Anis A. Aclimandos Omar A. Mohanna Ahmed Abou Ali President, AmCham Egypt President, Transcentury Associates Anis Aclimandos is president of Transcentury Associates (TCA), which manages development projects worldwide. He is also president of Woodies, a subsidiary of TCA, the import agent for Eastman-Kodak. Aclimandos has handled large merger and acquisitions projects in the Middle East, attracting FDI to the region from many countries. Aclimandos joined the American Chamber of Commerce in Egypt in 1983. He was elected to the board of governors in 1987; re-elected in 1988 and 2007, and in2013 as president. He has served as chair of AmCham's Customs, Investment & Trade and International Donor Programs Committees, and as vice president, membership, from 2001 to 2005. A certified accountant, Aclimandos earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in accounting from Cairo University and holds Egyptian and U.S. certification in financial management and analysis. Chairman, Egypt U.S. Business Council (EUSBC) Chairman, Suez Cement Group of Companies Omar Mohanna is Chairman of Suez Cement Group of Companies (SCGC), the leading cement producer in Egypt and a subsidiary of the German Multinational Group Heidelberg Cement AG, one of the world leading cement producers. SCGC is comprised of Suez Cement Co., Tourah Portland Cement Co., Helwan Cement Co., and Suez Bags Co, and has as subsidiaries ten other cement related companies and operations in Egypt and the region. Mohanna is also Chairman of the Alexandria Tire Company (ATCO), the largest tire producer in Egypt, and a subsidiary of the multinational tire manufacturer Pirelli. He is also Chairman of Chubb Insurance Co. Egypt, and Chairman of Chubb Life Insurance Co. Egypt. Both companies are subsidiaries of the US multinational insurance group Chubb formerly ACE. Mohanna's over 25 years of commercial and investment banking experience with Egyptian and international financial institutions has culminated in the position of Vice Chairman and Managing Director of Egypt Arab African Bank (EAAB). He also held the position of Managing Director of Accor Hotels Group in Egypt and has been a member of the Board of Directors of diverse companies. Mohanna is active in a number of organizations serving the interests of the business community in Egypt. He is the Past President of the American Chamber of Commerce in Egypt (AmCham Egypt) and is currently member of AmCham Egypt's Board of Governors. Mohanna is also Chairman of the Egypt-US Business Council and is a member of the Italian Egyptian Business Council and the German Egyptian Business Council. He is also a member of the French Egyptian Chamber of Commerce in Egypt, the Egyptian Businessmen Association, and Egypt's International Economic Forum. At the broader community level, he is a Board member of the Association for the Protection of the Environment, as well as member of the Egyptian Council for Foreign Relations. As an economist, industrialist and active member of the business community, Mohanna has brought his knowledge and expertise to bear at the policy level. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Federation of Egyptian Industries (FEI) and is Chairman of FEI's International Relations Committee. He is also a member of the General Assembly of the Holding Company for Roads, Bridges and Land Transport Projects (Ministry of Transport). He is as well a member of the Building Materials Export Council (Ministry of Trade and Industry). In addition, Mohanna is Chairman of the Egyptian Center for Economic Studies (ECES). Member of the Egypt-U.S. Business Council Executive Vice President, AmCham Egypt Partner, Hassouna & Abou Ali Law Offices Ahmed Abou Ali is a founding partner of Hassouna & Abou Ali law firm (1988), with an LL.M. degree from Harvard Law School (1984) and LL.B. (1980) and Diploma in Private Law (1982) from Cairo University. He practiced law in the U.S. with Sidley Austin Law Firm in the banking and corporate areas from 1985 to 1987. Acting on behalf of multinational companies and international agencies, he has expertise in the areas of banking, capital markets, corporate, investment, mergers and acquisitions, project finance and restructuring, and legislative and economic re- forms. He acts both as a transactional and litigator attorney. Abou Ali serves as a board member of several corporations, including Telecom Egypt (he servesas chair of its compensation and bonuses committee), BLOM Bank Egypt (he serves as member of its audit committee),and Altaameer Real Estate Finance Company. He is a member of the Egypt-US Business Council and the