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Nassef Sawiris – Egypt’s Billionaire Businessman

Nassef Onsi Sawiris – Businessman in Construction and Chemicals. Youngest of the 3 brothers Naguib Onsi Sawiris and Samih Onsi Sawiris. Children of businessman baron Onsi Sawiris

Business Interest/s

CEO – Orascom Construction Industries (OCI), one of the world’s largest nitrogen fertilisers producer with plants in Texas and Iowa. Trades on the Euronext Amsterdam Exchange
Orascom Construction – Trades on the Cairo Exchange and Nasdaq Dubai
Holdings include stakes in the cement giant Lafarge Holcim
Holdings include stakes in Adidas AG . Supervisory Board Member of Adidas AG, Germany

Sports :

Joint Owner : Aston Villa FC , British Football Club

Other/s :

Board of Directors – Cairo Stock Exchange ( 2004-2007)
Board of Directors – Alexandria Stock Exchange ( 2004 – 2007)
Board of Directors – Dubai International Finance Exchange (DIFX) (2008-2010)
Member – Cleveland Clinic’s International Leadership Board
Member – University of Chicago’s Board of Trustees

Education:

B.A. – Economics , University of Chicago

Philanthropy :

Donated USD 6 million to Chicago Booth School of Business
Donated USD 24 million to aid Egyptian studends and fund an executive education program (2019)

Scholarship Fund:

Onsi Sawiris Scholar Program (in honour of his father Onsi Sawiris) – 2015

General :

Listed in Forbes List of Billionaires 2020
Listed in Africa’s Billionaires of 2020
Fourth Richest African – Forbes 2019

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Egypt

Ahdeya Ahmed First Female President of Bahrain Journalist Association (BJA) : November 2019

Ahdeya Ahmed Al-Sayed , Bahrain – TV personality and Journalist, has many firsts to her credit.

Deputy Editor-in-Chief , for the english language ‘Daily Tribune’

First/s :

First female President of Bahrain Journalist Association (BJA)
First Arabian Gulf Woman to be elected member of ‘The International Federation of Journalist (IFJ) Gender Council’.

Other/s :

Winner – Arab Woman of the Year Award for the category ‘Achievement in Journalism’ 5th edition – by The London Arabia organisation
Member – Bahrain’s International Federation of Journalists Gender Council

Assignments :

Spokesperson of the Government of Bahrain
Spokesperson- Bahrain Human Rights Watch
Official Spokesperson for the ‘ Bahrain Parliamentary Election’ (2006)

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Bahrain

The Dubai Mall , the second Largest Shopping Centre in the World : November 2018

The second largest shopping centre in the world by total land area and is situated in Downtown Dubai, UAE

Dubai Mall has 4 levels, an internal floor area 548,127 square metres. 1,200 retail outlets and over 160 food and beverage outlets.

The Mall includes an acquariam, Olympic size ice rink, 22 screen cineplex.

Developed by Emaar Properties

Additional World Records:

Within the Mall there are several world records to be listed individually

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Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE)

Moncef Slaoui appointed by US President Trump to Lead Covid-19 Vaccine Team : May 2020

Moncef Slaoui (aka) Moncef Mohamed Slaoui, immunology expert, has been appointed by U.S. President Donald Trump to head up the U.S. Government’s development of vaccine to treat coronavirus disease in ‘ Operation Warp Speed ‘.

Last Post Held:

Head of GlaxoSmithKline’s Vaccine Department

Education :

Ph.D – Molecular biology and Immunology – Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
MBA – International Institute for Management Development, Lausanne,
M.S. – Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
B.S. – Biology – Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium

Awards / Honours:

Honorary Doctorate of Science – Gettysburg College (2017)
’25 of the Most Influential People in Biopharma Today’ – by FierceBiotech (2012)
‘The World’s 50 Greatest Leaders’ – by Fortune (2010)
‘World’s Top 100 Medicine Makers’ – by The Medicine Makers (2018)

Books/ Papers Published:

Several

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American / Belgian-American / Moroccan

Miriam Merad elected to U.S’s ‘National Academy of Sciences’ : May 2020

Immunologist Dr. Miriam Merad elected to the prestigious American National Academy of Sciences.

