BEBA Sectoral Mission to the UK

“The Pre-eminent Forum and Driving Force facilitating British/Egyptian Business Relations.”

The British Egyptian Business Association (BEBA) is a non-governmental, non-profit organisation, serving the interests of the British / Egyptian business community. BEBA was established in 1996 with 100 members. Today, it has over 800 members, covering a broad cross-section of leading British and Egyptian corporations and individuals.

BEBA offers a wide range of services to its members, such as opening channels of communication between British and Egyptian businesses, organising trade missions between the two countries, showcasing current key business issues through workshops, seminars and lobbying for change at a governmental level on behalf of BEBA’s members. BEBA also provides access to senior UK and Egyptian government officials. British Egyptian Business Association (BEBA)

Message from the Chairman of BEBA

Khaled Nosseir, Chairman, British Egyptian Business Association (BEBA)

I am delighted to announce that BEBA Sectoral Business Mission to the UK is set to take place from June 13-16, 2023. Our objective for this four-day mission is to promote investment opportunities and discuss incentives to attract foreign direct investment (FDI) in Egypt’s strategic sectors, including hydrogen, decarbonization, green economy/bonds, mining, and financial services.

Sustainability is currently high on the agenda for futurefocused companies wanting to alter their business in the long term. BEBA’s Sectoral Mission to the UK is aligned with this target, and we aim to promote trade and FDI towards a sustainable future, focusing on strategic sectors that can help Egypt achieve its sustainable development goals. During the mission, you will have the opportunity to explore potential international business opportunities through

panel discussions, B2B, B2G, networking, dinners, and other activities.

We encourage British companies to strengthen their partnerships with Egyptian counterparts and to use Egypt as a gateway to other regional markets. We also aim to encourage enterprises to investigate the potential for decarbonization, green finance, and other options as part of our responsibility for promoting Egypt’s sustainable growth.

I would like to express our gratitude to the Ministry of Petroleum, the Ministry of Finance, the Egyptian Embassy in the UK, the British Embassy in Egypt, and all our mission partners for their continuous support.

Last but not least, I would like to thank BEBA executive team for their dedication to excellence.

Government Officials

HE Sherif Kamel, Egyptian Ambassador to the UK

Ambassador Sherif Kamel graduated from Ain Shams University in Cairo in 1991, with a BA in Civil Engineering.

Ambassador Kamel joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1993, and assumed different posts in Egypt’s missions abroad, starting with the Delegation to the United Nations in Geneva (19972001), as well as the Embassy in Washington DC (2005- 2009), then was appointed as the Deputy Chief of Mission at Egypt’s Embassy in New Delhi (2012-2016). He served as Egypt’s Ambassador to The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan (2018-2021), and is currently Egypt’s Ambassador to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland since December 2021.

Gareth Bayley took up his role as Her Britannic Majesty’s Ambassador to Egypt in August 2021. This appointment marks his return to Egypt, where he had been assigned earlier in his career.

Prior to this assignment, Ambassador Bayley was the Prime Minister ’s Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, and the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) Director for South Asia and Afghanistan, from 2017 to May 2021.

Ambassador Bayley has held a number of roles within the Foreign Office since 1995. He worked on the Middle East and North Africa, the United Nations, and various roles on Peacebuilding, Conflict Prevention and Post-Conflict Transition.

Previous assignments include Chief of Staff to Quartet Representative Tony Blair, the UK Mission to the UN (2006 to 2009), Deputy Head of FCO’s Iraq Department (2005 to 2006) and the British Embassy Baghdad (2004 to 2005).

Ambassador Bayley was the UK Special Representative for Syria from October 2014 to October 2017.

HE Gareth Bayley, British Ambassador to Egypt

Government Officials

• In 1998, he became Sales Manager and Member of the Board of Directors of Chevron Egypt S.A.E.

• During the period from 2002 till 2008, he got several Chevron assignments and managed projects in Dubai, Kenya & Singapore.

• In 2008 he became Managing Director – Marketing of Chevron Egypt.

From 2008 till end of 2010, he moved to Chevron South Africa, held the position of Regional Manager in charge of South & Central Africa’s Commercial & Industrial Business.

In Jan. 2011, he joined Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC). During the period from (2011 – 2013) he held the positions of Deputy CEO for Foreign Trade, Deputy CEO for Internal Trade and Deputy CEO for Operations

In Aug. 2013, He was appointed as EGPC’s CEO.

On 19th Sept. 2015, he was appointed as Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources.

Received his B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering Cairo University in 1986.

Joined Chevron (Egypt) in Jan. 1987. Worked in different fields and held various positions in Engineering, Operations, Planning, Sales and Marketing.

On 10th May 2017, the French President awarded him the “Ordre National de la Legion D’Honneur” at the rank of Knight

On 10th November 2020, the President of the Hellenic Republic awarded him the “Grand Commander of the Order of Phoenix”

Dr. Mohamed Maait is currently serving as the Minister of Finance, Prior to his appointment as Minister, he held the position Vice Minister of Finance for Public Treasury Affairs & Head of the Economic Justice Unit. In addition, he served as First Deputy Minister of Finance in 2015 and as a Deputy to the Minister of Finance for Pension and Social Insurance during the period (2009– 2013). In addition, he served as First Deputy Minister of Health & Population (2014 – 2015).

Over his career of 33 years, he held many positions such as Vice Chairman of the Egyptian Financial Super visor y Authority (20132015), Chairman of the Egyptian Governmental Actuarial Department (EGAD) at the Ministry of Finance (2010– 2013), Vice Chairman of the National Organization for Social Insurance (2011-2012), Senior Advisor to the Minister of Finance (20072009). He was also appointed as the Executive Director of the Egyptian Insurance Institute (2007). He also worked as a senior lecturer and has more than 30 years of teaching and researching experience at many universities in Egypt, Sudan, England and Scotland. He is also a member of many national and international committees and boards of directors.

