President Abdel Fattah El Sisi has renewed Walid Gamal El Din’s term as chairman of the Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZone) for another year ,effective 12 August, according to a statement. Gamal El Din was appointed as the chairman of the General Authority of the SCZone last August, after serving as vice chairman for a brief period during 2022. Prior to that, he served as the zone’s CEO since January 2020.

El Sisi also handed Osama Rabie another one-year term as managing director and chairman of the Suez Canal Authority , effective 12 August, according to a statement. Rabie has been serving as the SCA chief since August 2019.

Ayman El Ashry (LinkedIn) has been elected president of the Cairo Chamber of Commerce , succeeding Ibrahim El Araby who was also president of the Federation of Egyptian Chamber of Commerce, Al Borsa reports.