• Dr. Sherif Ghoneim, Chief Executive Officer

Dr. Ghoneim has more than 20 years of work experience within the development field. He has worked and held senior management positions in different countries such as; Kingdom of Bahrain, Jordan, Turkey, Iraq, Morocco, Tunisia, Pakistan, Sudan and Egypt. His expertise is in designing projects, fundraising and implementing and managing community and NGO development programs. He is a physician, a graduate from Cairo Medical University and has received his M.A. in Public Health from University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, USA.

•  Hussein Adam, Finance and Administration Director

Mr. Adam has 17 years of work experience in Financial Analysis, Auditing and Accounting. His technical expertise is in providing training and technical assistance services to NGOs, international organizations, public and private sector in the fields of financial management, internal control systems, policies and procedures, financial system design and development and human resources management. He is a registered Public Accountant in Cairo.

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  Elham Saad Hussien, Accountant

Ms Saad has 5 years of experience in the field of Accounting tailored for the NGOs, she provided Accounting consultancy for NGOs, and she worked as a Accountant for different projects funded by Local & International Organizations like USAID, Social Fund for Development, Aga-Khan Cultural Services Egypt and Annual Publications of Egyptian Culture.

• Yehia Salem, Admin. Assistant
• Mahmoud El Bably, Director of Information and Information Systems

Mr. El Bably has ten years of experience working in development and international organizations as a specialist in information systems. He has demonstrated successes with the civil society sector in Egypt on how to use information systems as a tool to assist and support organizations to best attain good management and internal governance practices. He has a M.Sc in Management and Information Systems from Manchester University in the United Kingdom.

• Passant Osama, Information Officer
• Moustafa Badr, Web Programs Developer
• Mohamed Salah, IT Specialist
• Hanan Radwan,Capacity Building Expert

Ms. Radwan has more than 17 years of demonstrated success in the fields of project planning, implementation and management. She has worked extensively with local administrative structures in rural Egypt. Her expertise lies in designing and supervising the implementation of communication strategies and awareness raising campaigns for grassroots target audiences (community members, leaders and CSOs/NGOs) as well as governmental officials, with emphasis on gender mainstreaming in all activities; and designing and executing on-the-job training programs that include interactive group exercises. Ms. Radwan has a B.A and M.A in Political Science from the American University in Cairo and is fluent in English, French, Arabic and Italian.

• Rania Petro, Public Relations & Communication Officer

Ms. Petro is specialized in Integrated Marketing Communication, and currently studying a Marketing Communication Diploma from the International Advertising Association Program. She has 9 years of experience in Advertising, Public Relations & Event Organization. She has worked in several multi-national advertising and branding organizations and has experience in developing communication plans to deliver any marketing/communication objective for Corporates and the Civil Society sectors. Ms. Petro has B.A in Mass Communication from the American University in Cairo.

Corporate Award Citizenship Program

• Amira Taha, Director, Corporate Award Citizenship Program

Ms. Taha has experience in management of corporate social responsibility (CSR) and corporate citizenship activities for national and international corporations. She has over 14 years of field experience in governorates all over Egypt & internationally. Her field experience includes participatory (training) needs-assessment and rapid appraisals, community/resources mobilization, raising awareness on health and education issues, fund raising, communication, and monitoring and evaluation on projects and programs. She has experience with project management, asset-based community development (ABCD), design and implementation of (training) programs for non-profit and profit organizations. She has professional experience and interest in primary health care, women & gender issues and business association strengthening and technical assistance. She has received her M.Phil. in Development Studies from the Institute of Development Studies, Sussex University in the UK.

• Mohamed Medhat, Admin Assistant, Corporate Award Citizenship Program

NGOs Capacity Building Project funded by the USAID

• Nihad Rageh , Chief of Party, NGOs Capacity Building Project

Ms. Rageh has 24 years of working experience with international organizations in Egypt. Her expertise lies in managing development projects, grants management and training specifically in gender, capacity building, advocacy, governance and networking.  She is a graduate of Ain Shams University, majoring in French Language and has a post-graduate diploma in Gender Relations and Analysis from the US. She has authored several publications on gender issues in Egypt and has been awarded Special Performance Award, Meritorious Honor Award and Foreign Service National of the Year Award from USAID. Ms. Rageh is fluent in English, French, Arabic and Italian.

• Ashraf Farid Ishak, Technical Assistance Team Leader

Mr. Farid has Masters in Social work / Governance, (Candidate to be completed by 2009).   He has 15 years of experience working with NGOs, International organizations namely CARE International, NGO Service Center, and America’s Development Foundation.   He has wide experience in providing Technical assistance, especially in preparing and designing training modules and institutional Capacity assessment and building for NGOs. He is an expert in Providing Consultancies in Advocacy, Networking, Internal Governance, NGOs Management, Project Management, Managing human Resources, Volunteerism, Training of Trainers, Proposal Writing, Resource Mobilization, Monitoring and Evaluation, Strategic  Planning, Report Writing, Community Needs Assessment Via using PRA methods, Gender, Community Dialogue and Effective Communication skills.

