MNT-Halan brings fresh faces to management: MNT-Halan has appointed Omar Elhamawy (LinkedIn) as chief financial officer and Sara Metwally (LinkedIn) as chief marketing officer, according to a press release (pdf). Elhamawy has more than 20 years of experience in financial management, serving as SODIC’s CFO for almost a decade and holding senior positions at Beltone Financial and CIB. Metwally has almost two decades of experience in marketing, and joins MNT-Halan after serving as Coca-Cola’s Africa director for end-to-end experience.

CIRA taps Ain Shams president as senior advisor: Our friends at CIRA Education have tapped Mahmoud El Meteini (bio) as group senior advisor, according to a statement (pdf). El Meteini will also act as CEO of CAPMED, a EGP 100 mn hospital near the new capital in which CIRA owns 28%. El Meteini has been the president of Ain Shams University since August 2019, after serving as dean of the university’s medical faculty. He also sits on the boards of the Ain Shams University hospital and Cleopatra Hospitals Group.