Presently:

Professor – Cancer Immunology
Director – Precision Immunology Institute , ICahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai, New York City, New York
Vice President – International Union of Immunological Sciences

Awards:

William B Coley Award for Distinguished Research in Basic & Tumour Immunology (2018)
Leukemia Research Foundation Award (2006)
Member – U.S. National Academy of Sciences
Member – American Society for Clinical Investigation

Education:

M.D. – Algiers 1 University / – Paris Diderot University
PhD – Stanford University

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American / French-Arab / Algeria

Ayanleh Souleiman – Athlete – Indoor World Record – 2016

Ayanleh Souleiman (aka) Hassan Ayanleh (aka) Hassan Ayanleh Souleiman winner – Indoor World Record for 1000 metres at Globengalan event, Stockholm, Sweden.

Middle distance runner with a specialisation in 1500 metres

Awards:

Indoor World Record for 1000 metres – Globengalan event, Stockholm, Sweden (2016)
Winner – Men’s 1000 metres – IAAF Diamond League Record – (2016)
Winner – Bowerman Mile – Prefontaine Classic, Hayward field, Oregon (2014)
Bronze Medal – World Championships in Athletics, Moscow (2013)
Silver Medal – 1500 metres – African Championships in Athletics (2012)
Winner – 1500 metres – Pan Arab Games, Doha (2011). Won Djibouti’s first medal in the competition.

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Djibouti

Latifa Al Afraoui – Wins ‘World Music Award – 2004

Latifa (aka) Latifa Bint Alaya Al Arfaoui – Tunisian pop singer and actress

Award:

Winner – World Music Award – Best selling artist in Middle East and North Africa (MENA) for her album ‘Ma Etrohsh Ba’ed’ (Don’t go away).

Lives in Tunisia, UAE and Egypt

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Tunisia

Nawal El Moutawakel – Olympian – Gold Medallist .

Nawal El Moutawakel , Morocco. Olympic Gold Medallist. 400 metres hurdles, women. Summer Olympics – 1984

Positions :

Minister for Youth and Sports, Morocco – 2007
Council Member – International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF) – 1995
Council Member – International Olympic Committee (IOC) – 1998
President – Assocation Marocaine des Sports ets Development (AMSD)
Vice-President – Moroccan Royal Federation of Athletics

Firsts :

First Woman from a Muslim majority country to win an Olympic Gold Medal
First Moroccan to win an Olympic Gold Medal

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Morocco

Sofia Saidi Crowned ‘Miss Arab Next Top Model’ – June 2019

Sofia Saidi was crowned winner from an international competition with contestants from 53 countries at a glittering ceremony in Beirut, Lebanon on June 29th, 2019

Education:

-Bachelor’s Degree: International Management

-2 Master’s Degrees : (1) Strategic Organizational an Technological Evolutionism – Pantheon-Assas University Paris II / (2) Master’s Degree : Strategic Management and Entrepreneurship

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Morocco / Paris, France

Khaldoon Al Mubarak : CEO & MD – Mubadala Investments -Abu Dhabi (UAE)

Khaldoon Khalifa Al Mubarak . Leader. Emirati Entrepreneur. Businessman.

-CEO & MD – Mubadala Invesments Company

-Board Member (incl) First Abu Dhabi Bank, Aldar Properties, Ferrari etc.

-Executive Council Member of Emirate of Abu Dhabi / Chairman – Executive Affairs Office – Abu Dhabi

Sports:

-Chairman – Manchester City Football Club / Chairman: Abu Dhabi Motor Sports Management Company (ADMM)

-Member Board of Trustees New York University

Awards:

-Appointed ‘Commander of the Star of the Order of the Italian Solidarity ‘(2007)

-Appointed ‘Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) (2013)

-Awarded the Grand Gwanghwa Medal, the highest class of the South Korean Order of Diplomatic Service Merit

-Awarded ‘Asian Business Leadership Forum Award (ABLF) 2016

-Listed as One of the 100 World’s Most Influential Arabs (2017) by Arabian Business

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Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE)