Tawfik is a Member of the Economic Advisory Board of the Prime Minister of Egypt. He also serves as Deputy Chairman of The Egyptian Center for Economic Studies (ECES), and  President of The Federation of Mediterranean Business Organization (BUSINESSMED). Tawfik is also a board member of several organizations, including the General Authority for Investments and Free Zones (GAFI), The Sovereign Fund of Egypt (TSFE), Egyptian Countryside Development Company, Egyptian Food Safety Authority, Chamber of Food Industries, Eport development fund, Agricultural Bank of Egypt, the Ministry of Foreign Trade & Industry’s Industrial Modernization Center, Egyptian Poultry Federation.

Tawfik holds a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from Cairo University, a master’s of engineering from California Polytechnic State University (Pomona), and an MBA degree from San Francisco State University.

Mohanna is Chairman of Prometeon Tyre Egypt Co., the largest tyre producer in Egypt, and a subsidiary of the multinational tyre manufacturer Pirelli. He is also Chairman of Chubb Insurance Egypt, and Chairman of Chubb Life Insurance Co. Egypt. Both companies are subsidiaries of the US multinational insurance group Chubb. Mohanna is also Chairman of Coca-Cola HBC Egypt, and is member of the Board of Directors of CI Capital, one of the top investment banking firms in Egypt and the region and of Corplease Egypt, the leading leasing company in Egypt, a board member of B Investments, a private equity holding company and of Palm Hills Developments, one of Egypt’s leading real estate development company.

Omar Mohanna is former Chairman of Suez Cement Group of Companies (SCGC), one of the largest cement producers in Egypt and a subsidiary of the German Multinational Group Heidelberg Cement AG, a world leading cement producer.

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 member of the Tourism Industry Executive Board and is a member of the Board of Directors of the Tourism Promotion Authority. He is the Past President of the American Chamber of Commerce in Egypt (AmCham Egypt) and is Chairman of the Egypt-US Business Council. He is also a member of the Italian Egyptian Business Council, the Egyptian German Business Council, the Egyptian Pakistani Business Council, the Egyptian Nigerian Business Council, the Egyptian Algerian Business Council, the Egypt-Poland Business Council, the French Egyptian Chamber of Commerce in Egypt, the Egyptian Businessmen Association and Egypt's International Economic Forum.

Mohanna was member of the Board of the Federation of Egyptian Industries (FEI) and was chairing the Board’s related foreign relations committee.

At the broader community level, he is a Board member of the Association for the Protection of the Environment, and member of the Egyptian Council for Foreign Relations.

As an economist, banker, industrialist and active member of the business community, Mohanna has brought his knowledge and expertise to bear at the policy level in his capacity as Chairman of the Egyptian Center for Economic Studies (ECES), the leading economic think tank in Egypt and the region.

Tarek Mohanna is an international partner of the global law firm White & Case, and is the Office Executive Partner of MHR & Partners in Association with White & Case in Cairo. White & Case is a leading global law firm with over 2,616 legal professionals in 44 offices, located in 30 countries and active in many more.

Mohanna joined White & Case in 2008 and worked at the firm's London office, and was part of the team, which established the White & Case Cairo office in October 2016. White & Case and AmCham Egypt have maintained a close working relationship since the establishment of the W&C Cairo Office, with the firm being an AmCham Corporate Sponsor.

Over the years, Mohanna has been an active member of AmCham Egypt, and he currently serves as Executive Vice President on the 2023-2024 Board of Governors. Prior Mohanna is Chairman of Prometeon Tyre Egypt Co., the largest tyre producer in Egypt, and a
subsidiary of the multinational tyre manufacturer Pirelli. He is also Chairman of Chubb Insurance Egypt, and Chairman of Chubb Life Insurance Co. Egypt. Both companies are subsidiaries of the US multinational insurance group Chubb. Mohanna is also member of the Board of Directors of CI Capital, one of the top investment banking firms in Egypt and the region and of Corplease Egypt, the leading leasing company in Egypt, a board member of B Investments, a private equity holding company and of Palm Hills Developments, a leading real estate development company.

