Amr Talaat has been appointed the Minister of Communications and Information

Technology since June 2018, to the Cabinet of the Prime Minister Dr. MostafaMadbouly.

Talaat possesses over 30 years of solid experience in communications and information technology areas, with a wide experience in developing and implementing strategies across a vast spectrum of activities in Egypt.

Talaat joined IBM-Egypt in August 1988 and held various managerial positions. On May 23 rd , 2010, Amr Talaat held the position of the Country General Manager of IBM, and also served as IBM Egypt Territory Manager since 2005.

He held various managerial positions within IBM Egypt including Business Partner Organization (BPO) Manager as well as Systems and Technology Group Manager.

During his tenure, his scope transcended financial goals to strategic and operational elements such as building human capital, fortifying customer loyalty, corporate social responsibility and employees’ Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).

He also sought to establish relationships with key officials and executives of various sectors, both at the national and international levels, to attract major investments, and Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) deals.

In addition, Talaat was an adjunct professor at Cairo University; teaching marketing and & sales strategies and tactics, organizational behavior and strategic management. He was, also, an honorary member at the ICT Board at Cairo University and member of the ICT Board of the Academy of Scientific Research and Technology (ASRT) and the Chairman of ICT Committee of the American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham).

Talaat graduated in 1983 from the Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University, completing his undergraduate studies in Electrical Engineering at Cairo University.

He earned his PhD or doctorate of Business Administration (DBA) from the University of Paris - Paris School of Business (PSB) and Masters of Science in Computer Science from Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT), in addition to an MBA from Paris ESLSCA Business School, France.

Magnus brings more than 15 years of experience in the sustainability field, having coached over 50 startups. He launched Stockholm Cleantech Venture Day, held from 2007 to 2012 and initiated Sweden Sustaintech Venture Day in 2019 still active. With over 25 years of prior business experience, Magnus has served in various roles including co-founder and CEO of TagMaster AB, a global company specializing in RFID technology. His previous expertise spans across marketing, sales, and CEO positions in industries such as banking technology, telecom, smart manufacturing, technology trading, security, and software solutions. With extensive international exposure in Europe, North America, and Asia, particularly in China, India, and Japan, Magnus is an active investor and currently holds the chairmanship positions at Reliefed AB, iPercept AB, Biorestore AB and Building Global Innovators SA, Portugal as well as being a board member of Ignitia AB with operations in Africa and Latin America.

Craig Mullett is President of Branison Group (M&A advisory firm based near New York City) and also an active angel investor with Angel Investor Forum (member of the Angel Capital Association - ACA). 

Craig is a founder of AngelHub, Africa's first angel group and helped in establishing SA Business Angels Network as well as Trident Angels, the first Caribbean angel group. He is a founding limited partner of Launch Africa and also has many direct active seed stage investments that include artificial intelligence, agritech, insurtech, cloud computing software and medical devices. Craig has been interviewed on startup investing by the New York Times, Forbes, Financial Mail, Authority and Inc. Craig was previously Director of Corporate Development for Amphenol Corporation (at the time a KKR portfolio company) and following this he was a non-executive director of Volex Group. In South Africa, Craig founded and sold HomeWorths and qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Deloitte. 

He is a Venture Mentor at Yale University and has an MBA from Nyenrode (Netherlands), a BCom(Honors) from the University of Cape Town (South Africa) and is a graduate of the International Leadership Academy of the United Nations (Jordan).

David S. Rose is an Inc. 500 CEO, serial entrepreneur, real estate developer and financial technology investor who has founded or funded over 100 pioneering companies. He has been described by Forbes as "New York's Archangel", by BusinessWeek as a "world conquering entrepreneur", by Crain's New York Business as "the father of angel investing in New York”, and by Red Herring magazine as "patriarch of Silicon Alley". He is the New York Times best-selling author of both Angel Investing: The Gust Guide to Making Money & Having Fun Investing in Startups, and The Startup Checklist: 25 Steps to a Scalable, High-Growth Business.

As an entrepreneurial executive, David is the Founder and full-time CEO of the US Real Estate Market, an innovative capital markets platform providing the potential for liquidity to institutional investors and family offices investing in commercial real estate. He is also the Founder and Executive Chairman of Gust, which operates the world's largest online platform and community for entrepreneurs and early-stage investors. Gust is used by over a million entrepreneurs in 193 countries to connect with over 85,000 early-stage investors and is the official collaboration and deal flow management platform for over a thousand business angel networks, accelerators and venture capital funds.

