Sherif Samy

Non Executive / Chairperson
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Mr. Sherif Samy is an experienced senior executive and advisor in the areas of financial markets and services, investment, and corporate governance. He is currently Non-Executive Chairman of a real estate asset management company and serves on the Boards of Directors of the state’s project finance arm, the National Investment Bank, the Universal Health Insurance Authority, and several listed and privately held companies in the education, venture capital, fund management, and private equity sectors. Additionally, he is a member of the Investment Board of the National Pension Fund and the UAE Securities and Commodities Authority’s International Advisory Board, as well as a member of the Board of Trustees at the French University in Egypt.

Mr. Samy served a four-year term, ending 2017, as Chairman of Egypt’s independent non-banking Financial Regulatory Authority (FRA), where he achieved a major legislative and regulatory leap in capital markets, insurance, mortgage, leasing, private pensions, factoring, and microfinance.

He served on the board of the Central Bank of Egypt from 2013 to 2017, as well as its Monetary Policy Committee, and chaired its Audit Committee. He was also Chairman of the Financial Services Institute and the Egyptian Institute of Directors and a member of the board of the country’s National Payment Council and its Anti-Money Laundering Unit.

In 2014, Mr. Samy was the first Egyptian to be elected to the board of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO); he was reelected for a second term in 2016. He was also elected President of the Union of Arab Securities Authorities in 2016/2017. Prior to that, he was the Managing Director of Banque Misr’s investment arm, Misr Capital, and a board member of Banque du Caire. Starting 2007, he was appointed for several consecutive terms to the board of the investment promotion agency GAFI.

Mr. Samy started his professional career with global consulting firm Accenture, working at its Chicago, Riyadh, and Beirut offices. He graduated from Alexandria University’s Faculty of Commerce with high distinction and attended numerous executive programs at leading business schools in the USA and Europe in the areas of strategy, management, and investment.

 

Personal Details

Title: Mr
Surname: Samy
M/F: Male
Nationality: Egypt
Country of Birth: Egypt
Language: English
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Commercial International BankBoardMember
Commercial International BankAuditChairperson
Commercial International BankTechnologyMember
Commercial International BankOtherMember

 

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