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Quality and Food Safety Director at Smiley's Food Industry & Smiley’s Bakery,
With 14 years of experience, Beshoy has a deep understanding of the complex regulations and guidelines that govern food safety and quality. Beshoy is HACCP, OHSAS 18001, ISO 22000, 6 Sigma, GMP, FSSC awareness, Food allergen, SQF, BRC.
He is working on increasing Meat & poultry WHC ability with cooperation Dutch protein solution company, Applying the basics of Quality statics to be a cornerstone in a decision making. As well as Increasing the awareness & use of baking science & technology like studying the effect of enzyme role in baking improvement, the effect of different PH degree.
Hoda Sabry
Hoda Sabry is a financing and banking expert with an experience of over 30 years working with financial institutions inside and outside Egypt; and working with different programs and projects as a financing and banking expert with strong working relations within the Egyptian banking sector. Hoda established and operated Egypt’s Environmental Fund in the year 2000 in accordance with the international standards set forth by the OECD (the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development); thereafter became an independent consultant working in programs and projects of multi and bilateral organizations: WB, EC, EU, EBRD, AfD, KfW, UNIDO, GEF and GIZ.
CEO of Dcode Economic and Financial Consulting
A renowned figure in SME policy development with more than 22 years of experience in Egypt with all kinds of stakeholders and in diverse sectors and various ranges of services. His reputation in analysis, presentation, management and leadership skills as well as having a clear vision and consistent structure is unparalleled.
Between 2018 and 2019, Mr Youssef was a Team Leader on a UNIDO-funded Creative Mediterranean Project in Egypt, Lebanon, Jordan, Palestine, Tunisia, Morocco and Algeria.
Executive General Manager. Organization Food and Agro Industries Technology Center (FAITC), Technology and industrial Innovation Centers (TIC), Ministry of Trade and Industry – Egypt.
Dr. Amgad El-KAdy was born in the Arab Republic of Egypt, graduated from the Agricultural Engineering Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Ain Shams University in 1988, and joined the research staff at the Food Technology Research Institute of the Agricultural Research Center of the Egyptian Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation, where he obtained a master's degree (M.Sc) in agricultural engineering from Cairo University In 2002, then a PhD in Agricultural Engineering from Cairo University in 2012, that was awarded the best PhD thesis at Cairo University 2012. He played an active role in establishing the (Food Industries Technology Center)of the Ministry of Trade and Industry in 2001, and he is currently the executive manager of this centre entrusted with providing technical support and technology transfer to the food industries sector in Egypt in general and the dates sector in particular.
Supply Chain Director, Wadi Group
As a supply chain director with 20 years of experience at 5 different companies in different industries where he practised all functions of the supply chain, had different professional business certificates, and proven record of achievements, For the last 3 years, he has been working at Wadi Group as a supply chain director for sixteen different companies taking care of demand & supply planning, warehouses, procurement, and customer services including fleet, distribution, and import & export logistics. Prior to Wadi, he worked at Xceed and TE Data for 9 years, 4 of which, he was working in customer service building the teams and systems needed to accomplish the highest level of customer satisfaction and achieving the target set by the top management. For the remaining 5 years, he worked as a facilities and supply chain controller where he controlled and coordinated several functions including buildings and branch maintenance, cleaning & space planning, fleet, and safety & security in addition to purchasing, warehouses, and contracts.
Government Industry SME Consulting Manager
Mr. Mostafa Nabil is SME consulting managing partner since 2015, has many Governmental Projects Digital transformation consultant & strategist, and Global Strategy Management Consultant with 14 years in consulting corporate, government entities & startups. Mr. Mostafa is also responsible for financial & business analysis, strategy consulting and transformation mapping for projects with budgets up to 135 million USD with total projects worth more than 1 billion USD, and he managed to draw partnership maps and plan for global joint venture businesses worth more than 20 million USD. He is also an active member of IIBA, AMI, CFA, IMA, CFI, PMI.
Vice-Chairman for AmCham KSA
Tamer Mosalam led PepsiCo subsidiary and served as The Chief Executive Officer for GCC & Levant region, and PepsiCo JV General Manager based in Saudi Arabia. Tamer also served as the Chairman and CEO for PepsiCo Food Division and company-owned businesses in Egypt and North Africa. Tamer holds the position of Vice-Chairman for AmCham KSA, Chair for the Trade & Industry committee tee for KSA, the Co-Chair for the agriculture committee at the American Chamber of Commerce in Egypt, The Head of the F&B committee at the Canada Egypt business council, and member of Egypt agriculture Export council.
