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| AmCham
Egypt Doorknock Mission to Washington D.C:
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Taher S. Helmy
President – AmCham Egypt
Partner, Helmy,
Hamza & Partners (Baker & McKenzie)
Taher S. Helmy was first elected president of AmCham Egypt in May
2003 and was re-elected for a second term in May 2005. He is a partner
of the international law firm Baker & McKenzie and a founding
partner in the firm’s Cairo and Riyadh offices.
Dr. Helmy has participated in the drafting and/or reviewing of key
economic legislation in Egypt over the years. He is the founder
and chairman of the Egyptian Center for Economic Studies and a founder
of the International Economic Forum and the Future Generation Foundation.
He also served for three terms as a member of the U.S.-Egypt Presidents’
Council.
In addition, Dr. Helmy is a member of the governing National Democratic
Party’s Supreme Policies Council, as well as the party’s
Economic Committee.
Dr. Helmy has been practicing law since 1974, specializing in corporate,
mergers and acquisitions, banking and finance, and commercial law.
He is a member of the Chicago, Illinois and Egyptian Bar Associations,
was the first Arab national to be admitted before the U.S. Supreme
Court, and is also admitted before the Egyptian Supreme Court.
After completing his studies in the United States, Dr. Helmy practiced
almost 10 years in New York and Chicago before returning to the
Middle East.
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James Pringle 
Executive Vice President – AmCham Egypt
Senior Counselor, M.A.
Kharafi Group
James Pringle is a senior counselor for the M.A. Kharafi Group,
one of the largest foreign direct investors in Egypt, representing
assets and investments of approximately $1.8 billion. Mr. Pringle’s
current activities in Egypt are mainly focused on directing new
Kharafi projects at Marsa Alam, where the group recently opened
an international airport – Egypt’s first successful
BOT transportation project – and is also undertaking a $1.2
billion tourism and real estate development project.
Before joining the Kharafi Group, Mr. Pringle was vice president
for global business development for Bechtel’s water business
and director of business development for its hotel, theme park and
urban development business groups for Europe, Africa, the Middle
East and South Asia.
Mr. Pringle served as president of the American Chamber of Commerce
in Egypt from 1992 to 1994, and is currently the executive vice
president ofAmCham. He has been a member of the U.S.-Arab Council
on Foreign Relations’ advisory board since 1985.
Mr. Pringle earned undergraduate degrees in economics and international
relations from the University of Minnesota and completed his postgraduate
studies in business administration at the European Institute of
Business Administration in Fontainebleau, France.
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M. Gamal Moharam 
Executive Vice President – AmCham Egypt
Chairman and CEO, Piraeus
Bank – Egypt
Mohamed Gamal Moharam is the chairman and CEO of Piraeus Bank –
Egypt. He joined the bank, formerly called Egyptian Commercial Bank,
in March 2002.
Mr. Moharam has previously worked as chief representative at The
Bank of New York, 1984-2002; Fleet National Bank, 1981-85; and Citibank,
1979-81.
Mr. Moharam is currently the executive vice president of the American
Chamber of Commerce in Egypt, and has been an active member since
1984, while also previously serving as chair of the Banking &
Finance Committee.
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Hamed Ismail Fahmy
Vice President, Membership – AmCham Egypt
Managing Director, Allied
Corporation Egypt
Hamed Fahmy is the founder and managing director of Allied Corporation
- Egypt, a management and economic consulting firm established in
1984.
The firm provides high-level consulting in the areas of public administration,
institutional development, economic and trade policy, regulatory
reform, commercialization of utilities, financial analysis and feasibility
studies, local development, and non-governmental organizations (NGOs)
as well as management, procurement and logistical support systems.
Among the U.S. firms with which Allied has been collaborating are
Nathan Associates Inc., Bearing Point and Development Associates.
Mr. Fahmy is a founding member of the Arab Management Association
and a member of the U.S./Egypt Business Council.