David is the Founder and Chairman Emeritus of New York Angels; Managing Director of Rose Tech Ventures; a Founding General Partner of True Global Ventures; and Co-Founder of the AREA PropTech venture accelerator. He is Associate Founder and Founding Track Chair for Finance, Entrepreneurship and Economics of Singularity University, the post-graduate program in exponential technologies, and chairs the Venture Capital committee of the Real Estate Board of NY.

David was the initial investor and Chairman of the Board of each of JUMP Bikes, acquired by Uber; Comixology, acquired by Amazon; Pond5, acquired by Accel; and Panjiva, acquired by S&P Global. He serves as a board director of cybersecurity developer KoolSpan and Chairman of Pinktada, applying blockchain technology to the hospitality industry. David is an active early-stage investor in companies including RealtyMogul, DSTLRY, and nextGenHQ.

From his initial involvement with the first online communities in the 1970s, through pioneering the field of real estate technology in the 1980s, developing one of the first wireless data information networks in the 1990s and the first global angel investing platform in the 2000s, creating the first Company as a Service platform in the 2010s and a unique real estate capital market platform in the 2020s, David has continually been at the forefront of innovation in business and financial technology.

Among the fields in which he has been actively involved as an executive, board member or investor are: real estate development and investment, proptech, financial technology, capital markets platforms, wireless communications, consumer electronics, crowdsourcing, international finance, social networking, space tourism, user-generated content, online video, mobile network security, biological testing, electronic music, citizen journalism, out-of-home advertising, fiber-optic networking, concierge medicine, online marketing, interactive voice response, and many others.

David is well known in the business startup community for discovering and mentoring high-potential entrepreneurs, and has been profiled by BusinessWeek as "The Pitch Coach" for his ability to help CEOs perfect their fundraising skills. He is a regular speaker at the TED conferences, and his TEDtalk on How to Pitch a VC has been viewed over a million times. David was been named a Top Writer for five years in a row by Quora, the knowledge-based website where his more than eleven thousand answer to questions about entrepreneurship and investing have garnered him over 100,000 followers. His writings have been featured in Inc. magazine, Huffington Post, Slate, the Wall Street Journal and Forbes. David is a frequent lecturer at business schools including Yale, Harvard, Columbia, Cambridge, Stanford, UVA, CUNY, and Stevens, and he was named Mentor of the Year by NYU's Stern School of Business.

Prior to founding AirMedia Corporation in 1988, for which he served as CEO for over ten years, his career included over fifteen years in real estate development, government, teaching and urban planning. David was co-founder and Chairman of The Computer Classroom and Vice President, Development at Rose Associates, Inc. Earlier, he served as Deputy Director of the New York office of US Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan.

A native New Yorker, David has a BA in Urban Affairs from Yale University, an MBA in Finance from Columbia Business School and a D. Eng. (hc) from Stevens Institute of Technology. He is a graduate of PS 6 in the New York City public school system and of Horace Mann High School. He is an Associate Fellow of Pierson College at Yale University, a member of the Entrepreneurship Advisory Boards of Columbia Business School and Yale University, and an advisor to the Alan B. Levan NSU | Broward Center of Innovation. 

