Mahmoud El-Shawadfi

Head of Quality Assurance

Cairo, Egypt

About

As of January 2025, I have been leading the Quality Assurance Department at Natures Rule, a dietary supplements manufacturer, where I focus on building and optimizing food safety and quality systems. I successfully established a Food Safety Management System (FSMS) from scratch based on ISO 22000:2018, and led the team through a successful HACCP certification process. Our collective efforts also resulted in the inclusion of new product groups in the NFSA whitelist. Previously, I served as Assistant Quality Manager at KRM (Protein Bar Industry), where I passed three external audits and helped upgrade the FSMS to comply with FSSC 22000 V6. I also gained experience in dairy and chocolate production environments, handling various aspects of GMP, GHP, and food quality audits. With a Bachelor's degree in Food Technology (minor in Dairy Science) from Al-Azhar University, and over 30 training courses including ISO 9001, ISO 22000, BRC, HACCP, PRPs, and FSSC V6, I bring a well-rounded scientific and practical approach to food safety management. My leadership experience includes managing a QA team of 9 and delivering over 30 hours of training.

Experience

  • Natures Rule ()
    • QA/QC Lead
      May 2025 - Present · 1 yr 3 mos

    • Head of Quality Assurance
      Jan 2025 - May 2025 · 5 mos

  • KRM Foods Industries (2 yrs 2 mos)
    • Quality Assurance Manager
      Nov 2023 - Dec 2024 · 1 yr 2 mos

      3 new product groups have been included in the NFSA whitelist. Passed and Certified FSSC V6 Audit

    • Assistant Quality Assurance Manager
      Nov 2022 - Dec 2023 · 1 yr 2 mos

      100% of company procedures are in place including listing the company on the National Food Safety Authority (NFSA) whitelist and obtaining FSSC V5.1 accreditation.

  • Food Safety & Quality Officer at Patchi
    Dec 2020 - Nov 2022 · 2 yrs

    responsible for preparing and implementing the quality system ، in accordance with the international standard ISO 22000 : 2018 .