Wael Abdallah is an assistant professor of finance at The American University in Cairo’s (AUC) Onsi Sawiris School of Business, where he teaches at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels. His research interests include corporate finance, investment analysis, international finance, bank financial strength ratings, credit risk management in financial institutions and derivatives.

Jasmin Fouad is an associate professor of economics and finance at the Department of Management, Onsi Sawiris School of Business, The American University in Cairo (AUC). She has worked as a training manager at the Egyptian Banking Institute (2004-2006) and as an economic advisor to the chairman of the National Postal Office (2006-2007), and advisor to the chairman of the Egyptian Financial Supervisory Authority (2009-2011).

Randa El Bedawy is an associate professor at the Department of Management, Onsi Sawiris School of Business, The American University in Cairo (AUC). El Bedawy has been fortunate to obtain a wide range of academic and career-related experience.

Ahmed Tolba is a marketing professor at The American University in Cairo (AUC) and chair of the Heikal Department of Management. He was awarded his PhD from George Washington University (GWU) in 2006; his MBA and BSc from AUC in 1997 and 2001, respectively.

Nizar Becheikh is an associate professor of strategy and innovation management at the American University in Cairo (AUC) Onsi Sawiris School of Business. He served as interim dean of the school in 2017, and associate dean for Graduate Studies and Research from 2013 to 2018. He also served as director of the EMBA, MBA, and CEMS/MIM programs at AUC. Prior to joining AUC, he served as director of the EMBA program jointly offered by Nile University, Egypt and IESE Business School in Barcelona, Spain.

Distinguished university professor, Medhat Hassanein is a professor of finance and banking in the Department of Management of the Onsi Sawiris School of Business at The American University in Cairo (AUC).

Hassanein served as the minister of finance in Egypt (1999- 2004). Hassanein was the chairman of the board of directors of Civil Aviation Finance Holding Company (CIAF Holding), 2008 - March 2017. Hassanein was a member of the board of directors and the chairman of the audit committee of the Commercial International Bank (CIB), from 2009 to 2017.

Rania S. Hussein is an associate professor of marketing at the Onsi Sawiris School of Business. She received her MBA from Georgia State University in 2001 and her PhD from the University of Nottingham in 2010. She is a Fulbright scholar and conducted joint research with George Washington University in 2014.

Sherwat Elwan Ibrahim is an associate professor of operations management at the Onsi Sawiris School of Business at The American University in Cairo (AUC). Ibrahim is also the chair of the UN Global Compact Principals of Responsible Management (PRME) Chapter Africa, and was formerly the director of the MBA and EMBA programs at AUC's School of Business. Her previous roles included an appointment as a visiting associate professor at the School of Public and International Affairs (SPIA) at Princeton University.

Nellie’s research interests centre on issues of identity, including identity construction, stigma, legitimacy and identity work. She examines these concepts in various settings including among entrepreneurs, the poor, refugees, and in the corporate world. Reflecting her passion for teaching and learning, her research also extends to the student learner identity and experiential and action learning pedagogies, including drama-based pedagogy and the use of podcasting for learning and assessment.

Hakim Meshreki is an associate professor of marketing at The American University in Cairo (AUC). His research interests focus on international marketing, consumer behavior and branding, with particular emphasis on country of origin research, value research and brand equity.