Haytham Wagih

Haytham Wagih joined Avanz Capital Egypt as a Senior Director. He has more than 23 years of experience in the Egyptian financial sector including private equity, direct investing, and banking. He joined from Growth Partners, which he founded to launch a series of PE funds focused on impact investing.

His prior roles investing in SMEs include as Country Investment Executive: Egypt for GroFin, CEO & Managing Director for Delta Inspire and Managing Director and member of the Investment Committee for Arab African Investment Management. Wagih also served previously as the Head of Direct Investment Department at Banque Misr. 

He is an instructor at the American University in Cairo, School of Business on private equity, a founding board member and Vice Chairman of the Egyptian Private Equity Association, and qualified by the International Association of Consultants, Valuators and Analysts (IACVA) as an International Certified Valuation Specialist (ICVS). 

Wagih holds an MBA in finance and banking from Maastricht School of Management (MSM) and a bachelor’s of commerce from Ain Shams University, English Section.