Dr. Mohamed Maait is currently serving as the Minister of Finance, Prior to his appointment as Minister, he held the position Vice Minister of Finance for Public Treasury Affairs & Head of the Economic Justice Unit. In addition, he served as First Deputy Minister of Finance in 2015 and as a Deputy to the Minister of

Dr. Maait holds a BSc degree in Insurance and Mathematics from

Cairo University, Egypt (1984), an MPhil in Insurance from Cairo University, Egypt (1992), he also got a Diploma (1996), an MSc in Actuarial Science (1997), and a PhD degree in Actuarial Science from City University, London, UK (2003).

HE Tarek El Molla, Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources

HE Dr. Mohamed Maait, Minister of Finance

Rami Aboul Naga is Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE), as of November 2019. He oversees the Markets and Foreign Relations sectors, Monetary Policy, Economic Research, Information Technology, and Banking Operations & Payment Systems. He is also a Board member of several institutions, such as the Egyptian Stock Exchange, Egypt Post, amongst others.

Since joining, he oversaw the prudent management of the CBE’s foreign reserves, ensuring compliance with the stringent investment guidelines. He also spearheaded negotiations with financial institutions and other central banks, to attract foreign investments into the Egyptian market. Aboul Naga led the discussions with credit rating agencies in their quest to determine Egypt’s credit profile. He was entrusted with the Egyptian foreign exchange market’s management to monitor its activities and further its development. Not only, but he was responsible for supervising the local money and capital markets, as well as developing their infrastructure to promote their efficiency. As Head of the Monetary Policy Implementation Unit, Aboul Naga managed the implementation of the monetary policy, mainly through modelling and forecasting future liquidity conditions in the Egyptian banking sector.

Aboul Naga played a pivotal role in the discussions with the IMF and the implementation of the homegrown reform programme. His years of managing the Domestic Foreign

Exchange market equipped him with the expertise to revamp the foreign exchange framework and successfully liberalise the foreign exchange regime. Previously, as Sub-Governor of the Markets sector, he headed the Reserves Management, Treasury, and the Monetary Policy Implementation divisions, as well as Quantitative Modelling and Risk Analytics division. In April 2018, his scope was widened to include supervising the Foreign Relations and Investment sector, which included the External Debt, Back Office and Settlement division, as well as the Strategic Contributions divisions. Aboul Naga has more than 18 years of experience in the banking sector. Prior to his time at the CBE, he worked in the Treasury department of the Commercial International Bank. He is a graduate of the American University in Cairo, with a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and a minor in Economics, and holds a Master’s of Science degree in Finance from City University, UK. He received numerous training courses and certificates from various international institutions, such as the World Bank, the Federal Reserve Bank, and the German Bundesbank, among others. He also recently attended the Leadership and Change Management Executive Program at Yale University and the Executive Leadership Program at Harvard Business School. Aboul Naga has been selected in 2017, 2018, and 2019 for Choiseul 100 Africa, which, according to the independent think tank, “identifies young African leaders of 40 years old and below, who will play a major role in the continent’s economic development in the near future”.

Rami Aboul Naga, Deputy Governor, Central Bank of Egypt

Hossam Heiba, President, General Authority for Investment & Free Zones (GAFI)

Mr. Hossam Heiba is an experienced investment banker and direct investment professional with more than 32 years of experience of which 25 years management experience in setting up, managing, negotiating and enhancing direct investments in more than 15 different sectors and industries with international practice standards that involved undertaking different tasks that varied between managing investment companies and assuming operating roles, executing workable business plans, initiating and developing start up projects and companies in the various sectors and countries.

Mr. Heiba assumed several roles in various high profile companies and institutions such as Banking in Misr Iran Investment Bank, Management consultation in Coopers & Lybrand Management Consulting (currently PwC), Government Agencies in the Public Enterprise Office (PEO) - The Privatization Agency of Egypt, Direct investments & Asset Management in Al Ahly for Development & Investment (ADI), Venture Capital as CEO of Investia Venture Capital, Private Equity as Vice President of Egypt Kuwait Holding Co. (Al Kharafi Group) for Energy, Family Office as CIO in Energya Holding (DIFC), Advisory services as Managing Partner of Orbis Capital and Investment, Private Equity as Senior Partner in Beltone Private Equity as well as the Chief Investment Officer of ADI and the Fund Manager of both Bedaya SME Fund & Papyrus Tourism Fund, Non-banking Financial services as the CEO of Basata for SME & Microfinance.

During his years of experience, Mr. Heiba has restructured, solicited & raised finances, conducted equity and debt underwriting through introducing new strategic investors or IPO’s as well as provided investment consulting and advisory services, structuring and concluding corporate finance deals

through dealing with various financial institutions such as international banks, multilateral institutions, as well as the World Bank; in addition to multinational and regional firms serving in more than 20 various sectors. In addition to managing companies’ operations in ICT, F&B, NBFS, Power Generation, Direct Investment & VC Companies.

Mr. Heiba was represented as a director/Chairman in several boards of companies such as Post for Investment (PFI) as Vice Chairman & Head of Investment Committee, Holdi Pharma as member in board investment committee, Chairman of El Nasr for Chemical Pharmaceutical Industries, Egyptian Pharma Distribution & Trading Co, EMRC, in addition to previous representations in more than 36 companies operating in Natural Gas Distribution, Venture Capital, Packaging, Tourism, FMCG, Power Generation, District Cooling, Asset Management, F&B, Retail, Engineering Ind., Insurance, Food Ind.

Hossam attended several conferences, seminars and roundtables as guest speaker in Egypt and the region as well as being a anchor host for “Money Talks” radio live and podcast show on Cairo Business Radio in addition to being a guest in several TV business shows.

Mr. Heiba is an instructor at AUC – Quest Consulting – EPEA –ECMA – RITI

Hossam completed MBA courses in International Business from Maastricht School of Management – Netherlands in 2000 after gaining his BA in Economics from the American University in Cairo in 1988.

Speakers (Alphabetical Order by Last Name)

Patrick is a practiced consultant with over 15 years of experience helping mining companies, financial institutions and governments to foster development of stable and equitable mining sectors. He leads Wood Mackenzie’s Metals & Mining Consulting practice for the EMEA region from the company’s London office.

During his career in the metals and mining industry, he has held roles as a senior advisor to government officials on the topics of mining sector development and tax policy, leader of implementation and socialization of key government initiatives, advisor on geopolitical/sovereign risk wmitigation and in support of private-public negotiations for government and the private sector. His main focus has been in the areas of public policy development and investment attraction in projects with government clients in MENA and Latin America.

