Egypt
HE Advisory is founded by the visionary and philanthropist, Hisham Ezz Al-Arab. With 40+ years of experience across the Middle East, Africa and Europe, building his international banking excellence at the likes of Merrill Lynch, then to JP Morgan and Deutsche Bank where he left as a Managing Director, until he joined CIB in 1999 . Hisham has been chairman of CIB since 2002 till October 2020 , He transformed the institution from a wholesale lender into Egypt’s largest private-sector bank The bank’s market capitalization has grown from EGP 1 billion ( $ 200 million ) at the beginning of Mr. Ezz Al-Arab’s term to EGP 100 billion ( $ 6.6 B ), making its stock — a blue chip component of the Egyptian Exchange — the global investment community’s preferred proxy for Egypt and a benchmark for the banking industry in emerging markets. Core to the bank’s success is its unique culture, which balances an entrepreneurial spirit that prizes innovation with a commitment to global best practices in both corporate governance and risk management. Mr. Ezz Al Arab brought to life the CIB Foundation, which is a leading Egyptian voice for universal access to quality healthcare extended to underprivileged children. CIB was named Euromoney’s Best Bank in the Middle East and Best Bank in Global Emerging Markets for 2017 and best emerging markets bank by global finance twice 2018 and 2020 , thus becoming the first bank in Egypt, Africa and the Middle East to ever win this award. Mr. Ezz Al-Arab was recognized in 2016 by Euromoney for his “Outstanding Contribution to Financial Services in the Middle East” and was EMEA Finance’s “Best CEO in Egypt and Africa” at the magazine’s 2014 Banking Awards. Mr. Ezz Al Arab is the former chairperson of the Federation of Egyptian Banks , He is also the chairman of Board of Trustees of the CIB Foundation , a former member of the Board of Trustees of the American University in Cairo, Egypt’s premier private university , former board member of smart Africa , former board member of Fairfax Africa, Member of the IIF Washington , member of EMAC at IIF and board member of Ripplewood advisors MENA . www.heaadvisory.com