Abdel Wahab Mohamed Gadayel

Mr. Abdel Wahab Mohamed Gadayel is EFG Hermes Holding’s Group Chief Risk and Compliance Officer, a post he has held since 2013. Prior to this, he served as Group Head of Compliance for three years, where he played a key role in initiating and evolving the Group’s policies and procedures and enhancing the Group’s compliance framework.

Mr. Gadayel joined EFG Hermes in 1998 as Operations Officer, later being promoted to Deputy Head of Operations,— a role he held until 2004.

He also worked on integrating newly acquired offices in the lower GCC region as the Group rapidly expanded into new markets during his tenure as Managing Director of Operations at EFG Hermes UAE between 2004 and 2009.

Mr. Gadayel is a Cairo University graduate, where he majored in Economics and minored in Political Science.