Omneia Helmy is Acting Executive Director and Director of Research at the Egyptian Center for Economic Studies (ECES) as well as professor of economics at the Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Cairo University. She held academic positions outside Egypt, including visiting professor at the University of Barcelona (Spain), and affiliate professor of economics at George Mason University, USA. Dr. Helmy is a member of the Egyptian Society for Political Economy, Statistics and Legislation; Egypt’s Scientific Research Academy; the Economic Research Forum; the Egyptian National Council for Wages; and the Egyptian National Committee for Investing Pension Funds. She has undertaken several professional activities at various prominent organizations including the World Trade Organization, the World Bank and the Center for Economic and Financial Research and Studies at Cairo University. Her areas of interest include international economics, trade policy, institutional economics, pension reform in Egypt, in addition to macro- and microeconomic analysis. Dr. Helmy earned her Ph.D. in economics from Cairo University.

Magda Awadallah is currently the ECES Deputy Director for Finance and Administration. Previously, she worked with several prominent organizations, including USAID-Egypt, UNDP/FAO, Louis Berger International, Inc, National Council for Negro Women (NCNW) and the International Development and Energy Associates (IDEA). She has extensive experience exceeding 30 years in the areas of USAID-funded projects and audit requirements.

Iman Al-Ayouty is senior economist at the Egyptian Center for Economic Studies (ECES). She previously worked as adjunct faculty at the American University in Cairo and research assistant at Cairo University. Dr. Al-Ayouty was the recipient of the 2006-07 Fulbright Non-Degree Scholarship, where she was an affiliate of the Latin American Institute, University of California, Los Angeles. She has published on topics related to efficiency and industrial upgrading, decent work attainment, and the export effects of privatization and restructuring of public enterprises, all with application to the textile industry in Egypt. Her research interests include international economics, industrial organization, and economic development. She was awarded her doctoral degree in economics from Cairo University.

Malak Reda is a senior economist at ECES. She has practical experience in banking, and economic research. She has worked as a consultant for several organizations including ESCWA, Swiss Development Fund and the African Development Bank. On the academic front, she has authored several publications on topics such as banking efficiency, economic development, competitiveness, corporate governance, SMEs development and finance. Malak Reda received her Ph.D. in business administration with distinction from the Maastricht School of Management (MSM), the Netherlands in 2006 and obtained her first Master’s degree in money, banking and finance in 1997 from the University of Birmingham, UK. She also taught money, banking and finance at the German University in Cairo and microeconomics courses in Modern Science Academy.

Tarek El-Ghamrawy is an economist at ECES. His areas of interest include international economics, macroeconomics and economics of growth. He earned his M.A. in international economics from Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, France. Besides, Tarek holds a Bachelor degree in Islamic and Arabic Studies from the American Open University.

Mohamed obtained his undergraduate degree from the Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Cairo University, and is currently working on his Master’s thesis entitled “the education-occupation mismatch in the Egyptian labor market”. Previously, He was a teaching assistant at the Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport. His areas of interest include applied econometrics, labor and education economics and the informal sector.

Nadine obtained her B.SC. from the Faculty of Economics and Political Sciences, Cairo University, major statistics, minor economics. Her areas of interest include applied econometrics, mathematical economics and economic development.

Mohamed earned his Bachelor of Arts from the American University in Cairo, with a major in economics. He is interested in political economy, economic development and industrial economics.

A professional linguist with more than twenty years of experience as a translator/editor. Besides his current position as ECES managing editor, Mr. Selim is a part-time translation instructor at the American University in Cairo. Previously, Mr. Selim worked as a freelance reporter and writer for a number of English language newspapers.

Fatma is currently editor/translator at the ECES. Previously, she worked as a legal translator with various USAID contractors including Chemonics International, General Dynamics and GTE Corporation. Fatma obtained her B.A. in English from the Faculty of Alsun, Ain Shams University.

Kadry El Sayed is currently Information Technology Manager at the ECES. He obtained both his B.Sc. in systems and computers and a software engineering diploma from Al Azhar University. He is also a Microsoft Certified Professional MCP for Windows NT server and Microsoft EXCEL. Kadry is a member of the Information Security Audit and Control Association (ISACA).

Mohamed Leheta is a senior accountant at the ECES since 2000. Previously, he worked with Allianz Group. Mohamed obtained his B.Sc. of Commerce from Ain Shams University, and has extensive experience in the areas of USAID-funded projects and audit requirements.

Shereen Nabih is an executive assistant to the Deputy Director for Research and the Deputy Director for Finance and Administration. Previously she worked with several organizations including the Egyptian National Post Organization, Delta Rasmala Securities and Baker Hughes E.H.O. Ltd. Shereen graduated from the Faculty of Economics at the Modern Academy.