Dr. Magda Kandil is the current Executive Director and Director of Research of the Egyptian Center for Economic Studies (ECES). Previously, she worked with the IMF where she held the positions of Advisor to the Executive Director and Senior Economist. She was also a visiting scholar at the IMF Institute & Research Department. Dr. Kandil has undertaken several academic and professional activities at various institutions, including Professor and Chair of the Department of Economics at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Washington State University, Southern Illinois University and the Justus-Liebig Universitat, Giessen, Germany Dr. Kandil received several awards, including three citations of excellence for the highest quality rating by ANBAR Electronic Intelligence. In 2000, she was ranked 344th among the top 500 economists in the world. In 2011, she was ranked 29 (top 1 percent, based on number of journal pages weighted by the number of authors, using data from 26675 authors. She is member of the American Economic Association, Canadian Economic Association, Arab Society for Economic Research and the Economic Research Forum for the Arab Countries, Iran, and Turkey (ERF), where she was elected as the first woman chair of ERF Research Fellows. She has published extensively on various topics such as debt accumulation, public spending, price flexibility, exchange rate fluctuations, and macroeconomic policies. Dr. Kandil received her Ph.D. in economics from the Washington State University, Pullman, Washington.

Omneia Helmy is currently the Deputy Director of Research and Lead Economist 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 is also a visiting professor at the University of Barcelona, Spain; in addition to her appointment as affiliate professor of economics at George Mason University, USA. Dr. Helmy is a member of the Egyptian Society for Political Economy, Statistics and Legislation and Egypt’s Scientific Research Academy. 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.

Iman Al-Ayouty is a senior economist at ECES previously working as adjunct faculty at the American University in Cairo, research assistant at Cairo University and teaching assistant at the Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport. She was awarded both her master’s and doctoral degrees in economics (2003, 2009) from Cairo University. Dr. Al-Ayouty’s Ph.D. dissertation dealt with the efficiency and industrial upgrading of textile and apparel firms in Egypt from the perspective of their engagement in global commodity chains. She was also the recipient of the Fulbright Non-Degree Scholarship for the academic year 2006/07, during which she was affiliated with the Latin American Institute at the University of California, Los Angeles. Her research interests include international economics, industrial organization and development.

Malak Reda is a senior economist at ECES. She has authored several publications on topics such as banking efficiency, economic development and finance. She earned her PH.D. in business administration from the Maastricht School of Management (MSM).

Maye Ehab is an economist at ECES. Her areas of interest include economic development, education, welfare and poverty as well as labor economics. She earned her M.A. in Economics from the American University in Cairo.

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.

Sara Al-Nashar is an economist at ECES. Her areas of interest include public finance and open-economy macro. She earned a Master’s degree in economics from Cairo University, as well as an M.A. in policy economics from Williams College, USA.

Mohamed obtained his undergraduate degree from the Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Cairo University, and is currently studying for his M.A. at the Department of Economics. Previously, Mr. Abdel Fattah was a teaching assistant in the Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport. His areas of interest include econometrics, microeconomics and economic development.

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.

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 20 years in the areas of USAID-funded projects and audit requirements.

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.

Amani Medhat is executive assistant to the executive director and director of research. Previously, she worked with several prominent organizations including Price Waterhouse, KPMG (Hazem Hassan & Co.), and Advanced Computer Technology (ACT). Amani graduated from the faculty of Commerce, Cairo University.

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.