Hisham El-Sherif

Dr. El Sherif has been a business and development leader in Egypt and the Middle East.
He has been in the management of direct equity investment for the past 10 years.
In 2009, Dr. El Sherif founded Nile-Capital a leading direct equity focusing on the Mediterranean Region.
In 1999, he led and founded the first regional investment private equity fund in technology.
He also managed IT Ventures which has more than 20 investments under management.
He has been also a leading authority in ICT in the region.
Founder & Chairman of IT Investments, a holding direct investment company with subsidiaries in networking and Telecommunications, software development, IT systems Integration, Media and E-business.
Co-founder and Chair of the Advisory Board, for 14 years (1985-1999), of the Cabinet Information and Decision Support Centre.
Dr. El Sherif is Professor Emeritus at the American University in Cairo since 2008 and has been a professor for about 25 years (1983-2008).
Recently in 2008, AUC dedicated an annual scholarship in his name.
Dr. El Sherif received his Ph.D.
from MIT in Business and Engineering.