EFE is distinctive in creating local nonprofits across MENA, connected through a network that combines local and global expertise.

EFE-Egypt 

  • Anis Aclimandos (Chair): President, TransCentury Associates
  • Ahmed Abou Ali: Partner, Hassouna & Abou Ali
  • Hossam Allam: Managing Director, Head of MENA and New Markets, Hassan Allam Services
  • Andrew Baird, CEO, EFE-Global
  • Walid Bakr: Principal, Riyada Enterprise Development
  • Ronald Bruder: Founder, Education For Employment
  • Adel Danish: Chairman & CEO, The Smart Village
  • Hisham Fahmy: CEO, American Chamber of Commerce in Egypt
  • Elizabeth Khalifa: Chief People Officer, Zooba
  • Gamal Moharam: Non-Executive Chairman, Newscape Egypt
  • Shahira Zeid: Vice Chairman & CEO, MZ Investments

 

EFE-Jordan 

  • Luay Abugazaleh (Chair): Managing Partner, Abu-Ghazaleh Intellectual Property
  • Oraib Aryan: Front Store Director, Pharmacy 1
  • Andrew Baird: President & CEO, EFE-Global
  • Mohammed Bataineh: Chairman & CEO, Agri Jordan and BADR Developments
  • Ronald Bruder: Founder, Education for Employment
  • Taima Khoury Kawar: Social and Civic Leader
  • Isam Salfiti: Chairman, Al Etihad Bank for Savings and Investment

 

EFE-Maroc

  • Anas Guennoun (Chair): Managing Partner, West Capital Partners
  • Naziha Belkeziz-Laraqui, Co-Founder, Cabinet Associés en Gouvernance Maroc
  • Brahim Benjelloun-Touimi: Executive Director, BMCE Bank
  • Amine Berrada:CEO, Compagnie Chérifienne de Chocolaterie (Aiguebelle)
  • Abdelkader Boukhriss: CPA, Societe Feduciare du Maroc
  • Andrew Baird: President and CEO, EFE-Global
  • Ronald Bruder: Founder, Education For Employment
  • Omar Chaabi: Executive Vice President, Ynna Holding
  • Ali Kadiri: Founder, Dictys
  • Ibrahim Slaoui: CEO, MAFODER Group
  • Laila Slassi-Sennou, Managing Partner, Afrique Advisors

 

EFE-Palestine 

  • Mazen Sinokrot (Chair): Chair & CEO, Chairman, Sinokrot Global Group (SGG)
  • Samih Al Abid: Advisor, Former Minister of Public Works and Housing, Palestine Investment Fund
  • Asmaa' Alkhoudary: Financial Officer, Saqqa & Khoudary (Gaza)
  • Andrew Baird, CEO, EFE-Global
  • Ronald Bruder: Founder, Education For Employment
  • Rushdi Ghalayini: Deputy General Manager, Bank of Palestine
  • Hiba Husseini: Senior Attorney & Managing Partner, Former Vice Chair, Palestine Securities Exchange
  • Nafez Husseini: VP, ICT & Digital Business; Consolidated Contractors Company (CCC)
  • Mazen Ja’bari: Director, Youth Development Department (YDD)
  • Jamal Jawabrah: Secretary General, Palestine Chamber of Commerce
  • Umayyah Khammash: Head of Department of Health, UNRWA (Jerusalem)
  • Samer Khoury: President Engineering & Construction, Consolidated Contractors Company (CCC)
  • Safa Nassereldin: Former Minister- VP for Jerusalem, Alquds University, Al-Quds Open University
  • Maha Abu Shusheh: General Manager, Abu Shousheh Trading Company

 

EFE-Saudi Arabia Advisory Committee 

  • Abdulmohsen Al-Ajaji: (Chair, EFE -Saudi Arabia): General Secretary, Suliman O. Olayan Foundation
  • Noura Alturki: Organization Development Manager, Nesma Holding Company Ltd.
  • Rami Alturki: President, ALTURKI
  • Waleed Al Banawi: Vice – Chairman, Banawi Industrial Group
  • Omar Boulos: Resource Lead, Accenture
  • Hamad Al-Kaltham: Corporate Social Responsibility Manager, ALTURKI
  • Ibrahim Al-Suwaiyel: Corporate Affairs Group Manager, Intel Corporation

 

EFE-Tunisie

  • Maitre Donia Hedda Ellouze (Chair): Lawyer, Supreme Court of Tunisia, Hedda-Ellouze, Ellouze & Belajouza-Felli
  • Andrew Baird, CEO, EFE-Global
  • Souheil Ben Abdallah: Senior International Development Specialist, Deloitte
  • Ronald Bruder: Founder, Education For Employment
  • Naceur Hidoussi: President, AmCham Tunisia
  • Tawfik Jelassi: Professor of Economics, IMD Business School; Former Minister of Higher Education & ICT
  • Hedi Sellami: CEO, Tunisie Cables; Vice President, One Tech Group
  • Salwa Smaoui: Regional Director - Advertising & Online, Microsoft Middle East & Africa
  • Adel Torjmen: CEO, Sungard - FIS
  • Slim Zeghal: CEO, Altea Packaging

 

EFE-UAE Advisory Board

  • Abdul Aziz Al-Yaqout: Founder & Partner, Meysan Partners
  • HE Reem Abdel Rahim BinKaram: Director, NAMA Women Advancement Association
  • Andrew Baird: CEO, EFE-Global
  • Ronald Bruder: Founder, Education For Employment
  • Mariam Farag: Head of CSR, MBC Group
  • Raza Jafar: Founder GSN, ENSHAA
  • Yogesh Mehta: CEO, Petrochem Middle East
  • Hamdi Osman: Founding Member, Middle East and North African Franchise Association (MENAFA)
  • Karim Seifeddine: Corporate Communications Head, Middle East & Africa, CITI

 

EFE-Yemen 

  • Alwan Shaibani (Chair): Chairman of the Board, Universal Group of Companies
  • Amat Alsoswa: Assistant Administrator and Regional Director Regional Bureau for Arab States, UNDP
  • Andrew Baird: CEO, EFE-Global
  • Ronald Bruder: Founder, Education For Employment
  • Yusuf Al-Kuraimi: Managing Director, AlKurami Express Islamic Microfinance Bank
  • Jamal Al-Mutarreb: Owner and Founder, Al-Mutarreb Group
  • Maha Salah: Training & Performance Director, CAC Bank
  • Mohammed Abdo Saeed: Regional Director, Hayel Saeed Anam Group
  • Huda Al-Sharafi: VP, Almaz Group
  • Hani Shehadeh: Area GM (construction) and GM (oil and gas), Consolidated Contractors Company (CCC)