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Ahmed M. G. Abou Ali
Vice President, Legal Affairs – AmCham Egypt
Attorney at Law, Partner, Hassouna
& Abou Ali Law Firm
Ahmed Abou Ali holds a LL.M. degree from Harvard Law School and
a diploma in private law and LL.B. from Cairo University. He is
founding partner of Hassouna & Abou Ali Law Firm and an attorney
before the Supreme Court of Egypt. He practiced law in the United
States with the Chicago firm of Sidley & Austin, before returning
to Egypt to represent a number of multinational American and European
companies. Dr. Abou Ali has extensive experience with Egyptian banking,
commercial, corporate, investment, privatization, project-finance
and securities laws and regulations.
Dr. Abou Ali is the current vice president for legal affairs of
the American Chamber of Commerce in Egypt. He is also a member of
the American Bar Association, the American Society of International
Law, the Egyptian Society of International Law, the Egyptian Capital
Market Association (chairman of the Committee on Legislation and
Profession) and the Egyptian Society for the Protection of Intellectual
Property (board member and general secretary).
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Omar A. Mohanna
TREASURER – AMCHAM EGYPT
CHAIRMAN, SUEZ
CEMENT
Omar Mohanna is an economist and chairman of Suez Cement Group
of Companies, a board member of ACE Insurance Co., and chairman
of Global Protection, an insurance brokerage and consulting firm.
Mr. Mohanna joined the American Chamber of Commerce in Egypt in
1986 and has held various positions within the organization. He
served as treasurer of the Board of Governors for a number of terms.
He has also served as chair of several AmCham committees, including
the USAID and International Donor Programs committees.
Mr. Mohanna is a board member and honorary treasurer of the Egyptian
Center for Economic Studies (ECES); a member of the Egypt-U.S. Business
Council; a board member of both the New Civic Forum and the Protection
of the Environment Association; a member of the Egyptian Businessmen’s
Association, Egypt’s World Economic Forum, the Club d’Affaires
Franco-Egyptien and the Egyptian Council for Foreign Affairs. He
is a former vice chairman and managing director of Egypt Arab African
Bank (EAAB); and a former managing director of the ACCOR Hotels
Group of Companies in Egypt. He has over 25 years of commercial
and investment banking experience with Egyptian and international
financial institutions.
Mr. Mohanna is also a former senior adviser to the minister of international
cooperation, who is currently Egypt’s minister of finance.
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Loula Zaklama 
Member of the Board – AmCham Egypt
President and Managing Director, RadaResearch
& Public Relations Co.
Loula Zaklama, elected world president of the International Public
Relations Association for 2006, is a public relations and marketing
expert with 40 years of experience in advertising, marketing, data
analysis and public awareness campaigning.
In 1982, she founded RadaResearch & Public Relations Co., a
private marketing research and public relations firm in Egypt.
Ms. Zaklama joined AmCham Egypt in 1985, and is currently a member
of the Board of Governors. She is a member of the board of Gallup
International and a member of the board of the International Public
Relations Association (IPRA).
Ms. Zaklama was awarded a medal of merit by the International Advertising
Association, Chicago, in 1986 – a medal given every two years
for outstanding contributions to the advertising industry. She is
one of 10 individuals to have been selected from around the world
for this distinguished award.
She also received a certificate of excellence from the International
Public Relations Association in 1993, and was selected as one of
the 50 leading women entrepreneurs of the world by the Star Group,
sponsored by IBM and Fortune Magazine, in May 1998.
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Karim Ramadan 
Member of the Board – AmCham Egypt
General Manager, Microsoft
Egypt
Karim Ramadan is general manager of Microsoft Egypt, a fully owned
subsidiary of Microsoft Corporation and one of Egypt’s strongest
multinational software manufacturers for personal and business computing.
Mr. Ramadan joined Microsoft approximately seven years ago, working
in Egypt and the Gulf region, finally returning to Egypt in December
2001 as country manager of Microsoft Egypt. During Ramadan’s
tenure, Microsoft has worked very closely with the Egyptian government
in developing the usage and spread of technology through government-led
initiatives such as the Egyptian E-Government Project, the Ministry
of Education’s School Agreement, the Microsoft Partner Academy
and the student and home PC initiatives.