Ayman Elgohary is a corporate executive with a strong successful track record
in general management, business development and sales management. He is
known for driving successful growth within multi-national enterprises.
Ayman has 22+ years of experience in the ICT Sector; leading corporate
strategy, transformational initiatives and highly qualified multi-functional teams
with different cultural backgrounds.
He possesses extensive knowledge in Middle East and Africa (MEA) Market; he
worked in the UAE (both in Abu Dhabi and in Dubai), led businesses in Egypt,
Levant, North Africa and West Central Africa.
Since 2004, he joined Cisco and moved between different managerial roles until
he was appointed General Manager for Egypt in October 2013. In August 2015,
he took the responsibility of Libya’s, and in October 2017, Sudan was also
moved under his leadership. In February 2018, Ayman was promoted to be the
General Manager and Sales Director for Egypt & NWCA (North and West Central
Africa) to be responsible for a total of 23-countires.
Ayman is known to have a great passion for his home country Egypt and for
NWCA Region, with a strong belief of its successful development. He is leading
his highly qualified Team and ensures their involvement in many national
initiatives.
Ayman speaks 3-languages; Arabic, English and French. He holds a Bachelor of
Science Degree in Electrical Engineering, majored in Communications and
Electronics from Ain Shams University in Cairo.
Ayman holds an MBA from the reputable Strathclyde Business School (SBS) in
Scotland, one of the top 100 and leading business schools in the world.
Ayman is a member of the American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) in
Egypt, where he is co-chairing the ICT committee there. And he is a board
member in the Digital Economy and Technology General Division (ITFEDCOC) at
the Federation of Egyptian chambers of commerce, and a board member in the
Chamber of Information Technology and Telecommunications (CIT) affiliated
with the Egyptian Ministry of Communication Information Technology (MCIT) and
the Egyptian Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI). Ayman is also a member at
the CXO forum of the American University in Cairo (AUC) and a board of trustees
member at 6th of October University. In addition to many different organizations
and workgroups working towards developing the ICT sector in Egypt

Dave is the Country Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of L’Oréal Egypt. He has been in the beauty industry for over 20 years and has substantial marketing, sales and general management experience on both an international and local market level.

Prior to his current position, Dave Hughes was the General Manager of L’Oréal Caribe, which has its headquarters in Puerto Rico and a presence on 25 Caribbean islands. Dave was also the General Manager of L’Oréal’s Consumer Product Division in South Africa before moving to Puerto Rico. Additionally, he worked for L’Oréal USA in New York, where he was Vice President of L’Oréal Paris Haircare for two years and Vice President/National Sales Manager of the L’Oréal Paris Walmart team for two years.

Through his journey in the beauty industry in L’Oreal and before that in P&G for 11 years, he has built a reputation as a strong people leader with a consistent track record of success. Dave is graduated from Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana, with a bachelor’s in business administration

Magdy is an active angel investor and a mentor to several startups in Europe and the MENA region, serving on the boards of companies including Recoma, a company innovating in circular construction solutions, and advising various companies and VC funds. He is a member of the Swedish Institute Network for Future Global Leaders (NFGL) and the Alexandria Angels Network.

He is a Ph.D. candidate in Entrepreneurship and Strategic Management at the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) in Stockholm. He holds an MSc degree in Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management from KTH and a BSc degree in Computer Engineering.

Eng. Ahmed Tarek Khalil (ATK) stands as a visionary investor and serial entrepreneur, renowned for his innovative pursuits in various sectors. He is the mastermind behind Allianz Middle East Ship Management LLC, where he serves as Founder and General Manager, as well as the esteemed Chairman of Swiss Co and Allianz Logistics & Services Holding, an ADGM entity.

Demonstrating strategic acumen, ATK has orchestrated several acquisitions, such as Arab Developers and assumed the chairmanship of Kaumeya Language Schools S & El Rowad Language Schools, fostering a student body of 5,000 and cementing his footprint in the education realm.

Recognized as a disruptive force, ATK thrives on challenges and is presently at the forefront of pioneering endeavors. One standout project includes a revolutionary healthcare platform harnessing artificial intelligence. This initiative is poised to revolutionize healthcare accessibility for over 10 million patients in Egypt and the Middle East, underscoring his dedication to innovation and societal progress.

Ahmed Tarek Khalil epitomizes unwavering dedication, boundless innovation, and an unyielding commitment to excellence in all his ventures. His transformative leadership continues to redefine the landscape of business, education, and healthcare throughout the region.

Dave Parker – Author, Entrepreneur, & Investor

Dave is a five-time founder and has been part of >15 transactions, as founder, operator, board member, and advisor. His primary time is spent helping founders scale their companies from growth and exit through his work at NextPath Advisors. His “20%” time (that can sometimes be 80% time) is as a community builder, and speaker he works with accelerators and startup programs worldwide.

The author of “Trajectory: Startup – Ideation to Product/Market Fit“.  The book helps early-stage founders understand what they can test and know about their startup idea before they take the leap and leave their day job. The book also includes research on 2,564 funded companies and the 14 revenue models that made them successful. A free excerpt here. Many of Dave’s talks are available on his YouTube Channel. A partial list of programs can be found here.