Yasser El Mallawany

Yasser El-MaIIawany is currently Vice Chairman of EFG Hermes Holding, the premier Investment Bank in the Arab region and the market leader in securities brokerage, asset management, investment banking, research, private equity and Leasing. Since the time he joined the company during April 2002, he has been instrumental among the team that led EFG Hermes to where it is today as the top notch regional investment banking operation, listed on Egyptian Exchange (EGX) and the London Stock Exchange (LSE) and with offices over 6 countries in the Arab Region.

He is currently Chairman of EFG Hermes Kingdom Saudi Arabia. He is a Member to the Board of Trustees of EFG-Hermes Foundation and a Board Member of Commercial International Investment Company (CIIC), whereby he participated in founding it as one of the largest investment companies in Egypt.

Among the duties previously held by Mr. El Mallawany, were the Chairman of ACE General and ACE Life Insurance Companies, the Chairman of Fleming-CIIC; the first Cairo-based regional investment bank, the Chairman of EFG Hermes Private Equity, the Chairman of Ideavelopers Company, the Chairman of Egyptian Investment Management Association (EIMA). EIMA represents all the buy side players in Egypt. Mr. El Mallawany was a Board Member of the National Investment Bank; a Board Member of Audi Bank (Lebanon), a Board Member of Credit Lebanese (Lebanon), a Board Member of Cairo and Alexandria Stock Exchanges, a Board MRmber of Egyptian Capital Market Authority and was elected as a Member of the Advisory Council of Emerging Markets Private Equity Association (EMPEA), Washington DC, U.S.A. (from June 2007 to March 2014).

He was a Senior Advisor to the Chief Executive Officer of Talaat Mostafa Group (TMG); the largest developer in Egypt (TMG is owner of Four Seasons chain in Egypt).

Prior to his investment banking career, he has spent 16 years at Commercial International Bank (CIB), formerly Chase National Bank, finally serving as the General Manager of the Corporate Banking.

Mr. El-MalIawany, is born on 20 October 1960 and holds a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting from Cairo University.