Naguib Sawiris

Chairman

Orascom Telecom, Egypt

Day 2 Session 1

Mr. Sawiris serves as Chairman of Orascom Telecom (OT), the leading international holding company in Telecommunications, GSM operations, Internet Services, satellite and related communication services.  During the past two years, Mr. Sawiris has managed the company’s aggressive and visionary investment strategy making it one of the largest international GSM operators in the region.

Mr. Sawiris is a member of both the Board of Trustees and the board of Directors of the Arab Thought  Foundation ,a board of Trustees  member and Head of the Financial Committee of the French University in Cairo ,a board member of the Egyptian Counsel for Foreign Affairs, the Consumer Rights Protection Association and the Cancer Society of Egypt.  He holds a diploma of Mechanical Engineering with a Masters in Technical Administration from the Swiss Institute of Technology, ETH Switzerland and a Diploma from the German Evangelical School, Cairo, Egypt.