Notable Alumni
Leadership
Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah ’91
Queen of Jordan
Maumoon Abdul Gayoom ‘69
Former President of the Maldives
Diplomacy and Government
Amal Mohamed Kamal Essawi ’89, ’90
Professor, The American University in Cairo
Member of Egypt's Specialized Council for Education and Scientific Research
Amani Essawi ’86, ’89
Advisor to the Chairman for International Relations
General Authority for Suez Canal Economic Zone
Amina Tarraf '12
Associate Minister of Social Solidarity for Social Policies
Dr. Imane Helmy (MA'16)
Associate Minister for Social Solidarity for Economic and Financial Inclusion Affairs
Farkhonda Hassan ’67*
Former Secretary-General, National Council for Women
Former Member of the Shura Council
Former Professor, The American University in Cairo
Hassan Abdallah, '82 '94
Acting Governor, Central Bank of Egypt
Former Vice Chairman and Managing Director, Arab African International Bank, Egypt
Hisham Tawfik ’82
Egypt’s Minister of The Public Business-Sector
Hoda Badran ’57
Chair of the Egyptian Feminist Union
Elected in October 1991, President of the Committee for the Rights of the Child
Former Secretary-General, National Council for Childhood and Motherhood
Jawad Anani '67
Chairman, Amman Stock Exchange
Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs and Minister of Investment in Jordan
Khaled Al Wazani '90
Strategy and Knowledge Adviser for Mohammed Bin Rahid Foundation in Dubai
Madiha El Safty '72, '76*
Chairperson, Alliance for Arab Women
Maya Morsy ’95
New Head of Egypt’s National Council for Women, United Nations Development Business
Mervat Tallawy '61
Board Member, Sawiris Foundation for Social Development
First female career diplomat to become an ambassador
Former Egyptian Ambassador to Austria and to Japan
Former Executive Secretary, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA)
Former Secretary-General, National Council for Women
Former Minister of Insurance and Social Affairs
H.E. Mohammed bin Ali bin Mohammed Al Mannai '97
Qatar's Minister of Communications and Information Technology
H.E. Dr. Mohamed El Sherif ’79
Former Minister, Ministry of Local Development
H.E. Amb. Mohamed Nabil Fahmy ’74, ’77
Dean and Distinguished Professor of Practice in International Diplomacy
Dean of Global Affairs and Public Policy, The American University in Cairo
Former Minister of Foreign Affairs
Mourad Wahba ’80 ’82
Assistant Administrator and Director of Regional Bureau of Arab States, UNDP
Nadia Ebeid ’77
Executive Director, Center for Environment and Development for the Arab Region and Europe
Member of the General Secretariat of the National Democratic Party
Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the Arab League
Former Minister of State for Environmental Affairs
H.E. Dr.Rania Al Mashat ’95
Egypt's Minister of International Cooperation and Egypt’s Governor at the World Bank
Sahar Ahmed Nasr ’85, ’90
Adjunct Faculty in the Department of Economics
Former Minister, Ministry of Investment and International Cooperation
H.E. Dr. Sameh Abuel Enein '86
Assistant Foreign Minister and Director of the Egyptian Diplomatic Institute
Sandra Farid '11
Advisor to the Minister of Tourism & Antiquities
Adjunct Faculty in the Department of Economics
Sarah Seif '18
Former Associate Minister of State Minister of Information for Communication Affairs
Shaden Khallaf ’98 ’04
Senior Policy Advisor for the Middle East and North Africa at the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Sherif Mansour ‘94
Advisor to the Minister for Facility Management, Ministry of Finance
Tarek Amer '80
Former Governor, Central Bank of Egypt
H.E. Amb. Walid Abdel Nasser ’83, ’85
Director, Regional Bureau for Arab Countries, World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), Geneva, Switzerland
Yuriko Koike ’71
Former Member, The House of Representatives
Former Defense Minister
Tokyo’s first female governor
Ziad Bahaa Eldin ’87
Former Deputy Prime Minister of Egypt, the Cabinet of Ministers
Former Chairman, Egyptian Financial Supervisory Authority
Chairman, Egyptian Financial Supervisory Authority
Former Member of Parliament, People’s Assembly
Member of the Board of Directors of the Central Bank of Egypt, the Capital Market
Former Senior Legal Advisor, Central Bank of Egypt Legal Advisor, Nile Advisory
Authority, and the National Bank of Egypt
Chairman, The Upper Egypt Investment Company.