Egypt-Spain Business Council. He previously served at the American Chamber of Commerce in Egypt as the chair of the Legal Affairs Committee and as the past executive vice president from 2011 to 2013. Abou Ali is a member of the Board of Trustees and Treasurer of the Education for Employment Foundation EFE, and the current Chairman of the Board of the Egyptian Society for the Protection of Intellectual Property Rights since 2014 and its past Secretary General. Abou Ali is an author of several published research papers and presentations on different aspects of Egyptian law. Alaa Hashim Aladdin Saba Basil El Baz Member of the Egypt-U.S. Business Council Chair, Entrepreneurship and Innovation Committee, AmCham Egypt Chairman of Transcendium Board Member, Egyptian Center for Economic Studies Alaa Hashim is currently chairman of Transcendium, a leading boutique management services firm specialized in large-scale business transformations and investment management. He also serves as a board member of one of Egypt's largest export manufacturing firms, MAC Carpet, previously as co-chief executive officer and has been with the company since graduation in different capacities. He also serves on the board of leading national retailer B-Tech, Egypt's leading Paper bag manufacturer Suez Bags Company, Egypt's leading Spice and Herb Exporter Giza Seeds and Herbs Egypt's most modern bonded warehouse facility and cargo handler within Cairo International Airport and on the advisory board of regional conglomerate Energya Group. He is the co- chair of the Strategic Advisory Board of the School of Business at the American University in Cairo. He also serves on the board of Egypt's leading think tanks Egyptian Center for Economic Studies and Egyptian National Competitiveness Council. Hashim is a member of the Egypt-US Business Council. He is also an active member of AmCham Egypt where he chairs the Entrepreneurship and Innovation Committee and is a member of its Industry Committee. Hashim is a founding member of the Egypt Vision 2030 initiative and is a member of the board of trustees of the Egypt Vision Foundation. He is also a member of the Egyptian Junior Business Association. Hashim previously served as a board member of the Industrial Modernization Center, The Industrial Development Agency, the Foreign Trade Training Center, the Egyptian Brazilian Business Council and the Egyptian Italian Business Council. Hashim also proudly served on the Egyptian National Senior Judo Team from 1993 to 1995 and represented Egypt in various international events. He earned his B.Sc. in mathematics from the American University in Cairo in 1997. Member of the Egypt-U.S. Business Council Founding Partner, Bpe Partners Aladdin Saba is a founding Partner of bpe partners. Bpe partners is a private equity firm established in 2006 under the name Beltone Private Equity. Bpe partners focuses on the Egyptian market providing growth capital to Egyptian companies across different industry sectors. Saba was the founder of Beltone Financial, an investment banking institution operating in the fields of Asset Management, Corporate Finance, Private Equity, Brokerage, Research and Custody. He was also the co-founder of Hermes Financial, which in 1996 became EFG-Hermes. Prior to founding Hermes he was a Senior Portfolio Manager at Kidder Peabody & Co. Inc. in New York. He is a founding member of The Egyptian Investment Management Association in addition to The Egyptian Capital Markets Association. Saba is a board member of the Egyptian Center for Economic Studies (ECES) and a board member of Egypt-U.S. Business Council- EUSBC. He is also a board member of GB Auto and was a member of the Board of Directors of the Central Bank of Egypt. Saba holds a Master's degree in Business Administration from The Wharton School, and a further Master's degree in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania. He obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Biomedical Engineering from Cairo University. Member of the Egypt-U.S. Business Council Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Carbon Holdings Basil El-Baz is an Egyptian industrialist, entrepreneur and business executive serving as chairman and chief executive officer of Carbon Holdings, a downstream oil and gas development company. Girgis Abdel Shahid Hisham Fahmy Nevine Loutfy Member of the Egypt-U.S. Business Council Co-Chair, Legal Affairs Committee, AmCham Egypt Attorney at Law, Sarwat A. Shahid Law Firm Girgis Abd El-Shahid is a former public prosecutor. Since entering private practice, Abd El-Shahid has provided legal services to national