Notable Alumni

Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah '91

Queen of Jordan

Maumoon Abdul Gayoom '69

Former President of the Maldives

Ahmed Gamal Eldin '86, '89

Chair, National Council for Human Rights

H.E. Ahmed Kouchouk '99

Minister of Finance

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

Social Protection Advisor, Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) 
Former Associate Minister of Social Solidarity for Social Policies

Dalia El-Baz '95

Executive Chairwoman, Egypt Post

Dr. Imane Helmy '16

Senior Economist, Poverty and Equity Global Practice, The World Bank
Former 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

Governor, Central Bank of Egypt
Former Vice Chairman and Managing Director, Arab African International Bank, Egypt

Hisham Tawfik '82

Former Minister of the Public Business Sector

Hoda Badran '57 

Chair, 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

Islam Azzam '98

Acting Chair, Financial Regulatory Authority (FRA).

Jawad Anani '67 

Former Chairman, Amman Stock Exchange
Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs and Minister of Investment in Jordan

John O. Brennan (SP)

Former Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

H.E. Karim Badawi '95, '99

Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources

H.E. Khaled Hashem '04, '11

Minister of Industry and Trade

Khaled Al Wazani '90 

Strategy and Knowledge Adviser, Mohammed Bin Rahid Foundation in Dubai

Madiha El Safty '72, '76*

Chairperson, Alliance for Arab Women  

H.E. Maya Morsy '95

Minister of Social Solidarity

Former Head of Egypt’s National Council for Women, United Nations Development Business

H.E. 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

Mikie Sherrill SP '04

Governor of New Jersey

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

Mohamed El-Gawsaky '11

Executive Director, General Authority for Investment and Free Zones (GAFI)

H.E. Amb. Mohamed Nabil Fahmy '74, '77

Secretary-General of the League of Arab States.
Former 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 the Regional Bureau for 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

Omar Sadek Radwan '97

Chairman, Egyptian Exchange (EGX)

H.E. Ambassador Ramzy Ezzeldin Ramzy '74 

Egypt’s first Presidential Adviser for Political Affairs

H.E. Dr. Rania Al Mashat '95

Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Executive Secretary of the UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia
Former Minister of Planning, Economic Development and International Cooperation
Governor of Egypt at the World Bank

H.E. 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

CEO and Founding Partner, Acumen Consulting Egypt
Former Advisor to the Minister of Tourism and Antiquities
Adjunct Faculty in the Department of Economics

Shaden Khallaf '98, '04

Senior Director of Public Policy, Government Affairs, Social Impact, and Communications, Careem Technologies
Former 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

Managing Partner, Bahaa-Eldin Law Office
Former Deputy Prime Minister of Egypt, the Cabinet of Ministers
Former Chairman, Egyptian Financial Supervisory Authority
Former Member of Parliament
Former Senior Legal Advisor, Central Bank of Egypt and the National Bank of Egypt
Former Chairman, General Authority for Investment and Free Zones
AUC Trustee

Aya Tuallah Abdel Raouf '13

Founder, Okhtein

Farida Temraz '12, '18

Chief Executive Officer and Designer-In-Chief, Temraza

Jude Benhalim '15

Founder, Jude Benhalim Jewelry

Mounaz Abdel Raouf '12

Founder, Okthein

Rana Al Azm '92

Co-Founder, Jude Benhalim Jewelry

Yasmine Yeya '03

Founder, Maison Yeya

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

Ayaallah Abbas '23

Paralympic Swimmer 

Hania El Hammamy '23

No.1 World Ranking in Women's Squash World Rankings, 2025

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

Abdulatif Al-Hamad '58

Director-General and Chairman of Board of Directors, Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development

Adel El Labban '77, '80 

Former Group CEO and Managing Director, Ahli United Bank BSC

Ahmed Ismail Hassan '90, '95

Country Manager, Arab Bank Egypt

Akef El Maghraby '98, '02

Chairman, Suez Canal Bank

Assem Ragab '97

Vice Chairman, QNB Egypt

Elham Mahfouz '84

Deputy CEO, Commercial Bank of Kuwait

Ghada Kandil '94, '96

Chief Director Egypt, Bank of New York Mellon

Heba Handoussa '66 

Managing Director, Economic Research Forum

Hisham Okasha '90, '94 

CEO, Banque Misr

Hussein Abaza '84

Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Banque du Caire

Khaled Fouad Sherif '81, '83, '89

Executive Director, African Development Bank Group

Lobna Hilal '83, '89

Former Deputy Governor, Monetary Stability, Central Bank of Egypt

Mervat Soltan '83, '89*

Former Chair, Export Development Bank of Egypt

Nadia Alsaeed '92

CEO, Bank al Etihad

Nidal Elkassem Assar '95

Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director, Egyptian Gulf Bank (S.A.E.)