Prior to joining Wood Mackenzie, Patrick advised senior management of Rio Tinto’s Copper organization headquarters as part of its global business analysis and strategy team. He led projects and analyses in strategy and valuation in Mongolia, Australia, North America and Europe.

Michèle Dée is Regional Head at UK Export Finance (“UKEF”), the UK government export credit agency, where she leads on business development in Africa and North America. She joined UKEF in 2017 as Head of the Renewables and High Tech branch before moving to her current position in 2019. Before joining UKEF, Michèle spent two years as a Corporate Finance Advisor for the Business Energy and Infrastructure Department (BEIS), another government department. Prior to joining the civil service in 2015, Michèle had pursued a career in banking in London where she held project financier positions in CA-CIB, Lloyds and Barclays. She holds a master degree in management and finance from the University of Brussels.

Patrick Barnes, Head of Metals & Mining Consulting - EMEA, Wood Mackenzie

Michèle Dée, Regional Head, UK Export Finance (“UKEF”)

Anja-Isabel Dotzenrath, Executive Vice President Gas & Low Carbon Energy, BP plc

the global energy industry. Before joining bp Anja was chief executive officer of RWE Renewables, one of the world’s leading renewables businesses with interests in onshore and offshore wind, solar and battery storage; and operations across Europe, the Americas and Asia-Pacific. From 2011 to 2019 she held a broad range of leadership roles in E.ON including chief executive officer of E.ON Climate & Renewables, the unit’s chief operating officer and chief commercial and development officer of E.ON‘s combined conventional and renewable power business. Prior to E.ON, Anja held a number of senior roles in management consultancy over 15 years, with a focus on energy and the industrial sector and spent four years in the energy and chemical industry.

Anja is an Honorary Consul of Norway; a member of the UK Government’s new Investment Council; and a member of the Senate of the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft.

Anja- Isabel Dotzenrath is responsible for BP’s global gas and low carbon energy businesses.

Anja joined bp in March 2022 with 30 years of experience in

A German national, Anja has a master’s degree in electrical engineering and a master’s degree in business administration from RWTH University in Aachen.

Mr. Hisham Ezz Al-Arab is the Chairman of the Commercial International Bank (CIB) – Egypt. Prior to his appointment, Mr. Ezz Al-Arab served as an advisor to the Governor of the Central Bank of Egypt for three months.

In 2020, Mr. Ezz Al-Arab founded and chaired HE Advisory. With over 40 years of experience as an international banker across Europe, the Middle East and Africa, he advises corporations on growth strategies, resource mobilization and financial risk management. He also provides fundraising advice and strategic counseling to startup fintechs.

Mr. Ezz Al-Arab has been recognized by a number of global publications for his leadership

and the bank’s performance. He was named “Best CEO in Egypt and Africa” by EMEA Finance in 2014. In 2016, Euromoney recognized his “Outstanding Contribution to Financial Services in the Middle East” CIB was awarded Euromoney’s “Best Bank in Global Emerging Markets”, the first bank in Egypt and MENA to receive this award. CIB was named “Best Emerging Markets Bank” by Global Finance in Both 2018 and 2020. Under his leadership, CIB was the first bank in Egypt to issue a sustainability report and become a signatory for the United Nations Environment Program Financial Initiatives: Principles for Responsible Banking.

Mr. Ezz El-Arab is a member of the Institute of International Finance (IIF) in Washington, a member of the Emerging Markets Advisory Council (EMAC), a board member of Ripplewood

Advisors MENA and a board member of Smart Africa. He is also the former Chairman of the Federation of Egyptian Banks, a former Board Member of the American University in Cairo and a former Board Member of Fairfax Africa.

Before joining CIB in 1999, Mr. Ezz Al-Arab worked at Merrill Lynch, J.P. Morgan and Deutsche Bank in London and the Middle East.

Hisham Ezz Al-Arab, Chairman, Commercial International Bank – Egypt (CIB)

Mohamed Fouad, Founder & CEO, Egypt Oil & Gas

Mohamed Fouad has played a great role in leading the industry to share knowledge and discuss important topics through his communication channels. In this, he has been aided by a vast knowledge and deep understanding of the industry.

Mohamed is the Founder and CEO of Egypt Oil & Gas information services since 2006. It’s a platform, which was created by him and

his team to become the leading information provider for the industry. He has seen the highs and lows our industry has faced —- and has embraced it always.

His propelling contribution to the petroleum sector started right after acquiring his Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering in 1999. Fouad launched his career working at the West Africa Oil Services from 2000 to 2002. He occupied the position of Vice President for Sales and Market at Oil and Gas North Africa from 2002 to 2004, subsequently founding Petroleum Africa.

In his current post at Egypt Oil & Gas group, Mohamed Fouad created the Egypt Oil & Gas Committee, building to build strong ties with the Egyptian Ministry of Petroleum and prominent figures in the sector to provide ample insights for the industry’s progress.

In 2023, Fouad was appointed as a Board Member and Secretary General of the Egyptian Gas Association (EGA) and Chairman of the International Gas Union’s Communication and Marketing Committee.

Mohamed Fouad is a true leader and entrepreneur —he demonstrates his passion every day as he is always looking at the need of an industry and building opportunities for those in his sphere of influence.

He is a powerful force in the workplace and uses her positive attitude and tireless energy to encourage others to work hard and succeed.

Mr. Sherif Hamouda is an Egyptian businessman, who earned his bachelor degree in law. Then followed his passion and pursued knowledge in the area of business and economics and started his career in the mid-nineties in supply chain, contracting, and animal farming till 2004 when he started expanding in Africa and Europe.

Hamouda founded his first business company 1994 and then, with his partners incorporated several companies spanning different industries that include and are not limited to General Contracting, Specialized Contracting, Real Estate development and construction, F&B factories and mega projects in green investment like: medical waste, waste management and, waste heat recovery.