and multinational companies in the Middle East. He specializes in commercial and investor/state arbitration, banking and finance, securities offerings, joint venture arrangements, acquisitions, energy and natural resources, corporate and commercial agreements, telecommunications and intellectual property. Abd El-Shahid holds an LL.M. in international legal studies from Georgetown University Law Center, an LL.B. from Cairo University, English Section, and a BA in economics, with a minor in business administration, from The American University in Cairo. Abd El-Shahid is a member of the Egypt-U.S. Business Council. Member of the Egypt-U.S. Business Council CEO, AmCham Egypt Inc. and Advisor to the AmCham Egypt Board Hisham Fahmy is now CEO of AmCham Egypt Inc.; a mirror organization for AmCham Egypt, based in Washington D.C. Prior to January 2016, Hisham Fahmy has been serving as executive director then CEO of AmCham Egypt since December 1999, before which he also served as general manager from 1987 to 1993. Fahmy has been playing an instrumental role in promoting US-Egypt business relationship, through the organization of over 26 business missions to Washington D.C. and other States. Fahmy is a familiar face in Washington DC offering experience on a wide range of strategic bilateral issues and is often invited to speak and participate on panels addressing different aspects of the economic relationship between Egypt and the United States. During his tenure at AmCham Egypt, membership has reached over 1900 members. For over 20 years, Fahmy has been advocating for a friendly business environment for US companies operating in Egypt and Egyptian companies working with the United States. Fahmy helped in the formation of the AmCham MENA council in seven countries to promote US business and investment in the MENA region. Fahmy has been engaged in supporting the establishment of AmCham Bahrain and Afghanistan. Fahmy previously served as acting director of the Egyptian Center for Economic Studies, a nonprofit think tank that carries out and disseminates independent economic research. Fahmy currently serves on the advisory board of AUC's School of Business, and is a board member of Education for Employment association- (EFE) and a member of the American Society for Association Executives ASAE. He is also the founder and former chairman of the Egyptian Society of Association Executives (EgSAE). Fahmy graduated from the American University in Cairo (AUC) in 1974 with a Bachelor's degree in chemistry. Member of the Board, AmCham Egypt Acting Chairman, CEO and Managing Director, Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank - Egypt Nevine Loutfy has been acting chairman, managing director and CEO of Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank Egypt since October 2008. She led the bank's transformation into a Sharia compliant institution, restructuring it and launching a large number of innovative Sharia compliant products in the retail, corporate, small and medium-sized enterprise, and microfinance segments. During more than three decades in banking, Loutfy has worked in the United States, Europe, and emerging markets, developing expertise in credit risk, business and capital management. Loutfy joined ADIB Egypt from Citigroup's EMEA Commercial Bank in London, where she was chief operating officer, managing director, and senior credit officer. Loutfy previously served as co-chair of the AmCham Banking and Finance Committee. Osama Bishai Seif Sadek Tarek Tawfik Member of the Egypt-U.S. Business Council Chief Executive Officer, Orascom Construction Industries Osama Bishai joined the Orascom Construction Group in 1985 and has held the position of Managing Director of the Construction Business since 1998. Bishai played a key role in developing the construction business, particularly in the cement, infrastructure and industrial sectors, and led the development of OCI N.V.'s investments in the fertilizer industry in Egypt, Algeria and USA. Bishai currently spearheads the Group's efforts to create a long-term concessions portfolio and is leading the growth of the US business. Bishai is a board member of BESIX Group. Bishai holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Structural Engineering from Cairo University and a Construction Management Diploma from the American University in Cairo. Member of the Egypt-U.S. Business Council Co-Chair, Agriculture and Food Security Committee, AmCham Egypt CEO, Agrocorp for Agriculture Investment Seif El Sadek is an entrepreneur, founder and Chief Executive Officer of Agrocorp for Agriculture Investment. Agrocorp is