Mr. Hisham Ezz Al-Arab
Chairman
Hisham Ezz Al-Arab is the Chairman of the Commercial International Bank (CIB) – Egypt since March 2023; prior to his appointment in CIB, Mr. Ezz Al-Arab served as an advisor to the Governor of the Central Bank of Egypt for three months in 2022 before rejoining CIB as Non-Executive Director of the Board in December 2022. In 2020, Mr. Ezz Al-Arab founded and chaired HE Advisory till his appointment as CIB Chairman in March 2023 where he - with over 40 years of experience as an international banker across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa - had advised corporations on Growth Strategies, Resources Mobilization and Financial Risk Management and provided fundraising advice and strategic counsel to start-up fintechs.
Mr. Ezz Al-Arab is the former Chairman and Managing Director of Commercial International Bank - Egypt (CIB), where he served in that role from 2002 to 2020. During his tenure, he transformed the institution from a wholesale lender with a market capitalization of EGP 1 billion into Egypt’s largest private-sector bank with a market capitalization of EGP 100 billion. As the blue-chip component of the Egyptian Exchange with ADRs and GDRs listed on the New York and London Stock Exchanges, the stock is the global investment community’s preferred proxy for Egypt and a benchmark for the banking industry in emerging markets.
His leadership was committed to cultivating and perpetuating a culture of entrepreneurial spirit and meritocracy and to global best practices with respect to corporate governance and risk management. Equally committed to the bank’s global responsibility, in 2013, Mr. Ezz Al-Arab introduced sustainability and gender equality initiatives. CIB was the first bank in Egypt to issue a sustainability report and to join the signatories for the United Nations Environment Program Financial Initiatives: Principles for Responsible Banking. CIB was also included in the Low Carbon Select Index in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). In 2019, CIB was named to the Bloomberg Gender Equality Index, the only company in Egypt and Africa to be listed. He also led the digital transformation of the bank’s processes and practices, including the establishment of a Data Analytics unit, the first such effort at an Egyptian bank. This unit subsequently advised the Egyptian government regarding data collection and analysis.
Recognizing the potential opportunities in Africa, particularly East Africa as a trade hub, Mr. Ezz Al-Arab led the transaction to open CIB Mayfair Bank in Kenya to provide trade finance and credit facilities for the bank’s Egyptian mid-sized corporate customers looking to expand into Africa. He was also instrumental in a fintech initiative for youth in East Africa.
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. The same year they were awarded Best Bank in the Middle East. In 2018, CIB received the Best Bank for Social Responsibility in the Middle East. CIB was named Best Emerging Markets Bank by Global Finance in both 2018 and 2020.
In May 2023, Mr. Ezz Al-Arab received the prestigious African Banker’s “Lifetime Achievement Award” in recognition of his remarkable achievements throughout his banking career especially as leader of CIB.
Mr. Ezz Al-Arab is the Chairman of the CIB Foundation, which he founded in 2010. The CIB Foundation has built strategic partnerships with healthcare providers from the government, private, and non-government sectors focused on the health and wellbeing of underprivileged children throughout Egypt. As a result of its efforts, the Foundation has impacted the lives of more than 3.2 million children and is a leading Egyptian voice for universal access to quality healthcare extended to underprivileged children.
Mr. Ezz Al-Arab is a Member of the Institute of International Finance (IIF) in Washington, member of the Emerging Markets Advisory Council (EMAC). Mr. Ezz Al-Arab is a former Chairperson of the Federation of Egyptian Banks, a former board member of the American University in Cairo (where a scholarship in his name was established for a dedicated undergraduate student). Mr. Ezz Al-Arab is also a former board member of “Fairfax Africa”, “RW MENA” and “Smart Africa”.
Prior to joining CIB in 1999, Mr. Ezz Al-Arab spent his career as a banker at Merrill Lynch, J.P. Morgan and Deutsche Bank in London and the Middle East.
Mr. Amr El-Ganainy
Vice Chairman
With more than 37 years of experience within the banking sector, Amr El Ganainy is one of the prominent figures within the financial industry.