Nevine Loutfy '74*

First Female CEO and Managing Director, Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank

Rami Aboul Naga '02

Deputy Governor, Monetary Stability, Central Bank of Egypt

Soha El Turky '94, '98

Deputy CEO and Executive Board Member, National Bank of Egypt

Abdallah Sallam '02

President and CEO, Madinet Masr

Abdullah S. Jum’ah '65

Former President and CEO, Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Saudi Aramco)

Abir Leheta '94

CEO, Egytrans

Ahmed Mostafa El Bakry '87, '90

CEO and Managing Director, Olympic Group

Ahmed Rady '97

General Manager, The Coca-Cola Company

Ahmed Ismail '97

CEO, Majid Al Futtaim Properties UAE

Ashraf El Afifi '91

Regional President, Henkel IMEA

Ayman Fahmy '92

Managing Director, Mondelēz West Africa

Azza El Shinnawy '90, '94

Co-Founder and CEO, PortfolioTech

Bahaa Hussein Mahmoud '86

Managing Partner, Simdustry 

Dalia Wahba '99 

CEO, Hassan Allam Utilities

Dina El-Mofty '98

CEO, Injaz, Egypt

Eng. Emad Zaki El Sewedy '88

Founder, CEO and Chairman, El Sewedy Electrometer 

Hadeer Shalaby '11

Managing Director, Talabat 

Hala Abdel Wadood '96

Chief Corporate Communication Officer, Hyde Park

Hassan Allam '02

Group CEO, Hassan Allam Holding

Hazem Helal '04

Group CEO, Orascom Real Estate

Hatem Mohamed Galal Dowidar '01

Former CEO, Etisalat Group

Hisham El-Khazindar '96

Co-Founder and Managing Director, Qalaa Holdings
AUC Trustee

Karim Awad '99

Group CEO, EFG Holding

Karim Bichara '97

Co-Founder and CEO, Accelero Capital 

Khaled Bichara '93*

CEO, Orascom Development Holding

Khaled El Gibaly '85

Division President for the Middle East and North Africa, Mastercard

Khaled Hegazy '93, '98

Chief Operations Officer, e& International

Khalil El Bawab '98

Co-CEO and Managing Director, Misr Capital Investments

Manal Hassan '90, '08

Group CSR and Sustainability Director - Vice Chairman, Elsewedy Electric Foundation

Marwa Abbas '94, '98

General Manager and Technology Leader, IBM Egypt

Marwa Omar '09

Regional Director, Baker Hughes

Minoush Abdel Meguid '96

CEO, AXA Egypt

Moataz El Hout '91

Former CEO, Nestlé North East Africa Region

Mohammad Abughazaleh '67

Chairman and CEO, Del Monte Fresh Produce Company
Former AUC Trustee

Mohamed El Sayed Okasha '95

Managing Partner, DisrupTech Ventures
Co-Founder, Fawry Egypt

Mohamed Samir Abdel Razzak '89

Group CEO, Alyasra Foods
Former President, India Middle East and Africa (IMEA), Procter & Gamble

Mohamed Shafik Gabr '73

Chairman and Managing Director, ARTOC Group for Investment and Development

Mohamed Shelbaya '90

SVP and CEO, PepsiCo Middle East and North Africa Beverage FOBO

Mustafa Abdel-Wadood '91

Former Partner and Chairman of the Management Executive Committee, Abraaj Group

Takreem El Tohamy '84, '94

General Manager, Global Strategic Sales, IBM USA

Violette Jaggi '73

Founder and CEO, White Rock SA

Wasef Jabsheh '67

Chairman and CEO, International General Insurance Co. Ltd.

Yousef Abdul Latif Jameel '68, '08

Founder, Yousef Jameel Academic Program
Founder, Yousef Abdul Latif Jameel Group Co Ltd.

