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Ahmed El Maghraby
Minister of Tourism, Egypt
Before joining the Egyptian Cabinet, and in 2002, he was selected
Member of the Economic Committee, the National Democratic Party
(NDP). In 1998, Mr. El Maghraby, was appointed Member of the Board,
the Future Foundation; and in 2000, he was appointed Board Member,
the Future Generation Foundation. The Future Generation Foundation
is an NGO primarily concerned with the development of the youth's
economic and educational well-being. Between the years 1996 and
2002, Mr. El Maghraby served as member of the Egyptian Supreme Council
of Tourism and in 1997 he was elected by the Egyptian tourism private
sector, to hold the position of, Chairman of the Egyptian Federation
of Tourist Chambers. He served in this position until 2002.
Prior to his current post, Mr. El Maghraby held the positions of
a Board Member, and in most cases Shareholder, in a number of prominent
business groups in Egypt including, El- Maghraby Group; the Egyptian
French Co. for food industries, VITRAC; Accor Egypt, the largest
hotel management group in Egypt; the Nile Companies for Agricultural
Development; El-Maghraby & El-Mansour Group for Investment and
Development and Macor Investment Co.
Mr. Ahmed El Maghraby has extensive experience in the Financial
and Economic sectors. In 1990, he joined efforts with a group of
leading Egyptian businessmen and economic experts, and founded the
Egyptian Centre for Economic Studies. In 2002 he became Board Member
HSBC Bank. Between 1997 and 1999, he held the position of Member
of the Board and Shareholder the Arab African Bank; and between
1972 and 1984 he held the position of the Managing Director and
Shareholder, Saudi Arabian Investment Co. In 1970 and till 1972,
Mr. Ahmed El Maghraby joined Merrill Lynch as a Stockbroker. This
was preceded by the position of Financial Expert, Metropolitan Co.,
New York between 1968 and 1970.
Mr. El Maghraby holds a B.Sc. degree in Chemical Engineering as
well as a B.Sc. in Liberal Arts, at North Carolina State University;
In addition to an MBA degree, earned at Columbia University, New
York, USA.
Mr. Ahmed El Maghraby was born in Egypt in 1945.
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