Medhat Hassanein is Distinguished University Professor, professor of Finance and Banking in the Department of Management of the School of Business at The American University in Cairo. Hassanein served as the Minister of Finance in Egypt (1999- 2004). Hassanein was the chairman of the Board of Directors of Civil Aviation Finance Holding Company (CIAF Holding), 2008 - March 2017. Professor Hassanein was a member of the Board of Directors and the chairman of the audit committee of the Commercial International Bank (CIB), from 2009 to 2017 Hassanein was a board member and the Chairman of the Audit Committee of the HSBC Egypt from 2004 to 2009. Professor Hassanein obtained his BA in economics from Cairo University with very good honors. Dr. Hassanein holds an MBA from the Graduate School of Business (later called Stern College), New York University, with distinction, and a PhD from Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, United States. He was the senior economist of the projects department of the Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development in Kuwait, a regional development fund that operates according to the rules of the World Bank and serves all developing Arab countries. During his term with the fund he participated in the financing of infrastructural, agro- industrial, industrial and agricultural projects. Thereafter, he was promoted to lead the fund's technical assistance department.

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