Yousreya Sawiris '82

Owner and Financial Adviser, Yousreya Loza Sawiris Office

Afaf Lutfi Al Sayyed Marsot ’52

Professor Emerita, University of California

Ahmed Wahby '03 

Co-Chair, AmCham Egypt’s Education Committee

Amin Ashraf Marei ’11

Associate Director of Professional Education, 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, Ashoka Global
Regional Director, Ashoka Arab World

John Waterbury ’62 

Global Professor of Political Science, 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 

Moataz Attallah '01, '03

Dean of Aeronautical, Automotive, Chemical and Materials Engineering, Loughborough University

Abu Bakr Shawky '10

Writer and Director

Ahmed El Attar '93

Founder and General Manager, Orient Productions

Ahmed El Dash '23

Actor 

Aida El Ayoubi '89

Singer

Amina Khalil '09

Actress

Angie Wegdan '04

Actress and Video Editor

Asser 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

Mahmoud El Esseily '06

Singer

Mai Kholosy '14

Singer

Mai Omar '06

Actress

Mayaan Sayed '23

Actress

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

Alain El Hajj '15

Co-Founder, Paymob

Basel Mashhour '04

Co-Founder, The Bakery Shop (TBS)

Islam Shawky '15

Co-Founder, Paymob

Mohamed A. Abdel Wahed Rafea '03, '11

Co-Founder, Managing Partner and CEO, Bey2ollak.com

Mostafa Kandil '15

Co-Founder, Swvl

Mostafa Menessy '16

Co-Founder, 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, The Bakery Shop (TBS) 

Tarek El Nazer '06

Co-Founder, The Bakery Shop (TBS)

Wael Ahmed Amin '93, '06 

Co-Founder, ITWorx
Partner, Sawari Ventures

Benjamin Wedeman '81

Senior International Correspondent, CNN

Dina Nimer '04 

Head of Media Operations, Al Arabiya TV

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 Pulitzer 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, The 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, The Fifth Estate السلطة الخامسة, DW (عربية) 

Yousef Gamal El-Din '07

Anchor, Bloomberg TV

Ahmed Alaa Fayed '13

Chief Executive Officer, Modern Schools of Egypt 2000 (MSE)

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 

Dina Wahdan '23, '26

Member of the Foreign Affairs Committee, Parliament

Elaria Haris '16

Consultant, UFPA

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

Hend Rashad '96, '99

TV Anchor, Egyptian Radio and TV

Ibrahim Hegazy '84 '87

Professor, Department of Management, The American University in Cairo

Marianne Magdi Kaldas '94 

Executive Director, Financial Regulatory Authority

Mirna Arif '02, '07

General Manager of Middle East and Africa Growth Markets, Microsoft Egypt

Mohamed Fouad '98 

Senior Vice President MEA Operations, COPC Inc. 

Mohamed Mohyeldin '78

Managing Director, National Company for Chemical Industries

Mohamed Shiha '15

Managing Partner, Global for Trade and Investment

Nancy Ali Hassan '03

Founder and Managing Director, Hedeya Children Stores

Sahar Hawary '81, '83

Board Member, Egyptian Football Association (EFA)

Sameh Makram Ebeid '75

Managing Partner, Fikry Makram Ebeid Financial Consultants

Tarek Mohamed A. Hamid Radwan '96 

Chairman, Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee

Yara Effat Youssef '19

Assistant Lecturer, The British University in Egypt 

Ahmed Zahran '02

Co-Founder, KarmSolar

Elham Fadaly '13

Research Scientist and Laser Integration Engineer, Apple

Islam El-Adaway '03, '06

International leader in construction engineering research, enhancing academic and industry collaborations

Reem Al Olaby '11, '14

Assistant Professor of Biology and Biotechnology, California North State University

Yaseen Abdel Ghaffar '10

Founder, Solariz, Egypt

Amena El-Saie '11

Founder, 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

Founder, Helm Organization

Karim Salem '97, '01

Associate Professor, British University in Egypt

Rania Sedky '89

Vice President, Sahara Trade and Investment Company

Sahar Nasr '85, '90

Professor, The American University in Cairo 

Sameh El Sadat '05

Co-Founder, The Bakery Shop (TBS) 

Tamer Tadros '00

Chairman, Joyce Tours, UAE