Sherif Hamouda, Chairman GV Group

Heike Harmgart, Managing Director of the Southern & Eastern Mediterranean, EBRD

Dr. Heike Harmgart is the Managing Director for the Southern and Eastern Mediterranean (SEMED) region at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD). Based in Cairo, Dr Harmgart is responsible for the formulation and delivery of EBRD’s strategy and business plan for the SEMED region currently including Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, Tunisia, Lebanon and West Bank and Gaza. She manages a team of 150 staff with an annual business volume of over € 2 billion.

A German national, Dr Harmgart joined the EBRD in 2006 as an economist. In 2013 she became EBRD’s first Head of Office in Jordan, based in Amman. She was appointed Director for the Eastern Mediterranean after EBRD expanded under her local leadership into Lebanon and West Bank and Gaza in 2017. Dr Harmgart serves as a member of the World Economic Forum’s Global Future Council on the New Agenda for Fragility and Resilience.

She has been selected by Forbes Middle East in 2022 as one of the 100 most powerful women in business in the Middle East. Prior to joining EBRD she worked for the Economist Intelligence Unit and the Institute for Fiscal Studies. She holds a PhD in Economics from University College London.

Martin is a qualified mining engineer with over 28 years of experience in the mining sector. He has worked across numerous areas of the industry, combining technical and operational expertise with strategic and commercial acumen. Importantly, throughout Martin’s career he has demonstrated a longstanding commitment to environmental and social responsibility as the basis of achieving a sustainable and successful mining business, which is a central tenet to Centamin’s decision-making framework and corporate strategy.

Before joining Centamin in April 2020, from 2009 to 2019, Martin was the CEO and Co-Founder of Toro Gold, where he oversaw the discovery, development and operation of the Mako Gold Mine in Senegal before it was acquired by LSE and ASX listed Resolute Mining in August 2019. Prior Martin was Executive Director of BDI Mining, an AIM listed diamond producer, and from 2000 to 2006 he worked in mining finance at Barclays Capital in London, where his responsibilities included technical appraisal and advisory services across Africa and the Middle East. He also held consulting engineer roles with SRK Ltd and started his career as a mining engineer with Gold Fields of South Africa.

Martin Horgan, CEO, Centamin plc

George Kanaan has been Chief Executive Officer and Director of the Arab Bankers Association in London since August 2009. The association serves through its events and publications as a focus for Arab bankers in London, Europe and throughout the Arab World. Mr. Kanaan has been involved in banking and finance for most of his professional carrier and served in many capacities with Citibank and First Chicago. In London, he created and managed The Saudi American Bank branch and an investment company, SCMI, that was associated with it. Mr. Kanaan studied at the American University of Beirut, Carnegie- Mellon university, the University of Bridgeport and the Harvard Business School. He holds degrees in Engineering and Business Administration. He has written extensively on banking and finance and serves on the board of a number of Financial and Industrial companies.

George Kanaan, CEO, Arab Bankers Association

Judith has over thirty years’ experience in the mining and metals sectors. She is Senior Independent Director of BlackRock World Mining Trust and a Non-Executive director and Chair of the Sustainability Committees of Eldorado Gold and Galiano Gold. She also sits on the Board of Women in Mining UK and is a Trustee of the Camborne School of Mines She headed the mining finance team of Société Générale until 2011 and acted as Business Development Director for mining and metals for Rand Merchant Bank in London until the end of 2019. Her experience ranges from project finance for junior miners through to funding multinationals as well as trade and working capital finance, commodity hedging and corporate finance.

Judith holds an MA from the University of Oxford and a postgraduate Diploma in Business Administration from the University of Warwick. She is currently completing a Master of Studies in Sustainability Leadership Cambridge University.

Nathan is an exploration geophysicist with over 15 years’ experience. He heads Barrick exploration in the Africa MiddleEast region, leading a very active exploration team distributed across 8 countries.

Prior to his current role he held the position of Senior Generative Geoscientist providing guidance and mentorship on a wide range of exploration subjects beyond his core Geophysical contributions. In this role Nathan was instrumental in developing and implementing the Africa and Middle East exploration strategy.

He has a breadth of experience in African Tier-1 gold and copper terranes having worked on projects throughout the continent since joining Randgold Resources in 2009 which subsequently merged with Barrick in 2019.

Judith Mosely Non-Executive Director, Blackrock World Mining Trust, Eldorado Gold Corp, & Galiano Gold Inc

After working in Latin America, Mr. Nosseir returned to Egypt to assume several capacities in Alkan; starting 1989 when he created Alkan’s fast moving consumer goods business, which included exclusive manufacturing and distribution of international leading brands of carbonated soft drinks and cigarettes, and which was divested in 1997. In 1993 he created the pharmaceutical business line of Alkan which under his tenure expanded to include two of Egypt’s fastest growing manufacturing joint ventures besides expanding Alkan’s activities in the healthcare sector until he divested it in 2009.

He is the Executive Chairman of Alkan Group’s sub-holdings and subsidiaries which also include sixteen regional subsidiaries.

Mr. Nosseir chairs the Egyptian Korean Business Council & is a member of EBA (Egyptian Businessmen’s Association) and the AmCham (American Chamber).

Mr. Nosseir has a degree in Industrial Engineering with a minor in Business Administration.

Khaled Nosseir, Chairman, British Egyptian Business Association & Alkan Holding

Nathan Komarnisky, VP Exploration Africe & Middle East, Barrick

Jon Perry, Partner, Norton Rose Fulbright LLP

Jon Perry is a corporate lawyer based in London. He focuses on cross-border M&A, joint ventures, fundraisings and corporate advisory work, particularly in the mining, commodities and industrials sectors.

He acts for a number of clients in the mining sector, including mining majors, juniors, banks and mining-focused investment funds. He has acted on a number of high-profile mining transactions including the merger of Barrick Gold with Randgold, and the merger of royalty companies Altus and Elemental. He is currently advising mining companies on the development of a framework for gold mining in Egypt. He also acted for Barclays on the disposal of its Egyptian banking operations.

Jon has particular experience of transactions in Africa and Asia. Jon is qualified as a solicitor in both England and Hong Kong. He spent 10 years of his career working in the Hong Kong offices of Norton Rose Fulbright, and has worked across the Asian region. He returned to London in 2016.