In January 2003, Mr. Ramadan was promoted to general manager of
Microsoft Egypt, in line with his knowledge of the Egyptian market
and his past experiences at IBM and Oracle, in the United States
and the various countries of the Gulf. Mr. Ramadan’s main
goal remains to drive growth of the Egyptian subsidiary, fostering
relations with the Egyptian IT industry, the business community
and the government. In a country that enjoys an abundance of youthful
technical graduates, Microsoft Egypt is committed to developing
local caliber and employs 100-percent local staff.
Mr. Ramadan is a graduate of the American University in Cairo, majoring
in economics.
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Tom Walter 
Member of the Board - AmCham Egypt
Chairman & Managing Director Fuels Marketing, ExxonMobil
Egypt
Tom Walter began his 28-year career with ExxonMobil as an electrical
engineer in Saudi Arabia. Since then he has held various engineering,
management and general management positions in refining, supply
& trading and marketing in the United States, Turkey, Zimbabwe,
Cote d'Ivoire and Senegal.
Mr. Walter and his family arrived in Egypt just over two years ago
and he is currently in his first year as a member of the AmCham
Board. Previously, he served on the Board of the Corporate Council
on Africa, was co-chairman of the American Business Association
of Zimbabwe and a Member of the Board of Junior Achievement Zimbabwe.
ExxonMobil Egypt has operated in Egypt for more than 100 years,
focusing on retail, commercial and industrial marketing of fuels
and lubricants products. Operating under the Esso and Mobil brands,
it is a recognized leader in Egyptian petroleum marketing sector.
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Hisham A. Fahmy
Executive Director – AmCham
Egypt
Hisham A. Fahmy has been the executive director of the American
Chamber of Commerce in Egypt since December 1999, and held the position
of general manager from 1987 to 1993. He is also the chairman of
the Egyptian Society of Association Executives (EgSAE), an association
whose mission is to enhance the professional management of associations
in Egypt.
Mr. Fahmy previously served as acting director of the Egyptian Center
for Economic Studies, a non-profit think tank that carries out and
disseminates independent economic research, and worked on implementing
programs that furthered the center’s mission and oversaw the
financing and administration that sustains them.
Mr. Fahmy developed quality systems and initiated business contacts
between one of Egypt’s largest international corporations,
International Group of Investment (IGI), and its clients and suppliers.
He spent a decade acquiring firsthand private sector expertise in
travel and tourism, and representing engineering, construction and
electronics firms.
Mr. Fahmy graduated from the American University in Cairo in 1974
with a Bachelor’s degree in chemistry and is a member of the
American Society of Association Executives (ASAE).
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Amr A. Kabil 
Group Vice President
National
Stevedoring Group
Amr A. Kabil is chairman and CEO of Modern Egyptian Transport Co.
(METCO). He is also a board representative for National Vegetable
Oils Co..
Mr. Kabil is the vice chairman of National Stevedoring Group, an
administrator for the Club d’Affaires Franco-Egyptien, and
a mechanical engineer for the Conservatoire National des Arts et
Metiers.
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Amro Altahwi 
President and CEO, Adamson
Brothers
Andy Altahwi is the founder of Adamson Brothers Inc and presently
serves as the President, CEO and Chairman of the Board of Directors
for Adamson Brothers Inc. Adamson Brothers is an investment Bank
licensed by the SEC, member of the NASDAQ and Pacific Stock Exchange,
and member of AmCham.
Mr. Altahwi is the founder/CEO of “Dandana TV” and “Dandana
Reality TV,” satellite TV channels broadcast in the US, Canada,
Latin America, Europe and the Middle East. He holds a law degree
from Cairo University and a Ph.D in finance from London. He has
written numerous articles in newspapers about investing in the U.S.
and has also appeared regularly on network TV discussing the U.S.
market and the industry itself, sharing the considerable experience
gained while employed at Prudential Securities. During his tenure
at Prudential, he was closely involved in the negotiation of terms
and the structuring of a $6 million public offering of Cali Realty
Corporation (REIT). Mr. Altahwi has been the lead investment banker
of many high profile IPOs, listed on the NASDAQ.