Omar Mohanna is former Chairman of Suez Cement Group of Companies (SCGC), one of the
largest cement producers in Egypt and a subsidiary of the German Multinational Group
Heidelberg Cement AG, a world leading cement producer.

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 Chairman of the Egypt-US Business Council. He is also a member of the Italian Egyptian Business Council, the Egyptian German Business Council, the Egyptian Pakistani Business Council, the Egyptian Nigerian Business Council, the Egyptian Algerian Business Council, the Egypt-Poland Business Council, 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, and 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 in his capacity as Chairman of the Egyptian Center for Economic Studies (ECES).to that, he was the Executive Vice President from 2021-2022 and Vice President for Legal Affairs from 2017 to 2019. He has participated in over 14 Doorknock missions to the United States.

Mohanna holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science with a minor in Economics, and a Master of Arts in International Human Rights Law, both from the American University in Cairo. He then completed his legal studies at BPP Law School in London.

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. He has handled large merger and acquisition projects in the Middle East, attracting FDI to the region from many countries.

After joining the American Chamber of Commerce in Egypt in 1983, Aclimandos was elected to the Board of Governors in 1987 and re-elected in 1988 and 2007. 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.

Aclimandos was elected President of AmCham Egypt in 2013 and served two consecutive terms until 2017.

A certified accountant, Aclimandos earned a Bachelor of Arts in Accounting from Cairo University and holds Egyptian and U.S. certification in financial management and analysis.

Ahmed Abou Ali is a founding partner of Hassouna & Abou Ali law firm, with an LL.M. degree from Harvard Law School and LL.B. and Diploma in Private Law  from Cairo University. He practiced law in the U.S. with Sidley Austin Law Firm in the banking and corporate areas. 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 reforms. He acts both as a transactional and litigator attorney.

Abou Ali is a board member and chair of the legal and governance committee of Telecom Egypt and member of its CSR committee and former chair of its remuneration committee; board member of Sekem Holding for Investment and member of its Corporate Governance Committee; and Chair of the Supervisory Board of Attijariwafa Bank Money Market Fund. He is a former board member of BLOM Bank Egypt and member of its audit committee; former board member of Enmaa Finance (Leasing and Factoring) Company and chair of its risk committee; and former board member of Aloula for Mortgage Finance.

He is a member of the Egypt-U.S. Business Council, and the Egypt-Greece Business Council. He previously served on the American Chamber of Commerce in Egypt’s Board of Governors as Executive Vice President for several terms.

Abou Ali is the Chairman of the Board of the Egyptian Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property Rights since 2014. He is also a Member of the Board of Directors of the Egyptian Center for Economic Studies, a Member of the Board of Trustees and Treasurer of the Education for Employment Foundation (EFE), and Chairman of the Egyptian Alternative Dispute Resolution Association. 

Abou Ali is an author of several published research papers and presentations on different aspects of Egyptian law and regulatory environment.

Dalia Wahba is an entrepreneur and co-¬founder of CID Consulting, a management and development consulting firm in Egypt with work across the MENA region, North America and Europe. CID Consulting is an award-winning firm that has designed and implemented a number of flagship and national projects in economic growth, human development and sustainability.

Wahba instinctively informs marketing and communication strategies for government entities, international organizations ( USAID, World Bank, EU, among others )  as well as private sector companies. Her expertise extends over the breadth of CID’s offering, as she works across a range of strategic planning, partnership building, marketing communications as well as  designing and implementing initiatives for  organizational transformation management and sustainability and social impact projects across multiple industrial and service sectors.

Wahba is currently serving as the Co-Chair of the Dean’s Strategic Advisory Board (SAB) of the School of Business, the American University in Cairo.  She also sits on the Advisory Council for the Middle East Institute’s Egypt Program, Washington D.C.  as well as on the advisory board of international private sector companies working in the region. She served as the Executive Vice President of the American Chamber of Commerce in Egypt from 2019-2021. Wahba has participated in multiple private sector-led missions to the U.S. to promote U.S.-Egyptian relationship at multiple fronts and support in branding Egypt beyond borders.

