investment Bank. Moreover, I have also more than 10 years of experience of managing and leading multi-culture teams. In addition to various local and global consultancy assignments as a Subject Matter Exert in fields of corporate innovation, SME and start-up support schemes including access to finance and investment, as well as international business.

I am an Adjunct Faculty/Lecturer for Innovation, International Business Studies, Contemporary Management, Strategic Management, and Entrepreneurship to both undergraduate & MBA students as well as industry professionals. I hold Doctorate degree in Business Administration (DBA) from Maastricht School of Management (MsM)- Maastricht University (MU)- the Netherlands, from where I previously earned my Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree. I also hold Master of Science (MSc) degree from Faculty of Economics and Political Science- Cairo University; from which she earned her Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) degree.

Retail Manufacturing/Production Hospitality Leadership and Management Pitching

Dr. Hala Hattab has more than ten years of experience in the field of entrepreneurship as Associate Professor in Entrepreneurship at the British University in Egypt, trainer, Mowgli-certified mentor and an entrepreneur. She has special interest in issues related to entrepreneurship including entrepreneurship education, social entrepreneurship and youth and women entrepreneurship.

In 2008 Dr. Hattab joined the British University in Egypt as a lecturer in Entrepreneurship and later on was promoted to Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship. Through her 11 years at the BUE, Hala developed a program in entrepreneurship that aims at preparing students to be entrepreneurs themselves, including ideas generation, opportunity recognition, business planning, among others. Upon joining BUE, she was appointed as the Program Manager for the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor – Egypt and authored three reports about entrepreneurship in Egypt. She has various publications on different areas of entrepreneurship.

In 2002, she joined an engineering consultancy company as a business development officer. In 2005, she was promoted to Business Development Manager, working closely with governmental associations and International donors and was heavily involved in business practices, including bidding (financial & technical), evaluating proposals, market analysis, new business opportunities, etc..

As a trainer and a mentor, she has worked with startups across different countries applying different entrepreneurship methodologies and is a lead trainer for many programs with focus on social, and sustainability issues. She served as a judge in business plan competitions across the MENA region and sets in the selection panel of different organizations to interview their prospect entrepreneurs.

Healthcare/Medical

Development and public policy professional with strong experience in policy formulation, project implementation and communications

Healthcare/Medical Leadership and Management

I am a highly motivated and determined individual. I am very dynamic and results oriented, which makes it easy for me to adapt to any situation and work as best I can with what I am given. I am very inspired and resolute to learn more and advance in the financial services sector.

Healthcare/Medical Marketing Leadership and Management Sales Pitching

Fadi Doss founded Esaal in 2018 with a mission to provide everyone a personalised answers to their questions and concerns in Health and wellness through a trusted network of experts. During the past 3 years, Esaal has grown to become the 1st Health and wellness platform serving 800K users across 7 countries in MENA, provided more than 1 million consultations in different fields. ‎360º coverage of users health and wellness needs is our objective.

Fadi Doss Experienced business director with a demonstrated history of working in the telecommunications and digital services industry. Skilled in Sales, Management, strategy and marketing. Strong business development professional with a Master focused in Business Administration from Maastricht School of Management.

Energy Climate Product Development

Omar El Fakharany is the National Project Officer at UNDP. Omar’s main responsibility is working on linking
sustainability and impact with the private sector through developing partnerships with impactful investors and
promoting impact investing. Omar also works on developing impact measurement and management frameworks
supporting various investors and enterprises. Omar is also responsible for the Insurance and Risk Finance Facility
(IRFF) where he works on bridging the gaps between sustainability and inclusive insurance and disaster risk
finance. Prior to being with UNDP Omar worked at CID Consulting where he played a key role in the Project
Management Unit where his experience was in the management of large-scale donor funded development
projects in sectors of youth employment, agriculture, labor market access and vocational education. Moreover, he
has background in stakeholder relation management, technical backstopping and economic research and market
studies. Omar holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration with a major in accounting. He also
holds a master’s degree in economics, and International Development from the American University in Cairo.

Technology/IT (including AI and Hardware) Leadership and Management Product Development

CO-Founder Gameball.
Experienced product manager with a strong product design background (UI/UX).

My efficient rotation among different roles in different types of organizations has expanded my range of expertise. Working with multinationals and startups, and building my own freelance career, have all contributed significantly in building my strong and proven portfolio in product development and design.

Currently, founding Gameball which is creating a new way for engaging and rewarding online platforms customers. We gamify the platform’s experience to serve your business needs and to boost customer loyalty and growth.

Design

Hani is a leading Egyptian Business Designer and Innovation Consultant, bringing a decade of experience in preparing executives and entrepreneurs to become innovators. He specializes in designing and delivering fun and interactive training workshop experiences, mentoring startup founders, and joining innovation teams to facilitate prototyping and validating customer-centric business models.

Since 2012, Hani has been inspiring the right mindset with thought-provoking keynotes on the latest in innovation and Evidence-Based Entrepreneurship, volunteering 1000s of hours mentoring early-stage startups, and engaging the Egyptian ecosystem with his blog and articles. His main aim is to teach entrepreneurs to learn by doing, investigate alternatives, appreciate experimental learning & value evidence over opinion. His mantra is: "Invest in entrepreneurs' mindsets, and a successful startup is only a matter of time."

Goodwill & Respect

Manufacturing/Production Operation

Manufacturing/Production Marketing Trading (Import &Export) Leadership and Management

A motivated, MBA qualified strategic leader in the export development field with a distinguished 25-year track record of success operating in multiple roles for both non-governmental organizations and private companies. Widely experienced managing multi-functional business development and export marketing teams, working effectively in multicultural and multilingual environments. Expertise includes significant business development, talent development, capacity building, export marketing and key project management credentials. Equipped with proven strategic planning skills, significant experience recruiting and developing highly professional teams.

Specialties: Capacity Building of Export Support Organization, Capacity Building of SMEs, Promotion of international trade, Exchange of trade related information and trade delegations, Supporting joint ventures and technological alliances, Planning and organization of business matchmaking activities, Proposing policies to develop and increase the productivity& exports of different industrial sectors, Coordinating inbound& outbound trade missions

Financial Services

Experienced Account Officer with a demonstrated history of working in the financial services industry. Skilled in Equity Research, Capital Markets, Valuation, Technical Analysis and Financial Analysis. Strong finance professional with a Introducton to portfolio management focused in Investments and Securities from The American University in Cairo.
Passed Level 3CFA
I am interested Investment Banking ,Asset Management and Private Equity careers.