Professorship degree, Supreme Council of Universities. Since February 2017, Egyptian Minister of Investment and International Cooperation. Professor of Economics, American University, Cairo. Lecturer, several Egyptian and foreign universities. Has published over 60 research papers, technical reports and books merging technical and practical expertise in the fields of international finance, economic development, private sector and SME development, as well as the fields of financial reform, the labour market, women’s empowerment, and economic legislation. These papers and reports were published in scientific periodicals, including those of Cambridge and Oxford University in the UK, Berkley University in the USA, and scientific periodicals published by the World Bank. Some of these studies and research papers have contributed to drafting and structuring economic policies in various developing countries and emerging markets, including Egypt.