Former Chairman, General Authority for Investment and Free Zones
Managing Partner, Bahaa El Din Law Office
AUC Trustee
Arts and Fashion
Farida Temraz ’12 ’18
Chief Executive Officer and Designer-In-Chief of Temraza
Jude Benhalim ’15
Founder of Jude Benhalim Jewelry
Rana Al Azm ’92
Co-Founder of Jude Benhalim Jewelry
Yasmine Yehia '03
Founder of Maison Yeya
Athletes
Ali Farag
First Married Couple to Win Championships at The 2017 US Open Squash Final
No.1 World Ranking in the Professional Squash Association (PSA)
Amany Khalil ’90
First Egyptian Women to Complete the 2016 Ironman Barcelona Triathlon in the age group 50 to 54
Asmaa El Zohairy ’10
National Rowing Athlete
Leila Abdelmoez ’19
Earned Seventh Place in Synchronized Swimming at Rio 2016 Olympics
Mohammad Sanad '14
Egyptian handball player for USAM Nîmes Gard and the Egyptian national team
Nour El Tayeb ’16
First Married Couple to Win Championships at The 2017 U.S Open Squash Finals
Omar El Borolossy ’00
Founder of El Borolossy Squash Academy
Ranked amongst the Top 20 Professional Squash Players in the World
Reem Mansour ’15
Earned 56th place in Archery at Rio 2016 Olympics
Reem Kassem ’19
Earned 25th Place in 10k Open Water Swim at Rio 2016 Olympics
Samia Hagrass ’18
Earned Seventh Place in Synchronized Swimming at Rio 2016 Olympics
Tarek Momen ’11
World Squash Champion 2019
Banking
Abdulatif Al-Hamad ’58
Director-General and Chairman of Board of Directors, Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development
Adel El Labban ‘77, ‘80
Group CEO and Managing Director, Ahli United Bank BSC
Assem Ragab '97
Chairman, Credit Agricole
Heba Handoussa ’66
Managing Director, Economic Research Forum
Hisham Okasha ’90, ’94
Chair, National Bank of Egypt
Lobna Hilal '83, '89
Former Deputy Governor, Monetary Stability, Central Bank of Egypt
Mervat Soltan '83, '89 *
Chair, Export Development Bank of Egypt
Moataz Mostafa El Said ’90, ’95
Senior Economist, International Monetary Fund
Nidal Elkassem Assar '95
Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director at Egyptian Gulf Bank (S.A.E.)
Nevine Loutfy ’74*
First Female CEO and Managing Director of an Islamic Bank in the Arab world – Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank
Rami Aboul Naga ‘02
Deputy Governor, Monetary Stability, Central Bank of Egypt
Business
Abdullah S. Jum’ah ’65
Former President and CEO, Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Saudi Aramco)
Adel Garas '86
Asia Pacific Region President, PepsiCo
Eng. Ahmed Mostafa El Bakry ’87, ’90
Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director, Olympic Group
Ahmed Rady ’97
General Manager, The Coca Cola Company
Ahmed Ismail '97
CEO, Majid Al Futtaim Properties UAE
Asaad Kelada ’61
Director, Asaad Kelada Trust, USA
Ashraf Moh. Mounir El Afifi ’91
President, India, Middle East, Henkel Corporation
Azza El Shinnawy '90, '94
Head of Amazon Web Services Egypt
Bahaa Hussein Mahmoud ’86
General Manager and Learning Officer, Abu Dawood Group
Dina El-Mofty '98
CEO, Injaz, Egypt
Eng. Emad Zaki El Sewedy ’88
Founder, CEO and Chairman, El Sewedy Electrometer Canada, Inc.