• Hala El Sayed, Capacity Building Advisor

Ms El Sayed has 18 years of experience working with NGOs, Civil Society Organizations, Health and Educational Organizations in most Egypt governorates. She has wide experience in planning, implementation, and monitoring and evaluation development projects, along with proposal writing skills. She worked  for 14 years in projects funded by USAID /Egypt such as Save the children, NGO SC Cairo office, Healthy Mother, Healthy Child (JSI), Clinical Services Improvement (CSI) and 4 Years with CARE –International in different sectors such as Education, Environment, Health , family planning & reproductive health.

• Bahaa Shawki El Wassemy, Technical Assistance Advisor

Mr. Bahaa is experienced in Capacity Building as he worked in ACDI/VOCA since 1999 as a Capacity Building Specialist till 2001 in Matrouh Gov. with Sheep and Goats large breeders (AgLink project).  He also carried the responsibility of opening the first office for the organization in Upper Egypt as a region manager covering five Gov. (Giza-Fayoum-Bani Suef-Minya-Assiut) at AgLink Phase 2, where  there was a pilot project working with livestock smallholders started side by side with the continuation of working with commercial Dairy and Beef farms till September 30th, 2003.From October 2003 till September 2007 he worked with ACDI/VOCA on another  project called AERI (Agriculture Export and Rural Incomes) as a Region Manager. He also carried the responsibility of Project Director with CARE EL-SHAMS project (AERI Horticulture).

• Omar Osman Mohamed, Capacity Building Specialist

Mr. Osman has a wide experience in the Capacity Building field tailored for the NGOs. He worked with different international organizations in the field of Technical Assistance like the World Education, NGOs Service Center, World Bank and IIE. He received different TOT locally and internationally like NGO Service Center , IIE and  John Hopkins University.

• Abdel Reheem Ahmed Ali, Financial Analyst

Mr. Abdel Reheem has 8 years of experience in the Accounting and Auditing field tailored for the NGOS, he worked for 3 years as an Financial Analyst for different projects funded by the USAID. He has experience in preparing Policies and Procedures Manuals, organizing a Financial System for the NGOs.

• Khaled M. Abdel Moniem, Project Accountant
• Ayman El Sayed, Public & Corporate Relations Specialist

Mr. El Sayed has 10 years of experience in Marketing, Sales, Public Relations and Events Organizations. He worked for 5 years in the Private Sector specialized in Marketing and Sales. He has been working for the previous 5 years in the Development Field as Training Coordinator and Public & Corporate Relation Specialist for different development projects funded by the USAID like American Development Foundation (ADF) Project managed by NGO Service Center, Legal Consultation and Advocacy project, New Initiative for Leadership in Egypt Phase I, and NGOs Capacity Building project tailored for APS grantees managed by Egyptian NGO Service Center.

The New Initiative For Leadership in Egypt funded by the USAID (NILE)

• Nivine Hamdan, Project Director, New Initiative for Leadership in Egypt Project

Ms. Hamdan has over fifteen years’ experience working in media, development and private sector in Egypt. She began her career as a reporter/producer for local and international media and established a strong track-record and reputation in covering stories, features, local politics, documentaries and news bulletins which won international awards. As a communications and public awareness specialist, she has developed and led major communications, public awareness and advocacy campaigns, especially those addressing legislative, regulatory, and public policy issues specifically on FGM. She has demonstrated successes in business development and attracting the private business sector in collaborating with NGOs in local community development. She is a leader in networking and has conducted numerous short-term consultancies in Egypt for US and international organizations. Ms. Hamdan received a B.A. from American University in Cairo in Economics and later received an M.A. in Journalism and Mass Communication. She is fluent in English and Arabic with a fair knowledge of French.

• Khaled El Sayed, Grants & Networking Manager
• Seham Osman, Finance & Administration Manager

Ms. Osman has over 17 years of experience working in the field of Finance and Administration Management in development sector, specialized in Micro finance tailored for both International Organizations and Egyptian NGOS. She worked as Senior Finance Officer in different International Organizations managing Grants/ Funds offered to NGOs. She also worked as Finance and Admin manager in different NGOs handling individual or group lending as well as managing Grants and Funds from different International Organizations like (USAID,CIDA, EU,SWIS Fund and Social Fund ).

• Mohamed Gadallah, Training Officer
• Hanan Shawky, Finance & Admin Assistant
• Manal Abel El Naby, Finance Assistant

South Sinai Stakeholders Capacity Building Project

• Dr. Sherif Ghoniem, Project Manager

Dr. Ghoneim has more than 20 years of work experience within the development field. He has worked and held senior management positions in different countries such as; Kingdom of Bahrain, Jordan, Turkey, Iraq, Morocco, Tunisia, Pakistan, Sudan and Egypt. His expertise is in designing projects, fundraising and implementing and managing community and NGO development programs. He is a physician, a graduate from Cairo Medical University and has received his M.A. in Public Health from University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, USA.

•  Khaled Abdel Rahman, Finance & Administration Manager
•  Bahaa El Din El Gebaly, Capacity Building Specialist
•  Eman Hasan, Capacity Building Specialist
•  Mohsen Sayed, Capacity Building Specialist
•  Wael Yacoub, Monitoring & Evaluation Officer
•  Mohamed Abdel Hamid, Information Officer
•  Mohamed Hamza, Office Assistant
•  Mohamed Mahmoud, Office Assistant