Mr. Altahwi is licensed as: a Series 3 Commodities and Futures License,
a Series 4 Option Principal, a Series 7 General Securities Registered
Representative, a Series 24 General Securities Principal, a Series
55 Equity Trading License and a Series 63 State Securities Licensee
and licensed principle Mortgage Banker.
The managing executives of Adamson Brothers Inc. have a collective
total of 90 plus years experience in the fields of investment management
and financial services.
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Curtis A. Ferguson
Division President, North & West Africa Division, The
Coca-Cola company
Curtis Ferguson began his career with Coca-Cola USA in Atlanta,
Georgia in 1983. He was transferred to The Coca-Cola Export Corporation
in 1988, after which he held a variety of management and board positions
in subsidiaries of The Coca-Cola Companies around Asia. In January
1998, he was appointed senior region manager for Egypt and in July
2000, he became managing director of The Coca-Cola Bottling Companies
of Egypt.
Mr. Ferguson was active in the local community, serving as chairman
of the CSA board; chairman of the CAC board; board member of the
Bio-Lateral Albright Commission and executive vice president of
the AmCham board. In recognition, he was awarded the U.S. State
Department Award for Corporate Citizenship in 2002.
In 2002, Mr. Ferguson became senior region manager for West Africa
and in late 2003, senior regional director for the Western Africa
region. Recently, he was elected a director of the North African
Beverage Company, a new joint venture for the Coca-Cola Company
in the North African market. In January 2005, he was appointed division
president of the North & West Africa Division, based in Cairo,
responsible for 18 countries.
Mr. Ferguson holds a Bachelor of Science degree with majors in finance
and management from Indiana University. He is also a graduate of
the Executive Development Program at Stanford University and the
Executive Management Program conducted by Wharton/Emory Universities.
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Don Butler 
Chairman and Managing Director
General
Motors Egypt, S.A.E.
Don Butler is chairman and managing director of General Motors
Egypt, leading a group of 750 employees. He was appointed to this
position in April 2005. He is also an active member of AmCham Egypt’s
Industry Committee.
Just prior to his current role, Mr. Butler was vice president of
planning and business development for OnStar in the U.S., where
he was responsible for developing the strategy, planning, alliance
partners and new business opportunities for General Motors' vehicle
communications subsidiary. His previous assignments within GM include
engineering, marketing and planning.
Mr. Butler holds a Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering
from General Motors Institute and a Master’s degree in business
administration from Harvard University.
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Farid F. Naoom
Owner and President, Rainbow-Cairo,
Egypt
Farid F. Naoom is the owner and president of Rainbow-Cairo, Egypt.
Rainbow is the sole agent and representative of several U.S. companies
in Egypt and the Middle East, and has been a major supplier of locomotive
equipment and parts to the Egyptian National Railways since 1995.
Mr. Naoom is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants
in Egypt and is a certified public accountant in the United States.
He worked in the health-care industry in the United States from
1972 to 1984.
A citizen of both the United States and Egypt, Mr. Naoom holds a
Bachelor’s of Science in science and business administration
and has undertaken postgraduate studies in business administration
at De Paul University in Chicago.
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Guy M. Bourn 
Vice President, Sokhna
Port Development Company
Major General, U.S. Army (retired)
Guy Bourn retired from the U.S. Army in 2004; his last duty position
was chief of the Office of Military Cooperation in Cairo. Since
then, he has been the vice president of the first private company
in Egypt to manage a seaport, Sokhna Port.