Rakesh qualified as a Chartered Accountant with a top five firm, gaining experience of large corporate audits and qualifying as a Member of the Institute of Taxation. He is Senior Partner and Chairman of MHA MacIntyre Hudson and proactively leads collaborative working between Baker Tilly International global offices to most effectively meet the needs of our clients. Rakesh leads Baker Tilly’s global financial sector group.

Rakesh works with financial services businesses across the sector and with a range of other commercial clients. He prides himself on having regular contact with his clients, proactively advising on a range of issues.

Rakesh is Chairman of the Risk and Audit, Risk & Compliance Committee of the Chartered Institute of Taxation. He is also a non-executive director of a listed Real Estate Investment Trust and Chairman of the Audit, Risk & Compliance Committee. He is committed to bringing his all-round experience including a “user perspective” to bear on our service to you.

Rakesh Shaunak, Senior Partner & Chairman, MHA MacIntyre Hudson

Jane Toogood is Chief Executive of Catalyst Technologies sector at Johnson Matthey, a global leader in sustainable technologies that enable a cleaner and healthier world. Jane leads a business of £450m sales (21/22) and aims to enable the transition towards net zero through new solutions for decarbonisation and circularity. To meet ambitious net zero goals, Jane continues to advocate for industry groups, government and other stakeholders to come together to accelerate the energy transition. Jane serves as the UK’s first Hydrogen Champion and also serves as joint chair of the UK Government’s Hydrogen Advisory Council. Jane’s deep experience of leading business transformation and growth has been built over many years across a number of global business management, senior commercial and business development roles within the global chemical industry, covering multiple industry sectors from automotive, to healthcare, to petrochemicals. She has worked internationally for many years, for companies such as Borealis, ICI and Uniqema in Europe and the US and is currently based in the UK. Jane Toogood holds an MA in Natural Sciences (chemistry) from the University of Oxford.

Jane Toogood, UK Government National Hydrogen Champion, Chief Executive of Catalyst Technologies, Johnson Matthey

Members of the Delegation (Alphabetical Order by Company Name)

Baker Tilly Mohamed Hilal – Wahid Abdel Ghaffar

Baker Tilly Mohamed Hilal – Wahid Abdel Ghaffar is one of the largest and leading firms in the Egyptian market since 1951 specialized in auditing and advisory services. As one of the largest in the market, Baker Tilly Hilal and Abdel Ghaffar is leading the market with over 400 professionals and 25 partners. We continue to lead in the market with our local expertise and

global reach. We will continue to invest in growing the future of our firm by building on a strong foundation, a dream to grow, a commitment to quality, exceptional client service, technical expertise and above all an international perspective is what brought us where we are today.

At BT Hilal and Abdel Ghaffar, delivering high quality services is core to everything we do to make a tangible and positive impact on their businesses, and invest in our people and teams to ensure we continue to have the breadth of insight and perspective to do just that.

Mohamed Hilal Managing Partner

Tel: (+2) 0122 311 2822

Email address: mohamed.hilal@bakertillyeg.com

Website: www.bakertillyeg.com

Amr Wahid

Vice Managing Partner

Tel : (+2) 0100 445 5551

Email address: amr.wahid@bakertillyeg.com

Website: www.bakertillyeg.com

BDO Khaled & Co

Being a member of BDO International, the world’s 5th largest accountancy network, BDO in Egypt provides various professional services, including Auditing, Accounting, Tax Advisory, Tax planning, Business Process Outsourcing (Via Mohanad

BDO Esnad S.A.E.) and Management Consultancy Services (BDO Egypt Consulting Ltd) inclusive of Company Formation/ Registration, Social insurance, and Corporate Finance Services. The company also conducts Feasibility Studies and Business-process improvements, as well as rendering Executive searches and Recruitment Services.

T. Khaled Managing Partner

Tel: (+2) 0100 122 0555

Email address: m.khaled@bdo.com.eg

Website: www.bdo.com.eg

Benya Capital

Benya Group is the leading digital solution and ICT infrastructure provider in Egypt and the MEA Region. Through

its subsidiaries that operate across various ICT verticals. “Benya Group” offers a wealth of products, ser vices, and digital solutions including telecommunication ser vices, cloud, and security solutions, hyperscale data centers, manufacturing technology-based solutions and systems integration.

Ahmed Mekky Chairman & CEO

Tel: (+2) 0100 544 0950

Email address: chairman@benya.capital

Website: https://benya.capital/

BM Lease Company

Established in 2017 as a subsidiary to Banque Misr, BM Lease is a leading non-banking ser vices company, providing flexible and specialized leasing and factoring ser vices for SMEs and large corporations in Egypt. With a target-driven business model, BM Lease delivers financial leasing solutions customized to fit customers’ strategic business objectives with

a focus on long-term sustainable growth and capitalizing on market opportunities for steady business growth.

With an authorized capital of EGP 500 million and a paid-incapital of EGP 310 million, BM Lease is positioned as one of the robust non-banking services providers in Egypt with reputable shareholders’ structure and a specialized management board that has been leading Egypt’s financial solutions market.

Hisham Sheta Managing Director & CEO

Tel: (+202) 3537 1187

Email addres: hsheta@bm-lease.com

Website: www.bm-lease.com

bp has a long and successful track record in Egypt stretching back for over 55 years with investments of more than $35 billion - making bp one of the largest foreign investors in the country. bp continues to play a key role in unlocking Egypt’s energy

potential and efforts to grow production safely, reliably and efficiently. bp currently produces, with its partners, close to 60% of Egypt’s gas production through joint ventures the Pharaonic Petroleum Company (PhPC) and Petrobel in the East Nile Delta as well as through bp’s operated West Nile Delta fields. bp is also committed to a wide-range of social development programs and investment in the country’s people capabilities.

Nader Zaki

Regional President Middle East and North Africa (MENA) & Group Senior Vice President (SVP)

Tel: (+202) 2673 3333

Email address: nader.zaki@bp.com

Website: www.bp.com

Felipe Arbelaez

Senior Vice President Hydrogen & CCS

Website: www.bp.com

Nadir Imanov

Country Head, Egypt

Website: www.bp.com

Cairo Airport Travel (CAT)

Cairo Airport Travel (CAT) is the leading limousine company in Egypt operating the biggest service repair center for

commercial vehicles with a subsidiary providing corporate travel services. We are fully committed to Egypt Vision 2030 and will persistently work on our sustainability development.

