Nationality: Egyptian
Date of birth: 01/09/2024
Member since: 23/07/2023
Academic qualifications:
Bachelor of Commerce from the College of Commerce, Economics and Political Science, Kuwait University.
Professional experience:
Mr. Hossam El Din Abdel Wahab started his banking career in 1989 with Gulf Bank in Kuwait, and moved to Procter & Gamble in 1991, where he held various positions throughout his 9-year career with the company, where he held the position of Head of Investment Department in 2000, then worked as Investment Manager at Investia Venture Capital from 2000 to 2001. In 2001, he moved to Citibank – Egypt to hold leadership positions from 2001 to 2006, in the areas of risk, branches and operations, then moved to Citibank’s regional headquarters in London as Vice President of Credit Operations in Europe, the Middle East and Africa during the period from 2006 to 2008, and worked as General Manager of Retail Banking at Bank Audi – Egypt from 2008 to 2012, then moved to the Arab Banking Corporation to hold the position of Executive Board Member and Head of Retail Banking and Branches during the period from 2012 to 2016 and from 2016 to September 2018 he held the position of Deputy CEO of the National Bank of Kuwait, responsible for the retail banking sectors, branches and small and medium enterprises.
Membership in the Boards of Directors of other companies:
- Misr Capital for Investments.
- Board of Directors of the International Company for Tourism Investments.
- Bank Misr Foundation for Community Development.
- Charitable Investment Fund to Support Education.
- Egypt for Digital Innovation.
- Bank of Egypt Lebanon.
- Cleopatra Hospitals Group.
- Al-Ahly Misr Real Estate Asset Management Company.
- Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of Banque Misr.
Current positions outside the bank:
Mr. Hossam Abdel Wahab joined as of October 2018 as Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of Banque Misr, responsible for all support sectors of the bank (banking operations – information technology – administrative and engineering affairs – information security risks – internal control – debt treatment).