The Sokhna Port Development Company, which is part of the Cairo-based
Amiral Maritime Corporation, was founded in 1999 and was granted
the concession by the Egyptian government to develop a state-of-the-art
port and logistics center at the southern entrance to the Suez Canal,
on the Red Sea. Within two years, Sokhna Port was a fully operational
maritime facility, handling thousands of tons of cargo, utilizing
a fully automated planning and operations system. Customs and port
processes are integrated into the port’s sophisticated information
technology systems. In addition to container and bulk terminals,
the port is developing other industries such as a magnesium plant,
a sugar plant, a livestock feedlot and slaughter facility, and a
bio-diesel refinery.
General Bourn holds a general engineering degree from the U.S. Military
Academy at West Point and a Master’s degree in systems technology
from the Naval Postgraduate School at Monterey, California.
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Hala El Barkouky
Founder and Managing Partner, Allied
Business Consultants
Hala El Barkouky is the founder and managing partner of Allied
Business Consultants. Since its inception in 1996, ABC has been
contracted to assist in the privatization and restructuring of Egyptian
public enterprise, conduct business viability assessments for energy
efficiency services in Egypt, and provide financial and management
consulting services to the private sector. ABC has also been contracted
to provide advisory services to overseas clients in the field of
investment banking and change management consulting.
Prior to founding ABC, Ms. El Barkouky served for 18 years with
Egypt’s leading banks. She spent nine years with Chase National
Bank (later Commercial International Bank) as unit head for tourism,
airlines and petroleum; senior manager for marketing support and
new business development; and division head of the correspondent
banking and trade finance division.
From 1993 to 1996, Ms. El Barkouky worked with Bechtel Inc. and
Arthur Anderson as group head and team leader for the restructuring
and privatization of public enterprise within mining and refractories
and chemical holding companies.
Ms. El Barkouky received a Bachelor’s of Arts in communications
from the American University in Cairo, graduated from the Chase
Manhattan Bank credit appraisal course and attended the program
in investment appraisal and development at the Harvard Institute
for International Development.
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Hassan M. Hussein
Chairman, The
International Investment Advisor TIIA
Hassan Hussein has worked as chairman, vice chairman and CEO for
various commercial and investment banks and has worked in major
financial centers in the Middle East and Europe for the past 30
years.
An active member of AmCham Egypt since 1991, he has served as chair
of the Banking, Finance & Insurance Committee and the International
Donor Committee. He has also been elected twice to the board of
the Egyptian Capital Market Association (ECMA) and has served as
chairman of the Investment & Privatization Committee at the
French Chamber.
Mr. Hussein founded The International Investment Advisor TIIA in
1995, which specializes in privatization and corporate finance advice
and has a substantial track record with major donors including USAID,
CIDA, the EC and the World Bank. He also founded and chaired TIIA
Underwriting Company, an investment banking boutique short-listed
by the government for investment banking.
Mr. Hussein received a degree in business administration from Cairo
University in 1973, and later studied corporate finance at Harvard
Business School. He is licensed by the London Stock Exchange.
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Hatem Ezzat Kheir
General Manager, Kheir
Group
Hatem Kheir graduated from Cairo University as a mechanical engineer
in 1981 and worked for one year at the Mechanical Engineering Department
in Mansoura University. He then joined a private sector company
in Egypt, moved to Saudi Arabia from 1984 to 1989, and returned
to Egypt as area manager for Peerless Pump Co. USA, until 1993,
after which he became the company’s agent in Africa, a post
he still holds.
Mr. Kheir is one of the founders and board members of the Egyptian
Fire Protection Association and has represented Egypt in international
conferences on fire protection. He is now director of the Confederation
of Fire Protection Association International, which oversees 28
associations around the world.
He is the only foreign member serving on the fire pump technical
committee of the NFPA, and a member of SFPE, USA, and FPA, UK. Within
the business community, he is a member of AmCham, AHK, EICC, BEBA
and DBC in Egypt. He was also selected as a member of the task group
to boost the relationship between business sectors in Egypt and
India.
