Ahmed Abdel-Meguid is a professor of accounting at The American University in Cairo's Onsi Sawiris School of Business – a Triple Crown school (AACSB, EQUIS, and AMBA) where he teaches financial accounting and auditing courses. 

He was the chair of the Department of Accounting (2013-2016) and the director of the MBA programs at Onsi Sawiris School of Business (2013-2015). He previously taught financial accounting and auditing courses at Syracuse University, the German University in Cairo, and Ain Shams University. He also has extensive experience in teaching training courses for professional certifications such as the Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA). Abdel-Meguid was a consultant to the Egyptian Tax Authority – Ministry of Finance from 2007 till 2010. He was also the liaison between the school at AUC and the Secretariat of the Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME) of the UN (2011-2014). Abdel-Meguid was the founding faculty advisor for two student clubs at AUC: The Corporate Governance Club (2010-2014) and the Accounting Association (2015-2016). He served on the Transparency and Integrity Committee of the Egyptian Ministry of State for Administrative Development (2009-2010).

His research focuses on auditing, audit quality, auditor’s industry specialization, corporate governance, and earnings quality. He has papers published in the Journal of Accounting and Public Policy, Review of Accounting and Finance, Journal of Management and Governance, International Journal of Accounting and Information Management, Corporate Governance: The International Journal of Business in Society, International Journal of Corporate Governance, and Emerald Emerging Markets Case Studies. 

Abdel-Meguid holds a Master of Science in Accounting and a PhD in business administration (accounting) from Syracuse University (USA). He also holds a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) certificate, not in public practice.