El Ganainy pursued his first career at Suez Canal Bank in 1986, where he was promoted to Senior Dealer. In 1994, he moved to the Export Development Bank and became Chief Dealer. El Ganainy joined the United Bank of Egypt in 1996 and played a pivotal role in revamping the bank; he then got promoted to Treasurer and Head of Correspondent Banking.
He joined CIB as General Manager Financial Institutions Group in 2004, where he succeeded in heading the department due to his strong business relationships in the regional and global market. El Ganainy obtained the JP Morgan Chase, London credit certification in 2005. Due to his prior experience in taking any organization, he leads to a higher level, CIB Senior Management gave him the task of launching the Global Customer Relations Department in 2010.
In 2017, El Ganainy was appointed as CIB’s Institutional Banking CEO. Through his leadership and guidance, he achieved short and medium-term strategic objectives in parallel with the bank’s philosophy, mission, and vision. Due to his extensive banking experience, CIB appointed El Ganainy as Deputy Chief Executive Officer & Managing Director in October 2023.
El Ganainy’s exposure has stretched globally; he was the first Egyptian and the youngest Chairperson for the Interarab Cambist Association (ICA) based in Beirut. Currently, he is the Association's Honorary Chairman. El Ganainy was also an Executive Board Member of ACI International based in Paris and the Founder and Chairman of ACI Egypt since 2009. He is the Honorary Chairman thus far.
With his renowned reputation and widely acclaimed experience, El Ganainy was appointed as a Board Member of Eastern Company in 2023. He was selected as an independent board member in large Egyptian corporations, including aviation, tourism, financial services, and telecommunications. El Ganainy was also elected to be a Board Member in Misr for Central Clearing, Depositary, and Registry Co. for five consecutive rounds from 2005 to 2021.
He represented CIB in a number of affiliates, chairing the Board of Directors of Falcon Group, which overperformed under his leadership, Commercial International Brokerage Co. (CIBC) and CI Asset Management Co., and was a Board Member of CI Capital Holding Co.
Dr. Nadia Makram Ebeid
Board Member
Nadia Makram Ebeid is currently the Executive Director of the Centre for Environment and Development for the Arab Region and Europe (CEDARE), an international diplomatic position.
She was the first Special Peace Envoy of the Secretary General of the Arab League. Ebeid was Egypt’s first Minister of the Environment for a period of five years and the first woman minister to hold this position in the Arab World. One of her most notable achievements was promoting environmental awareness as well as declaring the River Nile free from polluted industrial wastewater discharge.
Ebeid has a long-standing professional record with the United Nations in the field of international development cooperation. She also has academic pursuits since she was a visiting professor at George Washington University, USA.
She is likewise the chairperson and board member of various prestigious institutions and the holder of numerous international and national awards.
Dr. Dalia Abdel Kader
Board Member
Dr. Dalia Abdel Kader has spearheaded the discipline of Sustainable Finance in the region as early as 2003. Ever since, she brought vision and passion to this domain, conceiving far-reaching organizational initiatives. Dr. A. Kader is the Chief Sustainability Officer of Commercial International Bank (CIB), Egypt’s leading private sector bank, and Board Member of the CIB Foundation. She is the Founder, Vice Chairman, Board Member of the “We Owe it to Egypt” Foundation. A believer in the power of “finance” to build sustainable systems, Dr. Kader relentlessly advocates for the evolution of the financial system worldwide. She has been leading the Sustainable Development Committee at the Federation of Egyptian Banks from 2014-2020 which overseeing the management and implementation of an EGP 400 million FEB integrated Slum Development project. She is currently the Chairperson of the Sustainable Finance Committee at the Federation of Egyptian Banks.
In 2019, she helped launch the Principles for Responsible Banking (PRB) and represented MENA region UNEP FI PRB Banking Board until 2023. Furthermore, she actively contributed to the launch of the Net Zero Banking Alliance. She served on its Steering Group representing MENA and Africa from 2021 until 2023, with CIB becoming a founding signatory of the alliance. Dr. Kader is currently a member of the high-level policy expert group of the Institute of International Finance (IIF), a member of the World Economic Forum’s “Leaders for a Sustainable MENA” group, and C-Chairing the GFANZ African Network “Capacity Building for Net Zero Transition Planning and Finance” Working Group.