Hadeer Shalaby ’11
Managing Director, Talabat
Hala Abdel Wadood '96
Director of Public Affairs, Communication and Sustainability North Africa, The Coca Cola Company
Hatem Mohamed Galal Dowidar ’01
Chief Executive Officer, Etisalat Group
Hisham El-Khazindar '96
Co-Founder and Managing Director, Qalaa Holdings
AUC Trustee
Karim Bichara '97
Co-Founder and CEO of Accelero Capital
Karim Ramadan ‘88
General Manager Communications Sectors MEA, Microsoft Gulf
Khaled Bichara ’93*
Chief Executive Officer, Orascom Development Holding
Khaled El Gibaly '85
Division President for the Middle East and North Africa, Mastercard
Khaled Hegazy '93, '98
Chief Business Officer, Etisalat Misr
Khalil El Bawab '98
Co-CEO and Managing Director, Misr Capital Investments
Manal Gamal Eldin Hassan '90, '08
Group CSR and Sustainability Director - Vice Chairman Elsewedy Electric Foundation
Marwa Moh.Kamal Eldin Abbas '94, '98
General Manager and Technology Leader IBM Egypt
Moataz El Hout ’91
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Nestlé North East Africa Region
Mohammad Abughazaleh '67
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Del Monte Fresh Produce Company
Former AUC Trustee
Mohamed El Sayed Okasha ’95
Co-Founder and Managing Director, Fawry Egypt
Mohamed Samir Abdel Razzak ‘89
Group CEO, Alyasra Foods
Former President, India Middle East and Africa (IMEA), Procter and Gamble
Mohamed Shafik Gabr ’73
Chairman and Managing Director, ARTOC Group for Investment and Development
Mohamed Shelbaya '90
Chairman and Managing Director, PepsiCo International, Egypt
Mustafa Abdel-Wadood ’91
Former Partner and Chairman of the Management Executive Committee, Abraaj Group
Omar Radwan '97
Chief Operating Officer, Misr Capital Investments
Ramzi Atta Dalloul ‘59
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Astra Horizons Group Ltd.
Takreem Mohamed El Tohamy ’84, ’94
Country General Manager, IBM Middle East FZ.LLC
Violette Jaggi ’73
Founder and CEO, White Rock SA
Wasef Jabsheh '67
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, International General Insurance Co. Ltd.
Yousef Abdul Latif Jameel ’68, ’08
Founder of the Yousef Jameel Academic Program
Founder of Yousef Abdul Latif Jameel Group Co Ltd.
Yousreya Sawiris ’82
Owner and Financial Adviser, Yousreya Loza Sawiris Office
Education
Afaf Lutfi Al Sayyed Marsot ’52
Professor Emerita, University of California
Amin Ashraf Marei ’11
Associate Director of Professional Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education
Edward Walker
Christian A. Johnson Distinguished Professor, Hamilton College
Freeman Hrabowski
President of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Iman Bibars ’81 ’88
Vice President of Ashoka Global
Regional Director of Ashoka Arab World
John Waterbury ’62
Global Professor of Political Science in New York University (Abu Dhabi)
Juan Cole '78
Richard P. Mitchell Collegiate Professor of History, University of Michigan
Lisa Anderson CASA ‘76
Former President, The American University in Cairo
Humanities Research Fellow, NYU-Abu Dhabi
Professor Emerita and Senior Lecturer in Political Science and International Affairs, Columbia University in the City of New York
Entertainment
Abu Bakr Shawky ’10
Writer and Director
Ahmed El Attar ’93
Founder and General Manager of Orient Productions
Amina Khalil '09
Actress
Amr Waked '96
Actor
Owner, Zadcomm
Angie Wegdan '04
Actress and Video Editor
Asser Ashraf Yassin ’04
Actor
Gala El Hadidi '05, '07
Singer
BBC Cardiff Singer of the World 2013
Haifaa Almansour ’97
Film Maker, Saudi Cinema
Injy El Mokkaddem ’97
Actress
Khaled Aboul Naga '89
Actor
Mahmoud El Esseily '06