Ali Sameh Ahmed Elhalabi Managing Director

Tel: (+2) 0122 216 0098

Email address: ali@cairoairport.travel

Website: https://cairoshuttlebus.com

Capricorn Energy Egypt Limited

Capricorn Energy is one of Europe’s leading independent energy companies with an active production, development

and exploration activity focused on Egypt, with further exploration activities in the UK North Sea, West Africa and Latin America. Capricorn Energy was previously known as Cairn Energy, with EP assets in India and latterly Senegal.

Eleanor Rowley Managing Director

Tel: (+2) 0110 300 0672

Email address: eleanor.rowley@capricornenergy.com

Website: www.capricornenergy.com

Centamin PLC

Centamin, publicly listed in London and Toronto, is a gold mining company. The company has been active in Egypt since 1995. Sukari is the first modern-day gold mine in Egypt and its 15.5 million ounce resource is one of the largest in the world.

By the end of 2014, the Company has invested about US$1.2 billion in its Sukari Gold Mine, in the Eastern Desert.

Centamin’s continued investment will result in a rise in output from 450-500,000 ounces (14 to 15.5 tonnes) each year from 2016 onwards, making Sukari one of the world’s largest gold mines by production.

Ross Jerrard CFO

Email: ross.jerrard@centaminplc.com

Website: www.centamin.com

Amr Hassouna Country Manager

Tel: (+2) 0120 000 7202

Email address: amr.hassouna@centaminplc.com

Website: www.centamin.com

Commercial International Bank – Egypt (CIB)

CIB is Egypt’s leading private-sector bank. It is an award-winning institution dedicated to creating outstanding stakeholder value and providing superior customer service solutions to a broad range of clients. CIB serves an expansive network of retail

customers, high-net-worth (HNW) individuals, and enterprises and institutions that drive the Egyptian economy. With a wellestablished network of 215 branches and banking units and a workforce comprising 7,307 employees, CIB provides tailored, client-centric services to clients in the corporate, commercial, retail, wealth, and small and medium enterprise (SME) spheres, while working to deliver the most streamlined, efficient banking service offering in the Egyptian market.

Amr El Ganainy Chief Executive

Officer, Institutional Banking

Website: www.cibeg.com

Dentons Egypt LLC

Dentons is the largest law firm in the world with more than 207 locations in more than 82 countries. The historic combination between Dentons and brings together more than 12,400+ lawyers and professionals and is the first combination of a Chinese firm and a polycentric global firm. Dentons Egypt established a business presence in 1964, and is the oldest international law firm in Egypt. The office is run in association with the Afifi Law Office, an Egyptian law firm founded by the late Counsellor Ahmed Safaa El Din El Oteifi, the former vice president of the Court of Cassation

(Egypt’s highest court), and Mr Amal Afifi Dawood, a renowned litigator and legal specialist. Dentons provides a comprehensive range of services to multinational groups, private companies and investors in a wide variety of businesses and industries, financial institutions and funds, as well as governments and international organizations doing, or looking to do, business in Egypt. The association is experienced in practice areas including arbitration and litigation, asset finance, aviation, banking and financial markets, corporate and commercial, construction, employment, energy and natural resources, infrastructure projects, intellectual property, media and technology, mergers and acquisitions, privatization, project finance, property and telecommunications.

John Michael Lacey Managing Partner

Tel: (+202) 2735 0574

Email address: michael.lacey@dentons.com

Website: www.dentons.com

Elsewedy Electric

Elsewedy Electric is an integrated energy, infrastructure & digital solutions provider, delivering turnkey projects on a

fast-track basis. The company operates in 5 business lines: wire & cable, electrical products, engineering & construction, infrastructure investments, and digital solutions. Elsewedy Electric has 48 international offices and 28 production facilities, exporting to over 110 countries worldwide.

Omar Mahmoud Sadek Foda Corporate Investment Director

Tel: (+2) 0100 128 5229

Email address: omar.foda@elsewedy.com

Website: www.elsewedyelectric.com

Tel: (+2) 0109 612 2226

Email address: manal.hassan@elsewedy.com

Website: www.elsewedyelectric.com

Globaltronics S.A.E. is the leading technology manufacturer in Egypt. GT manufactures and designs wide range of electricity and water measurement solutions, including both devices and systems. In 1998, Globaltronics S.A.E was founded to

fulfill a growing need within the Utilities market. Currently, Globaltronics S.A.E have claimed a leading market position in the field of power and water meters, covering Digital Meters, Prepaid Meters, and Smart Grid Solutions, in addition to Meters Management System (MMS) and Power Selling Management System. In 2020, IFC announced its investment in Globaltronics.

Tel: (+2) 0122 393 9871

Email address: aassal@gtronics.com

Website: www.gtronics.com

Manal Hassan Group CSR and Sustainability Director

Abdulrahman Assal VP Business Development

Globaltronics

Lekela Egypt

Lekela is a renewable power generation company. We deliver utility-scale projects which supply much-needed clean energy to communities across Africa, and focus on taking projects

from mid or late-stage development into long-term operation. We have built a best-in-class platform that draws on our team members’ decades of experience to ensure we can deliver sustainable, reliable and competitively-priced power. Our current portfolio includes more than 1,300 megawatts across projects in Egypt, Ghana, Senegal and South Africa.

Faisal Eissa General Manager

Tel: (+2) 0101 6888 330

Email address: faisal.eissa@lekela.com

Website: www.lekelaegypt.com

Lotus Gold Corporation

Lotus Gold Corporation is a private Canadian gold exploration and development company, focused on the Egyptian Eastern Desert. Lotus Gold’s interests include 10 blocks and a leading

in-country land package of 1,740 km2 within this highly prospective area of the Arabian-Nubian Shield. Lotus board and management are mining industry veterans, with over 100 years of experience in successful mineral exploration, development, and operation. Lotus has committed 15 million USD to the Egyptian government in exploration activities over two years.