Sustainable Finance has been a core focus for her ongoing advocacy since 2003, entailing challenging mainstream finance and pursuing innovations. Dr. Kader represented Egypt in the working sessions of the G20 Green Finance Study Group. In 2014, she helped launch MOSTADAM, the first platform for advancing Sustainable Finance in the Middle East focusing on capacity building, policy advocacy and promoting sustainable products and services that initiated an industry movement in Egypt.
Substantiated with an inter-disciplinary exposure to finance, political science, economics and sustainability, Dr. Kader conceived the concept of “Humanizing Finance” which was launched in a TEDx talk at the American University in Cairo in 2013. She also introduced and lectured a proprietary postmodern interpretation of the Marketing discipline in international platforms. Dr. Kader Initiated advocacy for sustainable finance and sustainability branding through lecturing and speaking engagements in local, regional and international conferences.
Dr. Kader holds a B.A from the American University in Cairo in 1984 (Major in Political Science & Minor in Economics), M.A. degree in Political Science from the American University in Cairo in 1989 and Ph.D. in Political Science from Cairo University in 2003 with distinction.
Mr. Loay Amin
Treasurer
Loay is currently the Senior Financial Counselor to the Minster of Civil Aviation. He was the former Head of Finance of CIB; in addition to, assuming the same role in CI Capital. Loay is also a Board Member and the Chairman of Audit Committee of Falcon Group. Loay is a member in the committee that is established by the Central Bank of Egypt to set the domestic regulations mainly in terms of IFRS and Basel, also he is a Treasurer of CIB Foundation.
He joined CIB - Finance team directly after being graduated with B.A in accounting from Cairo University in 1992.
He earned MBA in banking and finance from Maastricht School of Management (MSM), and received a professional diploma in Basel II from the American Bankers Association (ABA), and became certified in International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) from the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW), and he earned Mphil from Maastricht School of Management (MSM), and finally earned EMBA from Chicago Booth University with honors
Loay regularly speaks in national and international events hosted by prominent universities, institutions, and bodies like PRMIA, AUC, EBI, and AABFS in vital topics like Capital management, Basel accord, IFRS, Derivatives, and hedging strategies and engineering.
Ms. Inji Gemei
Board Member
Inji Gemei is the Group Strategy & Alternative Growth Head at Commercial International Bank (CIB), the largest private sector bank in Egypt, becoming the youngest and first female to assume such a position in the bank in 2023.
She has over 15 years of banking experience, where she started off her career as a corporate banker at CIB back in 2007, gaining exposure in terms of both business development and credit risk analysis, after which she joined the Strategic Planning Department moving-up the career ladder, where she led the department since 2013 for 10 years, formulating multiple strategies with their corresponding business plans & budgets, while successfully driving the execution of strategic projects domestically and abroad. She is also currently, a faculty member at the Egyptian Banking Institute.
Inji graduated from the Faculty of Economics and Political Science at Cairo University in 2007 with a major in Economics and a minor in Statistics. She later completed her MBA at Imperial College London in 2019 and has completed multiple executive training programs throughout her career, including an Executive Leadership Program at Harvard University in 2019 under the auspices of the Central Bank of Egypt.
Ms. Nadia Moustafa Hosny
Secretary General
In February 2014, Ms. Hosny joined CIB Foundation Board of Trustees, and currently she is assuming the role of Secretary General. Besides, she is CIB representative as a Member in the Sustainable Development Committee at the Federation of Egyptian Banks since May 2014, and a member of the Board of Trustees of the National Foundation for Family and Community Development since November 2021. She was recently appointed as a judge in the selection committee for the Excellence Award granted by the Professional and Development Foundation in August 2022.
Prior to that, Ms. Hosny was CIB Division Head of the Centralized Banking Services, Custody and Capital Markets till October 2015. Also, she was nominated as CIB Sustainability Ambassador in November 2014, and was a member in CIB Corporate Social Responsibility team concerned with “Protecting the Green Environment” in April 2013.
Ms. Hosny graduated from the Faculty of Commerce Cairo University. She joined CIB in 1981, and worked in different departments, such as the Money Transfer Department, Central Processing Unit, as well as the Custody Operations and Bookkeeping Department.
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