Kheir Group operates in the field of fluid handling systems, including
water and wastewater, as well as process, fire, power and industrial
applications. The company represents pump companies from the United
States, United Kingdom, Korea, the Netherlands, Spain, Germany,
India and China.
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Mohamed Abdallah
Chair, Real Estate Committee – AmCham Egypt
President, Coldwell
Banker Affiliates of the Middle East
Mohamed Abdallah holds a Bachelor’s of Science in mechanical
engineering from the American University in Cairo, which he gained
in 1994, combined with pre-graduate courses from different international
universities.
Mr. Abdallah started his professional career as a trader in the
Egyptian stock exchange. In 1996, he held the position of vice president,
trading in EFG-Hermes, one of the biggest financial groups in Egypt.
Currently, Mr. Abdallah is the president/CEO of Coldwell Banker
Middle East, the master franchise holder in the region. Coldwell
Banker is active in the real estate sector in the Middle East and
works to promote this through a variety of activities via the Real
Estate Committee in AmCham Egypt. Coldwell Banker Middle East has
succeeded in strategically positioning itself in Egypt as well as
Lebanon. It is now working on the final stages of beginning operations
in Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Bahrain.
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Mohamed Taha Mostafa
Treasurer, Egyptian
American Bank (EAB)
Mohamed Taha Mostafa graduated from the American University in
Cairo in 1978 with a Bachelor’s of Arts in economics.
Prior to joining Egyptian American Bank in 1988 as assistant chief
dealer, Mr. Mostafa worked for four years as a petroleum service
manager in Mosafco International Co. and five years in the Islamic
International Bank for Investment & Development as assistant
chief dealer.
Mr. Mostafa was appointed chief dealer at Egyptian American Bank
in 1988, where he was later promoted to deputy manager in 1989,
first deputy manager in 1989, manager in 1990, senior manager in
1991, assistant general manager in 1992, deputy general manager
in 1993, general manager in 1996 and executive vice president and
head of treasury in 2000.
Mr. Mostafa is an active member of the American Chamber of Commerce
in Egypt.
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Nawal Kelada 
Management Consultant, Middle
East Courier Service
Nawal Kelada has been with the UNDP since 1963. She has a versatile
professional career history in methodological administration, management,
human resources development and training as well as information
and communication management and policy making.
During these years, Ms. Kelada undertook many missions to other
UNDP global administrative management systems, policies and procedures,
human resources development training and capacity building. She
also conducted quality management training workshops in various
UNDP offices in Zimbabwe, South Africa, Cairo, Rwanda and Kenya.
Ms. Kelada is the founder and partner of Middle East Courier Services
Co. Egypt, where she is a management consultant. She is also the
management consultant for Middle East Bank Services Co. Egypt and
freelances for the UNDP as a management consultant and quality management
trainer.
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Philip N. Diehl 
Senior Vice President and Partner,Fleishman-Hillard,
Middle East / North Africa
Philip N. Diehl leads Fleishman-Hillard, MENA from Cairo, Egypt.
He offers clients a wealth of experience from 30 years at the intersection
of international business, government and political affairs. Mr.
Diehl has been recognized by Advertising Age with its designation
as one of the 100 Best Minds in Marketing Today, and his work has
received a wide variety of awards, including the Faith & Politics
Institute’s St. Joseph’s Day Award for public service,
the U.S. Department of Treasury Gold Medal for outstanding public
service, and Government Executive’s Federal 100 Award for
innovations in IT applications in the federal government.
Mr. Diehl advises clients on a wide variety of strategic communications
issues. Current and recent clients include the Egyptian Investment
Ministry’s investment promotion agency, GAFI, Bristol-Myers
Squibb, AT&T, Alenia Aerospace, Tata Consulting Services, the
American Petroleum Institute, Chevron, and Aramco Services Co.
Before joining Fleishman-Hillard, Mr. Diehl held a series of senior
positions in Washington, including chief of staff of the U.S. Treasury
Department and staff director of the Senate Finance Committee. In
1994 President Clinton nominated Mr. Diehl to serve as director
of the United States Mint, and he was confirmed unanimously by the
U.S. Senate. His work in Washington has been featured in stories
in the New York Times, The Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal,
Business Week, and Fast Company.