Wahba holds a Master’s Degree in Consulting and Coaching for Change from HEC, Paris and Oxford’s Saïd Business School; a postgraduate degree in integrated marketing communications from The American University in Cairo; and is a Certified Management Consultant of the Institute of Management Consultancy in the United Kingdom. She holds a Bachelor of Arts from the American University in Cairo.

Marwan El Sammak is the founder and CEO of Ship & Crew - Egypt established in 1993, Board member & General Manager of Medlevant Shipping and a co-owner of Worms Group company.

El Sammak is also a board member of the Holding Company for Maritime & Land Transport and a board member of Zilla Capital.

An active business community member, he is the Chair of AmCham Egypt’s Transport and Logistics Committee, he serves on the boards of many organizations, such as the Alexandria Business Association, where he was the chairman from 2013 until April 2017. He is currently the Vice Chairman of the Alexandria Chamber of Shipping, Board member, & Treasurer of the Chambre de Commerce et d’Industrie Française en Egypte and Head of Alexandria Branch, and Board Member of El Horreya Association for Community Development & Environmental Initiatives.

El Sammak is a member of the Advisory Council for the College of International Transport & Logistics of the Arab Academy for Science Technology & Maritime Transport (AASTMT).

Mohamed El-Kalla is the Chief Executive Officer of CIRA Education (CIRA), An EGX30 Company and winner of Africa's top IPO in 2018. CIRA was founded 1993 and currently CIRA is Egypt’s largest investor in the private education sector. It holds more than 20 affiliate companies and educational brands. CIRA has invested in 28 campuses, serving more than 48,000 students around Egypt. In addition to the educational investments, CIRA is anchoring one of Egypt’s largest healthcare projects, currently under development, Capital Medical City (CAPMED).

El-Kalla also serves in his personal capacity as an independent board member at the Saudi Jordanian Investment Fund (SJIF) for Health and Education set up to launch the region’s largest education medical project through the opening of the UCLA and UCL medical colleges and affiliated hospitals in Amman, Jordan.

Prior to joining CIRA, El-Kalla had a long career at the United Nations in UNHCR, UNV, UNRC and UNDP where he had a career in support of refugees, large volunteering projects as well as supporting the foundation of the Global Compact Network in Egypt, and other countries across the MENA region. In addition, El-Kalla founded Ahead of the Curve (ATC) consultancy, a leading regional sustainability management think tank focused on inclusive economies that works on supporting the realization of a MENA-based model for sustainability.

Seifeldin Elsadek is an entrepreneur, founder, and Chief Executive Officer of Agrocorp for Agriculture Investment, a leading agro-processing company. Agrocorp specializes in growing and canning vegetables such as artichokes, pulses, tomato paste, and juice. The company exports these products to retailers, food banks  and food service distributors across the United States, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. Additionally, Agrocorp serves the local market under the well-known Foody brand.

Elsadek's journey began 30 years ago when he was a pioneer in exporting ready-to-eat canned vegetables. Today, Agrocorp contributes to over 50% of all food products exported under the QIZ protocol. With a remarkable 30 years of experience in business, Elsadek has developed extensive expertise in the agricultural sector. His knowledge spans the development of modern farming practices and processing operations, and he has a profound understanding of the global trade of processed food and fresh produce, particularly in the Western world and Egypt.

In addition to leading Agrocorp, Elsadek also served as a board member of AmCham Egypt from 2018-2022 and is also a member of the Egypt-U.S. Business Council.

Elsadek's academic background includes a bachelor's degree in economics from the American University in Cairo.

