V-Lab Summit Speakers
Basil Moftah
General Partner | Nclude
Basil is an experienced company builder who works with founders to create disruptive companies with an enterprise technology focus in MENA.
Walid Hassouna
Founder and CEO | valU
Walid is the Founder and CEO of valU, the Chairman of Paytabs Egypt and the Vice Chairman of EFG EV Fintech. He sits on multiple boards including, EFG Hermes Corp Solutions for leasing and factoring, Bedaya for mortgage finance and KarmSolar.
Dr. Wessam El Beih
Country Director Egypt, Jordan and Lebanon | DROSOS FOUNDATION
Dr. Wessam is the Country Director of DROSOS FOUNDATION in Egypt since September 2014. In 2021, she started overseeing the portfolios of Jordan and Lebanon in addition to Egypt.
Saeed Talaat
Co-founder and CEO | Klickit
Saeed Talaat is the CEO of Klickit, a fintech company operating in the educational payments space. Klickit managed over a span of only five years to boast a portfolio of more than 55 thousand public schools and 400 private schools.
Ahmed Abdeen
Founder | ElGameya
Ahmed is an engineer, project manager and entrepreneur. Through his mixed experience across technology, community service and his family business, Ahmed founded ElGameya to help individuals afford their financial needs.
Wael Nafee
Partner | Raed Ventures
Wael is a computer engineer, serial entrepreneur, and YC alumnus who has co-founded various startups in the Silicon Valley and the Middle East. He was one of the early employees of Careem holding roles including VP of Product Management and VP of Platform Superapp Business Unit.
Amin Khairy
Head of Financial Inclusion and Strategic Partnerships | CIB
Amin is in charge of developing and executing the CIB’s financial inclusion strategy and enabling access to financial services through appropriate partnerships. He recently rejoined CIB after a two-year secondment at the Institute of International Finance.
Menan Omar
Economic Development Practitioner | World Bank Group
Menan holds 9 years of professional experience in private sector development policy. Her current portfolio focuses on entrepreneurship policy and ecosystem development strategy, digital financial services and financial inclusion, with a focus on women and youth in MENA.
Lina Zalat
Associate Director | AUC Venture Lab
Lina has more than 10 years of experience working in national and international organizations on entrepreneurship, job creation and youth empowerment. She holds a MSc. in International Public Policy from University College London and a BA in Political Science from AUC.
Fatma El Shenawy
Co-founder and CSO | Khazna
Fatma is responsible for formulating, facilitating and communicating Khazna’s strategic initiatives and future goals. Prior to Khazna, she was a senior associate with Arqaam Capital’s Investment Banking team.
Mirna Arif
General Manager | Microsoft Egypt
Mirna brings in 20 years of experience with multinational organizations and public sector entities across Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
Tamer Azer
Partner | Shorooq Partners
Tamer is a Partner of Shorooq Partners, a leading early-stage Venture Capital firm in the Middle East, North Africa and Pakistan (MENAP) region. He began his career at the forefront of policy making with one of the world’s most influential business designers.
Hani W. Naguib
Evidence-based Entrepreneurship Expert, Startup Advisor and Innovation Consultant
Hani is a leading Egyptian Business Designer and Innovation Consultant bringing a decade of experience in preparing executives and entrepreneurs to become innovators.
Mohamed Hamza
Open Innovation Program Manager | Banque Misr
Mohamed is the manager of Banque Misr’s open innovation program. He is working towards building a holistic innovation platform enabling deeper integration with external innovative companies and individuals.
Mariam Kamel
Manager | AUC Angels
Mariam began her career in Investment Banking, advising mid- and large-cap companies. She co-founded and managed a family wellness center. In recent years, she explored investment opportunities in Egypt's startup scene and currently manages AUC Angels.
Islam Shawky
Co-founder and CEO | Paymob
Islam started his career during his studies at the AUC to build Paymob, which has grown to process millions of transactions and billions of dollars each year. He is also a member of the Board of Trustees for the Technology Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center (TIEC).
Mohamed Ihab
Investment Associate | AUC Angels
Mohamed is an investment associate at AUC Angels, the first university-based angel investor network in MENA. He is an international partner at the World Business Angels Investment Forum, an affiliated partner of the G20 Global Partnership for Financial Inclusion.
Sarah El Battouty
Chairman, Founder and CEO | ECOnsult
Sarah is a global award winning architect with 18 years experience in the field of Green and Environmental Buildings and Sustainable Development. She is also the founder of one of Egypt’s unique environmental design, training and strategy companies.
Ahmed Ashour
Co-founder and CEO | Pylon
Ahmed is the co-founder and CEO of Pylon, an impact-driven infrastructure management platform for water and electricity distribution companies that solves utilities’ toughest challenges while offsetting carbon emissions and helping achieve UN SDGs.
Enas Siam
Co-founder and COO | Flextock
Enas is the co-founder and COO of Flextock, a tech-enabled supply chain solution empowering commerce in MEA. She started her career at Nestlé before managing Careem Bus in Egypt.
Rafeh Saleh
Founding Partner | Cubit Ventures
Rafeh launched Cubit Ventures and Founder Institute Egypt, is an advisor to Loyal VC and led one of the largest consulting firms in Egypt.
Ayman Ismail
Director | AUC Venture Lab
Ayman is an expert in entrepreneurship and economic development, the Abdul Latif Jameel Endowed Chair of Entrepreneurship and Associate Professor at AUC School of Business and the founding director of AUC Venture Lab and AUC Angels.
Eslam Darwish
Founding General Partner | Nclude
Eslam has 25+ years experience in corporate innovation and product development, digital transformation, brand management, venture capital and startup incubation across North America, Europe, Africa and Middle East.
Hossam Taher
Co-founder and CEO | Orcas
Hossam is the co-founder, head of product and CEO at Orcas. He managed to build a world-class product that automates the tutoring experience for both learners and tutors accommodating more than 20K learners.
Mohamed Rahmy
Mohamed Rahmy is a seasoned business strategist with two-decades of experience across the MENA region in finance, investment banking and -more recently- within the region’s entrepreneurship ecosystem where he was leading the mandate of Endeavor.
Yasmine Nagaty
Acceleration Manager | AUC Venture Lab
Yasmine brings 10 years of project management and leadership experience in youth development, employability programs and entrepreneurship. To date, she has worked with more than one hundred startups.
Verina Rizkallah
Senior Account Coordinator | AUC Venture Lab
Verina has worked with startups for more than five years across health-tech, fintech and creative industries. She brings her analytical and communication skillsets and a design thinking mindset, to help startups on their acceleration journey.
Hussein Momtaz
Co-founder and CEO | Koinz
Hussein is a computer engineer who loves product, design and consumer psychology. He co-founded Koinz, a startup that is leading social food ordering in the region with 1M users and 7M dollars of funding raised to date.
Haytham El Maayergi
Group Chief Operating and Transformation Officer | AAIB
Haytham is the Group Chief Operating and Transformation Officer for Arab African International Bank and Assistant to the Bank Managing Director.