Our Leadership Team
Current Board and Leadership Council
Sherif Wahby
Chairman, RISE Egypt
Founder & CEO, Capital Executive 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; Founding 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
Former 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
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.
Through this partnership, Executive MBAs from the Cornell Johnson School of Business partner with RISE Fellows to implement pro-bono business consulting services in the areas of strategy, accounting, management, operations, and other areas that may help the entrepreneurs scale their enterprises.