Omar Nasser General Manager

Tel: (+202) 2527 2255

Email address: onasser@lotusgold.ca

Website: www.lotusgold.ca

Mazars - Mostafa Shawki

Mazars is a leading international audit, tax and advisory firm, aspiring to build the economic foundations of a fair and prosperous world. Operating as a united partnership, Mazars works as one integrated team, leveraging expertise, scale and cultural understanding to deliver exceptional and tailored services in audit and accounting, as well as tax, financial advisory,

Misr Capital

consulting and legal services. Founded in Europe, Mazars is present in over 90 countries and territories, with 40,400 professionals – 24,400 in our integrated partnership, 16,000 via the Mazars North America Alliance dedicated to helping clients make the most of business opportunities and operate with confidence. Our history and depth of experience is well known in Egypt. Originally founded in 1942 by Mr. Mostafa Shawki, we are the oldest accounting and audit firm in Egypt and the second oldest in the Middle East region.

Ahmed

Shawki Managing Partner

Tel: (+2) 0100 101 0004

Email address: ahmed.shawki@mazars.com.eg

Website: www.mazars.com.eg

Omar Shawki

Carl Partner

Tel: (+2) 0100 137 6660

Email address: omar.shawki@mazars.com.eg

Website: www.mazars.com.eg

Misr Capital is the Investment Banking arm that is fully owned by

is Asset Management, Private Equity, Direct Investments, DCM Advisory, and Fixed Income Brokerage.

Khalil Ibrahim El Bawab CEO & Managing Director

Tel: (+2) 0100 140 6170

Email Address: kelbawab@misrcapital.com

Website: www.misrcapital.com

Banque Misr. We have wide range of services among which

N Gage Consulting

N Gage Consulting is a regional Public Policy and Government Affairs firm established in 2013, that specializes in providing public strategy advice and government relations assistance, in addition to lobbying for sustainable and sensible regulations in the Middle East & North Africa through our offices in Casablanca, Cairo, Dubai, & Riyadh.

Since inception, N Gage Consulting has helped more than 100 clients across 20 different industries in the region to manage regulatory and policy issues to:

• Protect our clients’ interests and business

• Provide visibility on regulations and policies through early warning signals

• Grow our clients’ business and optimize their profitability

• Position our clients and enable them to lead industry and national agendas and strategies to facilitate for organized and sustainable growth

Karim Refaat Chairman & CEO

Tel: (+202) 2737 4764

Email address: karim.refaat@thengagegroup.org

Website: www.ngage-consulting.com

Dalya Mokhtar

Group Head of Research, Strategic Partnerships & Events

Tel: (+202) 2737 4764

Email Address: dalya.mokhtar@ngage-consulting.net

Website: www.ngage-consulting.com

Shaimaa Thabet

Group Senior Coordinator for Strategic Partnerships & Parliamentary Engagement

Tel: (+202) 2737 4764

Email Address: shaimaa.thabet@ngage-consulting.net

Website: www.ngage-consulting.com

Alaa Abdelaziz Senior Economist

Tel: (+202) 2737 4764

Email Address: alaa.abdelaziz@ngage-consulting.net

Website: www.ngage-consulting.com

Neptune Energy

Neptune Energy is an independent global E&P company with operations across Europe, North Africa and Asia Pacific. The business had production of 130,000 net barrels of oil

equivalent per day in 2021 and 2P reserves at 31st December 2021 of 604 million barrels of oil equivalent. The Company, founded by Sam Laidlaw, is backed by CIC and funds advised by Carlyle Group and CVC Capital Partners.

Alexandra Thomas Managing Director

Tel: (+202) 2538 3018/19

Email Address: alexandra.thomas@neptuneenergy.com

Website: www.neptuneenergy.com

Petrofac

Petrofac is a leading international service provider to the energy industry. Our purpose is to enable our clients to meet the world’s

evolving energy needs. We support projects across the O&G, wind, hydrogen, carbon capture utilisation & storage (CCUS) and waste-to-value sectors, and our services span the asset life cycle.

Jonathan Carpenter VP in New Energy Services

Tel: (+77) 8546 4499

Email address: jonathan.carpenter@petrofac.com

Website: www.petrofac.com

Alex Haynes

Head of Business Development in New Energy Services

Tel: (+78) 6739 1975

Email address: alex.haynes@petrofac.com

Website: www.petrofac.com

PricewaterhouseCoopers

At PwC, our purpose is to build trust in society and solve important problems. We’re a network of firms in 155 countries

with over 284,000 people who are committed to delivering quality in assurance, advisory and tax services. Established in the Middle East for over 40 years, PwC has 22 offices across 12 countries in the region with around 6,000 people. PwC refers to the PwC network and/or one or more of its member firms, each of which is a separate legal entity.

Maged Ezz Eldin Egypt Senior Partner & Deals Leader

Tel: (+202) 2759 7700

Email address: maged.ezzeldeen@pwc.com

Website: www.pwc.com

We are focused on the consistent and reliable timely delivery of high-quality legal advice. Our extensive experience and different backgrounds combined to create a firm established to provide high quality business law services. The firm became one of the

leading firms in Egypt. Sharkawy & Sarhan was born out of its founders’ mutual desire to be a value-based institution.

Our desire for excellence is a commitment to the hard work and high level of internal organization which can bring a seamless service and uniform quality of work to all clients.

Naila Ramsay Partner

Tel: (+44) 7342 882 466

Email address: n.ramsay@sharkawylaw.com

Website: www.sharkawylaw.com

Sharkawy & Sarhan Law Firm

Suez Canal Bank

Suez Canal Bank, an Egyptian joint stock company is a leading local financial institution with a long record of accomplishment in the financial services sector since its establishment. The Scbank was established as a commercial bank in 1978, in accordance with provisions of investment Law No. 43 of 1974 and its amendments. Suez Canal Bank is involved in providing financial products and services to both institutional and individual customers, based on

a three-pillar strategic business model comprised of Institutional banking, Personal banking and Islamic banking targeting corporate as well as individuals while utilizing its network of 50 branches and a representative office in Tripoli, Libya in addition to a wide network of correspondents throughout the world. The bank is committed to deliver exceptional services & decent returns to its stakeholders. Suez Canal Bank employs more than 1380 staff with plans to grow its network of branches & expanding the various channels (Online & offline) more over the coming years to continuously provide excellence in serving their wide range of clients in addition to Corporate social responsibility programs to support Community at large.

