Chairman

Mr. Beshir was appointed Chairman of Telecom Egypt in June 2000. Previously, Mr. Beshir was General Manager and Managing Director of Giza Systems Engineering from 1975 to 2000, Programmer, Systems Analyst, and Manager at Al-Ahram Management and Computer Center (AMAC) from 1969 to 1975, and Demonstrator at Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University from 1966 to 1969. He holds a B.Sc. in Communications Engineering from Cairo University and a Professional Diploma and a Master Degree in Management (MBA) from the American University in Cairo.

Mr. Tantawy was appointed as Telecom Egypt’s CEO & Managing Director in August 2009. Formerly in July 2007 he acted as TE’s Vice President and CFO. Previously he was the Director of Investment, Treasury & Investor Relations since 2006. He has been with the company since 2002 as the General Manager for Investment, Investor Relations and Financial Planning. Previously, he held the position of Assistant Vice President at Sigma Capital Investment Banking where he was engaged in several visible corporate finance transactions and also held the position of Senior Consultant at FinRate Consulting in the Corporate Finance Division. Tantawy holds a Masters in Business Administration from Edinburgh Business School (Heriott Watt University) in the UK and B.Sc. in Construction Engineering from the American University in Cairo. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and a member of CFA Institute.

Dr Khattab was appointed board member in 2004. He is currently the Chairman of the Nubaria Sugar Company and the Chairman & Managing Director of Horizon for Investment and Industrial Development Company. He is also a professor of Economics, Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University. He was the Minister of Public Enterprise from 1999 - 2004. Dr Khattab holds a BA in Commerce from Ain Shams University, Egypt. He also holds a D.E.S and Doctorat d'Etat in Economics, France.

 Ahmed Fathy El Kassass

Mr El Kassass was appointed a board member in 2007. He is currently the Chief of Staff of the Signal Corps. He holds a bachelor degree in Military Sciences from the Military Academy, Egypt in 1974. He has held most of the positions of authority in the Signal Corps.

Mrs Torky was appointed a board member in 2000. She became Vice Chairman for International Telecommunications and Backbone in June 2000. Then New Services & Marketing were added to her responsibilities in June 2000. She has been with the company in various managerial and technical positions since 1965, including General Manager for the Operation and Maintenance of Earth Stations from 1987 to 1997, and Head of the International Telecommunication Department from 1997 to 1999. Mrs Torky holds a B.Sc. in Communications Engineering from Cairo University.

 Adel Rashad Danash

Dr Danash was appointed board member in June 2000.  He is currently Chairman of Telecom Egypt Information Technology (Masreya).  Previously, he was Chairman of Bayanet, and Managing Director of Standardata Egypt from 1986 to 2000.  Dr Danash holds a B.Sc. in Electronics from Cairo University, and a Diploma in Computer Networks and a PhD in Computer Science from Paris 7 University, Paris, France.

Mr Hassanein was appointed as an executive board member in 2009. He was appointed Vice President in 2001. He has been with the company in various managerial and technical positions since 1976, including General Manager of the First and Third Zones of East Cairo, then Sector Chief of East Cairo Zones. He holds a B.Sc. in Communications Engineering from Al Azhar University

Hassan El-Sayed Abdullah

Mr. Abdullah was appointed a board member in November 2006. He is currently the Vice Chairman and Managing Director of the Arab African International Bank (AAIB). Previously, he occupied different managerial positions in the AAIB since 1983 including General Manager and Deputy General Manager. From 1989-1998, he worked for the AAIB in New York. Mr. Hassan holds a Masters degree in Business Administration from the American University in Cairo (AUC) and a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration from the same university.

Neveen Hamdy El Tahri

Mrs. El Tahri was appointed a board member in August 2006. She is currently the Chairperson of ABN AMRO Delta Asset Management as well as the Chairperson of Delta Securities Egypt. She is also a board member of Egyptian Arab Land Bank, the General Authority for Investments “GAFI”, and the Dutch Business Association. She became the first women to sit on the board of the Cairo & Alexandria Stock Exchanges from 1997-2003. From 1987-1992, Mrs. El Tahri occupied different positions in the Commercial International Bank “CIB” until she became the Assistant General Manager Corporate Banker managing Petroleum, Tourism and Electronic divisions. She holds a B.Sc. in Economics from the faculty of Economics and Political Sciences, Cairo University, Egypt

Hesham Mekkawy

Mr. Mekkawy was appointed a board member in August 2006. He is currently the Chairman of BP Egypt. He was the chairman of BP Algeria in London since 2000. After the merge between BP and Amoco in 1999 he was appointed as assistant Vice Chairman for the company. Previously, he occupied different positions in Amoco from 1990-1999. Mr. Hesham holds a Masters degree in Business Administration from Boston University, United States. He also holds a B.Sc. from the faculty of Engineering, Cairo University, Egypt.

Farghaly Bakry Seleem

Mr Seleem was appointed board member in 1999.  From 1989 to 1999 he was the General Engineering Supervisor at Telecom Egypt's Switching Station at Quina.  Mr Seleem holds a Diploma as a Telephone Engineering Technician from the Industrial Institute, Quina, Egypt.