Sherif Kamel is a professor of management at the Heikal Department of Management and the dean of the Onsi Sawiris School of Business at The American University in Cairo (AUC). Previously, he served as the university's vice president for information management. Before joining the university, he was the director of the Regional Information Technology Institute and managed the training department of the Cabinet of Egypt's Information and Decision Support Center. 

He serves as the vice chair of the Global Alliance in Management Education (CEMS). He sits on the board of directors of the Central Bank of Egypt, Raya Holdings for Financial Investments, the Global Business Schools Network and Education for Employment Egypt. He is a member of the Egypt - U.S. Business Council, the National Council for Education, Research and Innovation, the Egyptian Center for Economic Studies and the International Advisory Board of the SGH Warsaw School of Economics. He is a founding member of the Internet Society of Egypt and has been part of the Association of Information Systems since 1995. He was the 18^th president of the board of governors of the American Chamber of Commerce in Egypt. He is the immediate past chair of the board of directors of the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) and co-chaired the board of stewards of the African Women Entrepreneurship Cooperative. He has served on the international board of the Association of MBAs, the Business Graduate Association and on the boards of the Egyptian American Enterprise Fund and the Commercial International Bank. His teaching and research interests encompass digital transformation, IT transfer to emerging economies, decision support systems and entrepreneurship. He has authored over 300 academic and business articles, chapters and three edited books. He authored the book Leading Change in Challenging Times: Lessons of Disruption and Innovation from Egypt–Thoughts, Observations, and Reflections, as well as the NileView article series.

Kamel is an Eisenhower Fellow. He holds a PhD in information systems from the London School of Economics, an MBA, an MA in Islamic art and architecture and a BA in business administration from The American University in Cairo.