Hussein Refaie Chairman & Managing Director

Tel: (+2) 0102 885 0000 / 0102 222 8322

Email address: hussein.refaie@scbank.com.eg

Website: www.scbank.com.eg

Taqa Arabia

TAQA Arabia is the leading private energy & utilities distribution company in Egypt. Through its 4 main operational divisions (Gas, Power, Oil Marketing and the newly established Water Pakinam

Division), its 3300 professional employees working in 18 Egyptian Governorates serving 1.3 million customers with more than 6.5 billion cubic meters of gas, over 1000 MW of power, 59 retail/fuel stations as well as a state-of-the-art 65MW Solar Energy (PV) in Benban – “Aswan”.

Kafafi Chief Executive Officer

Tel: (+202) 2796 1494 / 2795 4671

Email address: p.kafafi@taqa.com.eg

Website: www.taqa.com.eg

UK Department for Business and Trade, British Embassy Cairo

• Currently holds the position of Acting Country Director for Trade - UK Department for Business and Trade (DBT) at the British Embassy Cairo.

• Since 1999, has been playing a key role in promoting British commercial interests and supporting British companies to win business in the Egyptian market. Increasing awareness within the Egyptian government and key stakeholders of the UK strengths and capabilities and available UK financing options. Managing strategic relationships with key stakeholders in Egypt & the UK

including UK investors in market and driving a strategy to attract new British investment to Egypt as part of the UK commitment to become the largest G7 investor in Africa.

• Prior to that, worked as Research and Marketing Manager at the South Korean Trade & Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA) - South Korean Embassy in Cairo for 8 years promoting South Korean products and services.

• Holder of Advanced Certificate in Int’l Trade - Professionalism in Trade Qualification from the Institute of Export, UK - December 2004 and Bachelor’s degree in Management Sciences and Business Administration - July

Wafaa Saad Acting Country Director

Email address: wafaa.saad@fco.gov.uk

Website: www.gov.uk/fcdo

British Egyptian Business Association (BEBA) – Executive Team

Nadia Lamloum, Executive Director

Nadia is the Executive Director of the British Egyptian Business Association (BEBA). In 2015, she was recognised as one of the most influential 50 business women that played a role in enhancing Egypt’s economy. Nadia has more than 30 years’ experience in Association Management. She was the Head of Operations at the American Chamber of Commerce in Egypt (Amcham Egypt); Executive Director at the Egypt International Economic Forum (Forum), which is associated with the World Economic Forum; Director of the Project Support Unity, CIDA in Egypt and finally she joined BEBA as its Executive Director in 2008.

In 2020 she became a Certified Board Director after completing the Corporate Directors Certifications Programme provided by the Egyptian Institute of Directors and accredited by the International Finance Corporations (IFC)

She is immensely knowledgeable about economic issues relevant to Egypt at the national, regional, and international levels. In addition, she has liaised with government and civil society representatives in Egypt, UK and the US to tackle issues of common interest and mutual benefit. She organised and participated in more than 5 Business Missions to the UK, one of them was a Presidential visit for HE President Abdel Fattah El Sisi, and more than twenty door-knock missions to the US to enhance investment and trade opportunities between both countries and to put Egypt on the map.

In 2000, as a representative of the private sector, she participated in a roadshow to 10 African countries, along a high-level delegation from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to promote the COMESA conference to be held in Egypt and attended by President Mubarak. In the roadshow she met with Presidents and Prime Ministers. The conference attracted more than 1000 African leaders and business people.

Nadia was educated at the Sacre Coeur school and holds a BA in Communications and a minor in Psychology from the American University in Cairo. She was awarded a professional certification from the American Society of Association Executives, in an international certificate in Homeopathy from Lotus Health Institute Blacksburg, Virginia, USA and a certificate from Trace Global Anti Bribery Compliance Challenge for Intermediaries 2020

Nadia speaks fluent Arabic, English and French. She has a passion for horseback riding and painting.

Tel: (+202) 3344 1900/6/7

Email address: Nadia.lamloum@beba.org.eg

Engi holds a BA in Journalism & Mass communication, and a minor in Business Administration from the American University in Cairo (AUC) Fall 2007. She joined the British Egyptian Business Association (BEBA) in September 2007 as the Events Coordinator now she is the Business Development Manager. Ms. El Naggar is responsible for creating new business opportunities for BEBA and oversee new marketing initiatives. She also organises business missions to the UK to enhance the cooperation/ relations between Egypt and the UK.

Tel: (+202) 3344 1900/6/7

Email address: engi.elnaggar@beba.org.eg

Engi El Naggar, Business Development Manager

Mai Refaie, Head of Events & Marketing

Ms. Refaie holds a BA in Business Administration, specialised in Marketing & International Business from Modern Science & Arts University (MSA)/ Middlesex University) Fall 2011. She holds a diploma in Strategic Management and Leadership. She joined she British Egyptian Business Association (BEBA) in 2012. Ms. Refaie organises business events and responsible for achieving marketing targets.

Tel: (+202) 3344 1916

Email address: mai.refaie@beba.org.eg

Engy holds a BA in Political Science with a specialization in International Relations from the American University in Cairo (AUC), Fall 2017. Engy immediately started working in the family business, Hassan Shalkamy Group, as a Marketing Coordinator. She then joined the British Egyptian Business Association (BEBA) as an Events Assistant in March 2020 but is now an Events & Membership Specialist. Engy is responsible for assisting in event/conferences logistics and responsible for the entire production process of the annual Membership Directory; which consists of more than 800BEBA members. She is also responsible for day-to-day operations with members.

Engy has a passion for tennis and is also the Co-Manager & Supervisor at Smash Tennis Academy, Katameya Heights.

Tel: (+202) 3344 1900/6/7 Ext. 106

Email: engy.shalkamy@beba.org.eg

Engy Shalkamy, Events & Membership Specialist

The British Egyptian Business Association (BEBA) would like to thank its stakeholders for supporting BEBA’s Sectoral Mission to the UK.

Arab Bankers Association

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)

National Bank of Egypt UK

Baker Tilly Mohamed Hilal – Wahid Abdel Ghaffar