Managing Partner, Suez Canal Marine Logistics
Dr. Mohamed El Bana is the new Suez Canal Marine Logistics Managing Partner, Former Marketing & Customer service Director of K LINE for 18 years, and the logistics & supply chain head & Partner in SME Consulting. He is a master's holder in International Transport and Logistics from the Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport, DBA in International Transport and Logistics - Ain shams university. Dr. Mohamed is a certified Trainer in the Middle East and North Africa – Kingston business academy London, and a member of European Certification Board for Logistics – European Logistics Association.
Director of the Egyptian Food Bank’s Growth Lab
Dr. Mohamed Elkaramany is a public policy expert and food security advocate with over 17 years of professional and academic experience in public policy, international development, and program management. He is currently the Director of the Egyptian Food Bank’s Growth Lab, where he leads the organization’s transformation into an evidence-based and impact-driven nonprofit, as well as an Adjunct Assistant Professor of public policy at the American University in Cairo (AUC). Dr. Elkaramany holds a PhD in public policy from Oregon State University, a Master of Public Policy
from the AUC, and a Humphrey Fellowship in Public Policy from the University of Washington in Seattle.
Executive Director of Plant Based Foods Industry Association (PBFIA)
Sanjay Sethi is a world-renowned impact investment leader and sustainable food expert. Over a 3-decade-long illustrious career, Mr Sethi set up winning integrated supply chains in Africa, the Middle East, Europe, Eastern Europe, South Asia and in India. A leader of cross-functional teams, he rolled out the large supply chain, sustainable food production, irrigation, and agri infrastructure projects. Sanjay Sethi is currently the Executive Director of the Plant Based Foods Industry Association (PBFIA), a CEO-led body representing and building a strong foundation for India's plant-based food companies which produce high-quality plant-based alternatives to dairy and meat products. Previously he was on the Board of Sustainable Rice Platform, an initiative of the UN Environment and International Rice Research Institute. He was also a Steering Committee Member of the Global Agribusiness Alliance of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development, Geneva
Head of sales, marketing, and export at Tiba Company
Dr. Mohamed Abdelgawad is the head of sales, marketing, and export at Tiba Company for Starch and Glucose, which specialized in manufacturing food raw materials such as rice starch glucose syrup, dried glucose and healthy foods. Dr. Mohamed has many years of experience in medical sales at renowned pharmaceutical companies such as Hoechst and Bristol Squibb. He was also a field force supervisor in Saudi Arabia in companies that specialize in dairy products for children and infants such as Domex and Hipp before he became a sales manager in 2 derma care companies: Aroma and Solvex.
PRIMA Project Officer, Agrofood Value Chain
Alaa Mebed is a food safety and quality consultant for many big brands (Hotels, Restaurants, catering companies, etc.) in Egypt and the Middle East, Currently teaching and conducting majors audits in the same time preparing and helping an establishment to create safety systems and policies to produce safe products. He has also conducted more than 7000 audits in different food establishments, trying to transfer a piece of knowledge and experience in order to enhance safety. Conducted more than 500 courses for different frontline and management levels.
Women Economic Empowerment Consultant
Rose is an award winning and passionate Kenyan trade economist with over twenty years work experience drawn from public, private and development sectors in Africa. She hasextensive experience in international trade, trade facilitation, cross border trade, regional integration gender mainstreaming women economic empowerment, food security, customs and ICT for trade. Rose has been involved in negotiation, design and implementation of tradeand gender equality initiatives supporting development partners such as UNECA, CBI Netherlands, GIZ, Expertise France, USAID amongst many others. Rose is the founder of TradeSmart Consult Ltd a development consultancy firm based in Nairobi, Kenya providing innovative trade solutions to private sector, government and development partners in Africa inthe area of women economic empowerment and international trade. Rose is a BusinessManagement PhD Candidate at Moi University. She holds a Masters in Business Administration (MBA), BSc in International Business Administration, a Post Graduate Diplomain International Trade Law and Trade Policy and a Professional Certificate in International Trade
CEO of Ahdo Company
A Food health and safety consultant & an International lecturer accredited in the United Kingdom for all food safety and computer qualifications in manufacturing, catering, and retail. He holds a Masters degree in food safety and quality assurance from Cairo University and has conducted his Postgraduate studies at the University of Florence, Italy, on the philosophy of laws governing food safety European. Currenlty working at the International Institute of Agriculture in Florence and is Certified in many modern management programs from Harvard University in the United States.
