Amr Barakat

Amr Barakat has extensive work experience in the financial industry, with their most recent role as the Group Compliance Head at HC Securities & Investment since 2008. Prior to that, they worked as the Head of Compliance at Amwal LLC from 2006 to 2008. Before that, they held the position of Compliance Manager and department Head at BNP Paribas from 2005 to 2006, where they introduced the bank's global Compliance standards and designed the Bank's Code of Conduct. Amr started their career at American Express in 2000 as the Deputy Compliance Manager, where they played a key role in shaping the practice of AML law in local financial institutions. Amr also assisted Egyptian banks in preparing the KYC requirements/formats for different account types. Finally, they worked as a Sales and service officer at Mashreq from 1993 to 2000.

Amr Barakat completed their Bachelor's degree in Commerce from Cairo University between 1989 and 1993. Amr then pursued further education by obtaining a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree from The Arab Academy For Management, Banking And Financial Sciences, specializing in Banking, Corporate, Finance, and Securities Law from 2004 to 2006.