Board of Trustees

Mrs. Yousriya Loza Sawiris

Chairwoman - Founder

Mrs. Loza-Sawiris is Chairman and Managing Director of Enhancement of Integrated Services and Waste Recycling. She serves on the Boards of The Social Fund for Development, Egyptian Water and Wastewater Regulatory Agency, The National Council for Women, The National Council for Childhood and Motherhood, and the Association for the Protection of the Environment (APE). She is a Founder and Chairman of “I the Egyptian” and the “Banabt El-Ghad-Banati” Organizations for Street Children, and the Egyptian Liver Care Society. She is a member of the Consultative Council for Legislative Affairs in the transitional period following the 2011 Egyptian Revolution. She has been recognized for her service to society at both a national and international level.

Occupation: Chairwoman, Qualified Accountant & Financial Advisor
Mr. Onsi Sawiris

Advisor to the Board

In 1976, Mr. Onsi Sawiris founded Orascom, a leading private sector contractor working in partnership with international companies. Mr. Sawiris is Chair of Orascom Construction Industries, the Egyptian Cement Company (ECC), Orascom Trading Company, Orascom Technology Systems, AIG Insurance, the YMCA in Cairo, and the Egyptian–Scandinavian Business Association in Egypt. He is Honorary Chair and member of the Board of Directors of Mobinil. Mr. Onsi Sawiris has been awarded an honorary Doctoral Degree in recognition of his contribution to business and philanthropy.

Founder of Orascom Group
Mr. Naguib Sawiris

Vice-Chairman

Mr. Naguib Sawiris founded Orascom Telecom Holding (OTH) and led it to become the leading regional telecom player until the much-publicized merger deal with VEON (formerly VimpelCom Ltd.), creating the world’s sixth largest mobile telecommunications provider in April 2011. Mr. Sawiris is Executive Chairman of Orascom Investment Holding, a holding company investing in industries that are critical to shaping the future, including financial services, food industries, real estate development, cultural development, logistics and transport.

Mr. Sawiris is Chairman of La Mancha Holding, the private natural resource investment vehicle of the Sawiris family group with equity investments in Evolution Mining, Endeavour Mining and Golden Star Resources. He is also Chairman of Ora, a company undertaking high-end real estate developments in various prime locations around the world. In 2015, the Sawiris family acquired a majority stake in Euronews where Mr. Naguib is Chairman of the board. The Sawiris family also has ownership in several assets in the media business in Egypt.

At international and regional levels, Mr. Sawiris served and is serving on a number of boards, committees and councils including International Advisory Committee to the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), International Advisory Board to the National Bank of Kuwait, London Stock Exchange Group’s Africa Advisory Group, External Advisory Council to the Global Institute for Advanced Study at NYU, the Boards of Trustees of Nile University (NU), the French University in Egypt (UFE), and the Arab Thought Foundation.

Mr. Sawiris is also the recipient of numerous honorary degrees, industry awards and civic honors, including the “Legion d’Honneur“ (the highest award given by the French Republic for outstanding services rendered to France). In July 2011 Mr. Sawiris was awarded the Honor of Commander of the Order of the “Stella della Solidarietà Italiana” (Star of Italian Solidarity). In 2006, the prestigious “Sitara-e-Quaid-e-Azam” award was conferred upon him by General Pervez Musharref for services rendered to the people of Pakistan in the field of telecommunication, investments and social sector work. Mr. Sawiris holds a diploma of Mechanical Engineering with a Masters in Technical Administration from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH Zürich) and a Diploma from the German Evangelical School, Cairo, Egypt.
Mr. Hazem Hassan

Second Vice Chairman

Mr. Hazem Hassan is President of the Egyptian Society of Accountants and Auditors, and a Board member of the Central Bank of Egypt, the Egyptian Capital Markets Authority, and the Investment Authority. He is Chair of the Central Bank’s Audit Committee and the External Audit Committee of the IMF. He is also a member of the Accounting Standard Setting Committee of the Government Audit Organization, President of the Fédération des Experts Comptables Méditerranéens, and Chairman of the British–Egyptian Business Association.

Occupation: Second Vice - Chairman, Chair of KPMG, Hazem Hassan Public Accountants & Consultants
Ms. Hala Hashem

Honorary Treasruer

Senior Partner, Zaki Hashem & Partners Attorneys at Law
Ms. Taya Samih Sawiris

Secretary General
Mr. Nassef Sawiris

Board Member

Honorary Chairman, Orascom Construction Limited Chief Executive Officer, OCI NV
Eng. Samih Sawiris

Board Member
Dr. Nadia Makram Ebeid

Board Member
Eng. Osama Bishai

Board Member

Chief Executive Officer of Orascom Construction Limited
Ms. Mona Zulficar

Board Member

Executive Director of CEDARE
Dr. Ismail Serageldin

Board Member

Dr. Ismail Serageldin is Professor of a groundbreaking International Chair in Knowledge against Poverty at the College de France in Paris. He was Vice-President of the World Bank in the 1990s. He has published more than 60 books and over 200 papers and received 30 Honorary Doctorate Degrees, as well as France’s Legion d’honneur and Japan’s Order of the Rising Sun.

Honorary Treasurer, Director of the Bibliotheca Alexandria