Ahmed Alaa Fayed
Chief Executive Officer, Modern Schools of Egypt (MSE) 2000 Education Group
Dr. Ahmed Alaa Fayed is the CEO of Modern Schools of Egypt (MSE) Education Group, overseeing four schools that serve more than 5,000 families. Following his PhD, Dr. Fayed was a Visiting Fellow at the University of Cambridge. He has taught graduate and undergraduate courses, conducted research, and provided consultancy services at leading academic and non-academic institutions, including King’s College London (KCL), the American University in Cairo (AUC), Nile University (NU), Doha Institute for Graduate Studies (DI), and the Egyptian Cabinet. He also serves as a Research Associate at the Economic Research Forum (ERF). Dr. Fayed’s research focuses on corruption, education policy, and local governance across the Middle East, with a particular emphasis on Egypt. His work has been published in internationally peer-reviewed journals, book volumes, and conferences. He is internationally recognized by the World Economic Forum as an Alumnus Global Shaper. At AUC, he served as Student Union President and later as a member of the Alumni Council. Dr. Fayed holds a PhD in Public Policy from King’s College London – University of London, as well as an MPA and BSc from the American University in Cairo. He also earned an Executive Certificate in Public Leadership from Harvard Kennedy School.
Areas of Interest:
- Governance (Corruption)
- Education policy
- Local governance across the Middle East, with a particular emphasis on Egypt
Education:
- Ph.D. in Public Policy, King’s College London, University of London, U.K, 2014 – 2018
- Master of Public Administration, The American University in Cairo (AUC), 2011– 2013
- Exchange graduate student at SIPA, Columbia University, Fall 2012
- Executive Certificate in Public Leadership, Harvard Kennedy School of Government, Executive Education, 2018 – 2019
- Dual Degree Program: MPA & B.Sc., The American University in Cairo. Bachelor of Science, in Construction Engineering. Minor: Business Administration, 2007 – 2013
Experience:
- Chief Executive Officer, Modern Schools of Egypt (MSE) 2000 Education Group, 2025 - Present
- Adjunct Assistant Professor of Public Policy, The American University in Cairo, 2021-2023
- Director of Graduate Studies, Business School, Nile University, 2021-2022
- Assistant Professor of Management and Public Policy, Nile University, 2020-2022
- Lecturer, the Egyptian National Training Academy (NTA), 2020-2024
- Assistant Professor of Public Policy, Doha Institute for Graduate Studies (DI), 2017-2019
- Visiting Fellow, at the Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities (CRASSH) and Wolfson College at the University of Cambridge. UK, 2018-2018
- Graduate Teaching Assistant, IMES, King’s College London, 2016-2017
Latest Publications:
- Fayed, A. A. (2019). Education Corruption: Egypt. in A. Farazmand (Ed.), Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance. Springer. ISBN 978-3-319-20929-6 Doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31816-5_3604-1
- Fayed. A. A. (2018). Researching Corruption: Understanding its Key Concepts. Rule of Law and Anti-Corruption Journal, 1 (2): 35-42. Doi.org/10.5339/rolacc.2018.11
- Fayed, A. A. (2017). The Current Status of Corruption in Egypt. Contemporary Arab Affairs, 10 (4): 510-521. Doi.org/10.1080/17550912.2017.1399641
