Ahmed Abdel-Hafez member of 3rd edition of CEO Women Conference’s board
Dr. Ahmed Abdel-Hafez (pictured), Chairman of the Executive Bureau, Egyptian Supreme Cybersecurity Council and Vice President for Cyber Security Affairs, National Telecommunication Regulatory Authority (NTRA), Egypt, will be part of the board members for CEO Women Conference.
Ahmed Abdel-Hafez’s career path
With over 32 years of experience in Telecommunication Systems, Dr. Ahmed has been a certified consultant in Information Security Systems (Engineering Syndicate of Egypt) since 2013. He played a key role in establishing and developing the Cryptography Research Center (CRC) under the Egyptian Ministry of Defense, where he managed, supervised, and built the capacity of the center’s team. For eight years, he led the design and development of a National Encryption Algorithm and the production of various cryptosystems for the defense and government sectors.
In addition to his professional and academic achievements, Dr. Ahmed chairs the Executive Bureau of the Egyptian Supreme Cybersecurity Council and is a key member of the council. In recognition of his significant and distinguished contributions, he was awarded the Second-Class Order of the Republic by the President of Egypt, Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi, in 2020.
CEO Women Conference
CEO Women Conference, hosted annually and coming to its third edition, aims to enhance women’s leadership across different economic and investment sectors and celebrate successful female figures and CEOs on a local and regional level, as well as develop and strengthen the economic relations between businesswomen in the Middle East and Africa, and enhance the role of Arab and African women in decision-making and economic institutions management.
Announced board members
To date, the board members who have been announced on the CEO Women Conference’s LinkedIn page are as follows:
- Tarek Kamel, Chairman and CEO of Nestlé Egypt & Sudan
- Dr.Ahmed Shalaby – President & CEO of Tatweer Misr and a Founding Member of its Board of Directors
- Malak Khalil – Partner at Adsero-Ragy Soliman & Partners
- Dr. Ghada Abdelhadi Kandil – Chief Director, Bank of New York
- Dr. Aisha Bin Bishr – Global Digital Transformation Expert | Strategic Leader in Smart City Initiatives
- Mohamed Shelbaya – CEO of PepsiCo North Africa, a part of PepsiCo’s AMESA sector.
- Malak El Baba – Country Manager Egypt at Visa.
- Ayman Essam – External Affairs and Legal Director at Vodafone Egypt.
- May Okail Wafa – Executive Director and Head of Sub-Saharan Africa Financial Institutions at J.P. Morgan Payments , and Advisory Board Member of CEO Women
- Lamise Aly Negm – Former Advisor to the Central Bank of Egypt Governor.
- Dina Kafafi – Chief of party, Usaid Women’s economic and social empowerment program at Pathfinder international.
- Dr.Hajar El Haddaoui – Chief executive officer at Circular economy company.
- Nada El Agizy – Director, Sustainable Development and International Cooperation at the League of Arab States.
- Ana Juarez – Founder & Executive Director at Women in Mining Central America.
- Dr. Souad Mohamed – Strategic Advisor for Women Leadership Development Initiatives in the MENA region
- Carol Milan – CEO Women Board Member | President and Managing Direction at henkel Egypt.
- Mirna Arif , General Manager at Microsoft Egypt.
- Yasmine El-Hini is Regional Officer for Anglophone West and Central Africa at IFC, the private sector development arm of the World Bank Group.
- Dr.Buthaina AL-Ansari – Member of the Board of Directors at Investment holding Company in Qatar.
- Sandrine R. M. El Khodry – Senior Vice President, EEIMEA Emergent Europe, India & South Asia, Middle East and Africa at Alcatel – Lucent Enterprise.
