Mohamed El-Sawy
Entrepreneur
On 23rd Nov. 2019 @ 12:30 pm @ SSB
Within the framework of the efforts of October University for Modern Sciences and Arts – MSA University in the dissemination and anticipation of entrepreneurship and success stories in addition to providing all technical, scientific and administrative support and coordination with various funding sources for students and alumni ….
The Center of Excellence and Entrepreneurship at the University will host Eng. Mohamed El Sawy (founder of Sakia Abdel Moneim El Sawy) to learn about his success story as one of the entrepreneurs in Egypt on Saturday, November 23, 2019 at 12:30 pm at the Student Services Building – SSB
CV of Mr. Mohamed El Sawy:
- High school graduate from the Deutsche Evangelische Oberschule in 1974.
- Bachelor of Architecture from the Faculty of Fine Arts in Cairo in 1979.
- Partner and responsible manager in a group of international companies for advertising from 1980 until now.
- Founder of El Sawy Culture Wheel in 2003.
- Received the Legion of Merit from the President of Germany in 2009.
- Awarded the Arab Thought Foundation Award in 2009.
- He assumed the Ministry of Culture immediately after the January 2011 revolution.
- Elected as a member of the first parliament after the revolution, and was elected president of the Cultural, Media and Tourism Committee.
- Elected as a member of the 100 Committee that drafted the 2012 Constitution, which is still in force, and has been amended in 2014 and 2019.
- Participated in the establishment of a number of NGOs.
- He is proud of his long history in all puppet theater arts (about half a century). An athlete who believes in sports as a way of life.
- Written many newspaper articles in the Egyptian newspapers Al-Youm and Al-Wattan, unlike other articles scattered
- Member of Ashoka Entrepreneur Association.
Mr. Mohamed Hassouna
Entrepreneur
On 4th Dec. 2019 {1:00 pm – 3:00 pm} @ G102B
within the framework of the university’s efforts in spreading and adopting the idea of entrepreneurship and providing all technical and scientific support and coordination with various funding sources for students and graduates of the university to help them launch their own startups.
The Center of Excellence for Entrepreneurship at MSA University is hosting Mr. Mohamed Hassouna, Senior Adviser to the Minister and First Undersecretary at the Ministry of Public Business Sector in charge of SOE reform program in Egypt to talk about his success story as one of the entrepreneurs in Egypt on Wednesday, December 04, 2019 at 01:00 pm in the G Building, Room G102B
Biography of Mr. Mohamed Hassouna:
Combining academic background in management (BA and MBA from AUC) and SOE reform with 30 years of hands-on experience in various aspects of public sector reform at the Ministry of Public Business Sector, Mr. Hassouna developedin-depth knowledge of in SOE-related programs including SOE restructuring, corporate finance, corporate governance, privatization and other areas of SOE reform.
This entailed other activities of relevance including dealing with – and often participating in studies/researches by – international organizations (like WB, OECD, IMF, USAID …) which have developmental goals.
Academic background includes attending professional programs in several university like the American University in Washington, Harvard University (Cambridge) and others, in addition to obtaining the BA (Economics) and MBA from the American University in Cairo, currently serving as a member on of its Executive Council of the Business Department.
Membership in many committees and representation of the Ministry on seminars, conferences and events in Egypt and overseas enhanced the appetite for continuous research covering various fields and on several occasions published by renowned organizations like OECD in the last few years. In addition to academic teaching experience in areas of finance and management in AUC, Mr. Hassouna acts as instructor on restructuring and corporate governance to various audience especially chairmen and corporate management of Egyptian SOEs since 2007 to date.
It is worth mentioning that he was part of the committee involved in producing the CG code for SOEs and its revision in accordance with OECD 2015 code that was adopted by the G20.
Entrepreneur Club
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MSA Repository (MSAR)
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