Singer
Mai Kamal Kholosy '14
Singer
Mohamed Abu El Enin (Abu) ’02
Singer
Mohamed Hisham Abbass ’88
Singer
Mohamed Imam '07
Actor
Nesma Mahgoub '13
Singer
Rami Imam '98
Director
Tarek El Ebiary ’12
Actor
Yosra El Lozy ’07
Actress
Entrepreneurship
Alain El Hajj '15
Co-Founder of Paymob
Basel Mashhour ’04
Co-Founder of The Bakery Shop (TBS)
Islam Shawky '15
Co-Founder of Paymob
Mohamed A. Abdel Wahed Rafea ’03, ’11
Co-Founder, Managing Partner and CEO, Bey2ollak.com
Mostafa Kandil ’15
Co-Founder of Swvl
Mostafa Menessy '16
Co-Founder of Paymob
Omar Sherif Samra ’00
Founder and CEO, Wild Guanabana
First Egyptian to climb Mount Everest and the Seven Summits
First Egyptian to complete the Explorers Grand Slam
Rana el Kaliouby ’98, ’00
Co-Founder and CEO, Affectiva
AUC Trustee
Sameh El Sadat ’05
Co-Founder of The Bakery Shop (TBS)
Tarek El Nazer ’06
Co-Founder of The Bakery Shop (TBS)
Wael Ahmed Amin ’93, ‘06
Co-Founder, ITWorx
Partner, Sawari Ventures
Media
Benjamin Wedeman '81
Senior International Correspondent, CNN
Jasmine Taha Zaky ’92 ’97
TV Presenter
Former Media Consultant for Egypt’s minister of tourism
Former Advisory Committee Member for the Cairo International Film Festival
Laila Rustom ’56
Former TV Host
The representative of the International Herald Tribune in Egypt
Lamees Al Hadidi ’87, ’90
Egyptian journalist and broadcast presenter
Lawrence Wright '71
Staff Writer, The New Yorker Magazine
Louis Greiss ‘55*
Writer, journalist, and Former Editor-in-Chief, Sabah El Kheir
Lobna Abdel Aziz ‘54
Anchor, Egyptian Radio and Television
Maggie Michael ’00
AP Investigative Journalist
2019 Pultizer Prize Winner for International Reporting
Mona El Shazly ‘96
TV Presenter
Mona El Tahawi ’90, ’92
Managing Editor, Arabic Women's eNews
Nicholas Kristof ’84
Op-Ed Columnist, New York Times
Nihal Saad ’96
Spokesperson for the UN High-Representative for the Alliance of Civilizations, United Nations
Ramy Radwan ’06
TV Presenter
Riham El Sahly ’93 ’97
TV Presenter
Thomas Friedman ’74
Columnist, New York Times
Yosri Fouda ‘92
Editor/Presenter at The Fifth Estate السلطة الخامسة, DW (عربية)
Yousef Gamal El-Din '07
Anchor at Bloomberg TV
Parliamentarians
Ahmed Hassan Said ‘85
Founder and Chairman, IT For Computers (Global Brands)
One of the founders and former president of the Free Egyptians Party (FEP)
Caroline Maher ‘09
HR Manager, Peugeot Egypt
Elijah Sarwat Bassily ‘91
Chairman and CEO, Virgitech
Heba Hagras '82 '98
Advocate for Rights of Persons with Disabilities in Egypt, the Arab Region and worldwide
International Disability Consultant
Ibrahim Hegazy '84 '87
Professor, Department of Management, The American University in Cairo
Karim Salem '97, '01
Faculty, British University in Egypt
Mohamed Mohyeldin ‘78
Managing Director, National Company for Chemical Industries
Sahar Hawary '81, '83
Board Member, Egyptian Football Association (EFA)
Sameh Makram Ebeid ’75
Managing Partner at Fikry Makram Ebeid Financial Consultants
Tarek Mohamed A. Hamid Radwan ’96
Chairman of Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee
Science and Technology
Ahmed Zahran ’02
Co-Founder KarmSolar
Elham Fadaly '13
Research Scientist and Laser Integration Engineer at Apple
Reem Al Olaby (MSC ’11 PHD ’14)
Assistant Professor of Biology and Biotechnology at California North State University
Yaseen Abdel Ghaffar ’10
Founder of SolarizEgypt
Service and Philanthropy
Amena El-Saie ’11
Established Helm Organization
Raghda Mohamed M. El Ebrashi ’04, ’07
Chairperson and Founder Alashanek ya Balady (AYB)
Assistant Lecturer, German University in Cairo
Ramez Maher ’12
Established Helm Organization
*Deceased
