BIG - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Member of the Board
- Makaseb Islamic Capital As Senior Associate Investment Banker Managing
Mr. Ahmed is an M&A Expert with investment banking and corporate finance proven track record. Ahmed graduated with honors from Cairo University, Faculty of Commerce - English Section in cooperation with City University (UK) in 1998 with a Bachelor of Actuarial Sciences. Also, he joined Ernst & Young in Egypt in 2004 from his own consulting practice as well as lecturing at universities including MSA, CIC and BUE. He managed several assignments including Valuations & Business Plans, Information and Credit Memoranda and was the quality assurance and independence coordinator for Ernst & Young's Business Advisory Solutions in Egypt.
At the end of 2007, Ahmed joined Makaseb Islamic Capital as Senior Associate Investment Banker managing a wide range of investment banking transactions in the UAE and the Gulf. Around mid 2009, Ahmed returned to Cairo to join Mars in as a Regional Finance Manager for Levant and Maghreb countries over seeing financial operations in 9 countries. In 2012 Ahmed was appointed Associate Director at Enmaa the agriculture arm of Juhayna Group and after this held a Senior Consultant position leading the Investment Banking activities at Fincorp Investment Holding mid 2014 for 1 year. Ahmed joined Premiere Holding in June 2015 as Managing Director of the Investment Banking Division. In March 2018 Ahmed joined Anderson as an M&A Partner. Currently Ahmed is a partner at Data insight a member of Berkley Research Group in Riyadh KSA since August 2019.
Ahmed holds Board Member roles with several Companies: Premiere Investment, Mwasalat Misr, and Barbary Investment Group. In addtion, he holds an MBA (with honors) majoring in international business from French Grande Ecole ESLSCA in 2001. He is a Certified Management Accountant (USA), Certified in Financial Management (USA), and registered for Level II CFA (USA). Ahmed also passed with distinction five exams of the fellowship of the Institute of Actuaries in the UK. Ahmed is a Certified Private Equity Specialist (CPES) from the institute of Banking and Finance.
Hatem AlBanna has extensive experience in Commercial Banking and Investment Banking. He started his career at the Arab Investment bank, then he shifted his career into investment banking as he headed the technical analysis department in Sigma securities. Then he established and managed the research team at Acumen holding. Dr. Hatem also worked as the deputy CEO at Faisal Investments, the financial arm of Faisal Islamic Bank. Due to his rich experience in the field of finance and investments, Dr. Hatem was the consultant for many investment institutions, such as Misr ElKair Investment funds, also the consultant for the FRA (Financial Regulatory Authority) in Egypt. In addition, he is a board member and founder of nemerous non-financial institutions. Dr. Hatem is also a full-time Professor of Finance in MSA University, Faculty of Management Sciences.
With over 10 years of experience in retail products and high knowledge of computerized banking systems, excellent sales, administrative, management and planning skills, Barbary Investment Group won Mr. Mohamed Rizk as a Board Member to promote and assist the development and growth of his company with his immense experience. Mr. Rizk graduated from Cairo University, Faculty of Law and obtained a wide range of diplomas and certificates in Advanced Business, Marketing, Compliance and Financial Advisory from reputable international academic institutes. Mr. Rizk, took many managerial positions in the top banks in Egypt such as Commercial International Bank (CIB), Credit Agricole, ABC Bank and Citibank.