Areas of Interest:

• International
• Macro
• Econometrics
• Finance

Education:

• PhD in Economics, Columbian College of Arts and Sciences, The George Washington University- 2015
• Msc., Economics & Social Policy Analysis, University of York - 2007
• Msc., Economics , Cairo University - Faculty of Economics & Political Science - 2006
• Bachelor of Science, Cairo University - Faculty of Economics & Political Science  - 1998

Experience:

• Minister of Planning and Economic Development, Egypt - Feb. 2026 - Present
• Senior Financial Sector Specialist, World Bank’s Finance and Market Global Practice- Feb. 2010
• HQ Extended Term Consultant, World Bank’s East Asia and Pacific - Finance and Private Sector Development- Sep. 2012 - Dec. 2013
• Consultant, Office of World Bank’s Managing Director- Oct. 2010 - Aug. 2012
• Consultant, Finance, Economics and Urban Development (FEU)– SDN Network- Jun. 2010 - Oct. 2010

Latest Publications:

• European Economic and Monetary Union Sovereign Debt Markets,” Policy Research Working Paper Series 7149, The World Bank, 2015, with Sensoy, Ahmet & Hacihasanoglu, Erk.
• On the Role of MDBs in Developing Islamic Finance, World Economics, World Economics, vol. 15(3), pages 77-102, July, 2014.
• East Asia Pacific at Work: Employment, Enterprise, and Well-being, World Bank East Asia and Pacific Regional Report, 2014, with  Truman G. Packard, Trang Van Nguyen, Melissa Adelman, Thomas Bowen, Ximena Del Carpio, Jennifer Golan, Tobias Haque, Mee Jung Kim, Alexander Krauss.
• SME Contributions to Employment, Job Creation, and Growth in the Arab World, Policy Research Working Paper Series 6682, 2013, The World Bank with Nasr, Sahar.