Our Leadership Team
Current Board and Leadership Council
Sherif Wahby
Senior Director
Markon Solutions
Omar Fateen
Founder & CEO
IBT Global
Mona Mowafi
Founder & President , RISE Egypt
Visiting Scientist, Harvard University
Hisham El-Khazindar
Co-founder & Managing Director Qalaa Holdings
Shehab El-Nawawi
CEO
Giza Systems
Hania Sholkamy
Associate Research Professor
Social Research Center, AUC
Moustapha Sarhank
Chairman Emeritus
Sarhank Group for Investment
Amr Abdallah
Former CEO for Telecom
Raya Holding
Founding Board of Directors
Mona Mowafi
Founder & President
RISE Egypt
Wael Fakharany
Co-founder, RISE Egypt;
MENA Business Leader, Google X
Michael Megalli
Founder & CEO, Indie.Biz;
Co-Director, RISE Fellowship Program
Sherif Wahby
CEO
Capital Executive Solutions
Azza Fahmy
Chairwoman & Chief Designer
Azza Fahmy Jewelry
Sherine Mishriki
Executive Management Consultant
Sherif Kamel
Dean
AUC Business School
Tarek Mansour
Senior Partner
PriceWaterhouse Coopers Egypt
Shereen Allam
President
AWTAD
Amr Helmy
Chairman
Amr Helmy Designs
Ayman Ismail
Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship
AUC Business School
Ihab Ismail
Managing Partner
Enovio Consulting
Lamia Youseff
Former Principal Manager
Microsoft
A special thanks to
The legal team at Akin Gump have provided superb legal services to RISE Egypt as a pro-bono client. The team at Akin has not only been meticulous, but working with them has also been a tremendous pleasure.
Thebes Legal Consultancy continue to help us understand the legal and regulatory environment in Egypt so we may better serve social entrepreneurs and the innovation ecosystem to make greater impact.