an agro processing company focused on the growing and canning of vegetables, such as artichokes, pulses, Tomato paste, juice and exporting them to retailers and food service distributors in the U.S, Europe, Middle East and Africa; Also distributing in the local market under the Foody brand. El Sadek was one of the pioneers in exporting ready to eat canned vegetables out of Egypt in a Qualified Industrial Zone area. Today, his company accounts for over 50% of all foods exported under QIZ. With more than 20 years of business expertise under his belt, El Sadek has extensive experience in the Agriculture sector and the development of modern agriculture and processing operations. He has a wide understanding of the global trading of processed food and fresh produce in the Western world and Egypt. El Sadek is Vice President of the Food export council (FEC) and chairs the exhibition committee, also co-chairs the Agriculture Committee at AmCham Egypt. He also is a board member of the Egypt - US Business Council. El Sadek holds a bachelor's degree in Economics from the American University in Cairo. Member of the Egypt-U.S. Business Council Chairman, International Cooperation Committee, AmCham Egypt Vice President for Information Management, The American University in Cairo Tarek Tawfik has a direct responsibility overseeing Land Reclamation, Farming, Food Processing and Poultry Divisions in the Americana Group in Egypt. Tawfik is a Member of the Business contact group with the Prime Minister of Egypt, Member of the Board of the General Authority for Investments and Free Zones. He is also involved in numerous organizations and currently serves as Vice Chairman of the Federation of Egyptian Industries, Secretary General of the Egyptian Center for Economic Studies, Vice President, Programs, of AmCham Egypt, Board Member of the Egypt-US Business Council, Board Member of the Egyptian Kuwaiti Business Council, Chairman of the Egyptian Franchise Association, Chairman of the Egyptian Dutch Business Club and Member of the American University Business School Advisory Board. Tawfik holds a bachelor's degree in civil engineering - Cairo University, a master's of engineering from California State University and an MBA degree from San Francisco State University. Waleed El-Zorba     Member of the Egypt-U.S. Business Council CEO, Nile Holding Nile Holding Group of companies-a family business, is leading the way in ready-made garment exports from Egypt with five companies and over 11,000 employees. Primary markets are leading retailers and importers in the US and Europe. The family business has diversified interests in various fields including; IT and Oil & Gas. In 2005 Zorba was appointed to the Export Council of Ready Made Garments and the Council of Qualified Industrial Zones by Egypt's Minister of Trade and Industry to help promote and continue the success of the textile industry in Egypt. He also served as an AmCham Egypt member of the board during the period from 2008 till 2010. In 2010, Zorba was appointed to the Egypt-US Business Council by Egypt's Minister of Trade and Industry and once again re-appointed in 2012. Zorba received his Bachelor's degree in Economics from the School of Arts and Science, University of Southern California. CEO Nile Holding Nile Holding Group of companies-a family business, is leading the way in ready-made garment exports from Egypt with five companies and over 11,000 employees. Primary markets are leading retailers and importers in the US and Europe. The family business has diversified interests in various fields including; IT and Oil & Gas. In 2005 Zorba was appointed to the Export Council of Ready Made Garments and the Council of Qualified Industrial Zones by Egypt's Minister of Trade and Industry to help promote and continue the success of the textile industry in Egypt. He also served as an AmCham Egypt member of the board during the period from 2008 till 2010. In 2010, Zorba was appointed to the Egypt-US Business Council by Egypt's Minister of Trade and Industry and once again re-appointed in 2012. Zorba received his Bachelor's degree in Economics from the School of Arts and Science, University of Southern California. Managing Partner, Denton J. Michael Lacey is managing partner of the Cairo office of international law firm Dentons. He has worked for Dentons in Cairo since 2002 and is experienced in international con- struction projects, with a focus on privatizations. Previously, he worked on major build-op- erate-transfer projects and his experience includes road, port, hospital, airport, power, bridge and airport privatizations. He also works with aviation, corporate, energy and environmen- tal projects, including several major dispute adjudications for multinational clients in the areas of construction insurance, finance, warranties and procurement fraud. He also worked for Skanska USA and Skanska Infrastructure Development in New York and Stockholm. Lacey served as co-chair of the Legal Affairs Committee at AmCham Egypt. Lacey holds a Bachelor of Arts in history and international relations from the University of San Diego, a JD from Saint Louis University and a master's degree in European law from Stockholm University. Country Manager - Near East, Procter & Gamble Egypt Karim Kamel's journey in Procter & Gamble started 19 years ago in Egypt, where he was part of P&G's internship program (in Sales and then Marketing), during the time that he was studying at the American University in Cairo. Post-graduation, Kamel joined P&G in Marketing and worked on the biggest brand (Ariel), and after spending four years successfully in Egypt, he was transferred to an international as- signment in Europe (based in Brussels), as Brand Manager. From this time onwards and for 13 years, Kamel successfully moved from one assignment to the other, going from Belgium, Saudi and last to Morocco, where his scope covered more than 15 countries as part of his portfolio, and he worked on nearly all of P&G core brands. He pioneered in turning around businesses that were in trouble and/or rais- ing the bar on existing businesses, until they reached record milestones. Kamel strongly believes that “The number One priority is people and building their capa- bilities,” and accordingly built capable organizations, leading to sustainable busi- ness building results. In July 2016, Kamel returned to Egypt to lead the P&G Near East Region (Egypt/Lebanon/Jordan/Syria/Iraq). He joined the AmCham Egypt Industry and Trade Committee in July 2016. He is married to May and is the proud father of Sherifa and Yehia. Kamel enjoys fishing, playing tennis and travelling with friends/family. Director Public Affairs & Communications, Middle East & North Africa, The Coca-Cola Company Kathryn Casson is the Director for Public Affairs and Communications for Coca- Cola in the Middle East and North Africa with responsibility for Government Rela- tions, Communications and Sustainability for the region. She is based in Cairo. Casson has over 15 years' experience in international policy making, working for the UK government's international cooperation ministry - the Department for Inter- national Development (DFID), and previously at the World Bank in Washington D.C. and the United Nations. Before joining Coca-Cola, she was Private Secretary to Justine Greening MP, the UK's International Development Cabinet Minister from 2011-2014, including over- seeing her press and communications function and work on economic development in developing countries. Casson's work has taken her to more than 10 countries in Africa and the Middle East (Israel, the Palestinian territories, Jordan, Afghanistan, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Rwanda and Zimbabwe) where she has worked with govern- ments and civil society on issues such as post-conflict transition, nutrition, women's health, climate change, microfinance and governance. In 2014 she was selected to attend the prestigious four-month Higher Command and Staff Course at the British Defence Academy, which trains future leaders of the UK military on strategic trends and threats and operational planning. She has an Honours degree in History from Queens' College Cambridge and an M.Sc. in International Development from the School of Oriental and African Studies of London University. She is on the Boards of the Vodafone Foundation in Egypt and Episcocare (the Anglican Church's development wing in Egypt). Co-Chair, Women in Business Committee - AmCham Egypt Managing Director, Investment Banking, Beltone Financial Yasmine Mowafy is Managing Director of Investment Banking at Beltone Finan- cial, a leading Cairo-based investment bank. Prior to that, she served as Regional Portfolio Manager managing MENA equities at Beltone, Director of Investment Banking at Pharos Holding and Assistant Vice President at HC Securities & In- vestment. Mowafy's 17 years of investment banking experience span a wide range of M&A and capital market transactions across numerous sectors with special emphasis on banking, telecoms, FMCG, non-bank financial services, real estate and industry. Mowafy holds a master's degree in Economics and bachelor's degree in Eco- nomics and Business Administration from the American University in Cairo.