Hisham Fahmy is CEO of AmCham Egypt Inc., a mirror organization for AmCham Egypt based in Washington D.C., and advisor to the AmCham Egypt Board of Governors. Prior to January 2016, Fahmy had served as executive director, then CEO of AmCham Egypt since December 1999 and as general manager from 1987 to 1993. Fahmy has helped organize over 30 business missions to Washington D.C. and other states as well as three U.S. missions to Egypt in cooperation with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. He is a familiar face in Washington, offering expertise on strategic bilateral issues and the economic relationship between Egypt and the United States.

For over 20 years, Fahmy has advocated for a friendly business environment for U.S. companies operating in Egypt and Egyptian companies working with the United States. He also helped create the AmCham MENA Regional Council to promote U.S. business and investment in the MENA region and served as the council’s Regional Coordinating CEO. Under his leadership, AmCham Egypt’s membership reached over 1,900 members and 90 staff.

Fahmy previously served as acting director of the nonprofit think tank The Egyptian Center for Economic Studies (ECES). He serves on the Egypt-U.S. Business Council (EUSBC), the Advisory Board of the American University in Cairo’s (AUC) School of Business, the Global Board of AMIDEAST, the board of the American Research Center in Egypt (ARCE), and the Board of the Education for Employment Association (EFE). Fahmy is also a non-resident scholar at the Middle East Institute. 

Fahmy has been recognized by U.S. corporations including ExxonMobil, Coca-Cola, PepsiCo and others for his role in promoting Egypt-U.S. economic relations. The Center for Transatlantic Relations presented him with the “Mediterranean Leadership Award 2016" for his efforts in fostering stronger U.S.-Egypt business and economic relations.
Fahmy graduated from AUC in 1974 with a bachelor's degree in chemistry.

Sylvia Menassa is the CEO of AmCham Egypt and leads the organization, which serves and connects almost 2,200 members. Menassa has been playing an instrumental role in promoting the U.S.­-Egypt business relationship through coordinating policy advocacy efforts on behalf of Egypt’s private sector, the organization of several Doorknock and business missions to and from the U.S., and awareness building activities aimed at enhancing the economic and business environment and encouraging investment.

Menassa also serves as the Chief Executive Officer for the AmCham MENA Regional Council, for which AmCham Egypt serves as the Permanent Secretariat, coordinating the activities of 10 countries and working to promote U.S. business and investment in the MENA region.

Menassa has been serving AmCham Egypt relentlessly for the past 30 years in various positions, last of which being COO of AmCham Egypt, managing the operations and overseeing the implementation of AmCham Egypt’s program of work.

Dina Nawar is the Chief Operating Officer at the American Chamber of Commerce in Egypt (AmCham Egypt). She has been serving AmCham for more than 23 years in different capacities. In her current role she oversees and coordinates the activities of AmCham’s 24 sector-focused committees, which spearhead advocacy efforts for a favorable business environment in Egypt and a stronger bilateral relationship with the United States. She also oversees the Publications and Research activities of AmCham Egypt in addition to the IT, Marketing, Sales and Communications functions. Nawar is also in charge of designing AmCham Egypt’s annual planner and overseeing the logistics of hosting all major AmCham events, Business Missions to Egypt and Special Missions to the United States.

Serving as Regional Coordinating Officer of the AmCham MENA Council, she is in charge of coordinating joint activities between 10 American Chambers of Commerce in the MENA Region and the Arabian Gulf; members of the Council, helping create linkages between members of the different organizations. Nawar is also in charge of the Secretariat of the Egypt-U.S. Business Council (EUSBC), working with its counterpart at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s U.S.-Egypt Business Council on advancing the bilateral relationship.

Between 2002 and 2003, Nawar served as Projects Coordinator at CID Consulting, a management consulting firm specialized in both the private sector and economic development, where she worked with CID clients on designing and implementing their marketing communications plans.

Nawar holds a bachelor’s degree in Economics from the American University in Cairo. She also holds professional certifications in Strategic Management of Non-Governmental Organizations from Harvard Kennedy School of Government, and in Leadership Communication from INSEAD.