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Serena Hylton 
Vice President North Africa,
Trans-Arabian
Creative Communication Services (TRACCS)
Managing Director, TRACCS Egypt
Serena Hylton, a Palestinian-born American, is regarded as one
of Egypt’s leading public relations practitioners having served
as chief operating officer of Intermarkets Egypt and managing director
of Asda’a Egypt before creating her own agency, TRACCS Egypt,
in 2000.
Ms. Hylton’s expertise in diplomacy, problem solving and crisis
management is largely derived from her early years with the U.S.
State Department. Her past experiences include working in consular
affairs in Germany, Congo and Washington, D.C., as well as serving
as the assistant to the consul general at the U.S. embassy in Egypt.
Under this role, she handled a diverse range of activities including
missions of the U.S. secretary of state to Egypt as well as crisis
management during the first Gulf War.
Ms. Hylton has created a strong reputation in public relations in
Egypt by developing and administrating complex issue-driven communications
campaigns. Prior to establishing TRACCS Egypt, she represented U.S.
Wheat Associates in Cairo as well as the Egyptian National Family
Planning Campaign. Ms. Hylton has been the exclusive PR representative
of Visa International in Egypt since 1998. Ms. Hylton and her team
also serve Allianz Group, Electrolux Group, National Paints and
British Gas. TRACCS Egypt was also selected to manage all local
communications for the Athens 2004 Olympic Torch Relay in Cairo.
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Soheir Farahat
President, Ingyco
Agencies
Soheir Farahat joined the American Chamber of Commerce in Egypt
in 1995. She is president of Ingyco Agencies, a private marketing
company established in 1984 that deals in electronics, communications,
maritime services (vessels agencies for all Egyptian ports, Suez
Canal transit attendance, inland transport and clearance), textiles,
wastewater disposal and industrial turnkey projects in the Middle
East. The company also deals with marketing projects in the Middle
East, as well as marketing of projects under the privatization scheme
of the Egyptian government.
Ms. Farahat holds a Bachelor’s of Arts in social sciences
from the American University in Cairo and joined the United Nations
Food & Agriculture Organization in Cairo for three years before
serving with the World Health Organization Eastern Mediterranean
Regional Office in Alexandria until 1983.
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Tarek Elrefai 
Senior Representative, Client Management,
The
Bank of New York - Cairo Representative Office
Tarek Elrefai started his career in 1982 as a foreign exchange
dealer at Alexandria Kuwait International Bank. In 1986, he joined
Irving Trust covering the Egyptian market. The Bank of New York
took over Irving Trust in a hostile takeover in 1990 and Mr. Elrefai
has continued with The Bank of New York till today.
Currently a chief representative based in Cairo, Mr. Elrefai assumes
responsibility for developing business relationships with financial
institutions promoting the bank’s range of payments and cash
management products, trade, custody, security lending and GDR/ADR.
He is also country manager for Egypt, Jordan, West Bank, Tunis,
Algeria, Morocco, Libya and Yemen.
Mr. Elrefai graduated from Cairo University’s faculty of commerce
in 1980.
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Thomas (Tom) E. Thomason
Vice President, Globeleq/Sidi
Krir
Tom Thomason joined the American Chamber of Commerce in Egypt in
1994. He has served as AmCham executive vice president and chair
of the Engineering & Construction Committee. He also serves
on the boards of the Bilateral Fulbright Commission and the American
University in Cairo.
Mr. Thomason is vice president of Globeleq, which develops, owns
and operates power plants and related fuel and electricity infrastructure
with investments in 19 energy assets in 14 countries.
Globeleq is the owner/operator of Egypt’s first privately
owned and operated power plant, a $480 million project completed
in January 2002 and now in operation selling electricity to the
government.
Mr. Thomason holds a Bachelor’s of Arts and a Juris Doctorate
from the University of Texas.
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