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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.