Experience:

January 2016 – Present: VP, Operations & Business Development

(Benchmark Power International, S.A.E.)

January 2012 – December 2015: Business Development Manager

(Benchmark Power International, S.A.E.)

June 2009 – December 2011: Senior Economic & Business Analyst

(Benchmark Power International, S.A.E.)

October 2010 – February 2013: Board Member              

(Benchmark Mining Company, S.A.E)

February 2007 – May 2009: Economic Analyst

 (Benchmark Capital Corporation, S.A.E.)

March 2007 – August 2007: Financial Advisor

(The International Company for Food Industries, S.A.E.)

2004 – 2007: Research & Teaching Assistant                                                           

(American University in Cairo)

 

Education:

Masters in Business Administration – Edinburgh Business School, Herriot-Watt University, 2012.

Bachelor of Science in Economics – American University in Cairo (AUC), 2007

 

Honors & Awards:

Award for Highest Honour Academic Performance, AUC, 2007.

Award for best Research and Analysis, AUC, 2007,.

AUC Academic Scholarship for four consecutive academic years of 2003 – 2007.

Award for Excellence in Community Service and Innovative Ideas, National Honor Society, 2011.

 

Technical Skills: Sophisticated knowledge in internet-based research, and an advanced user of Microsoft Office and Excel.

Languages: English, Arabic and some French