Tatweer Misr CEO Ahmed Shalaby (LinkedIn) will chair the Federation of Egyptian Chambers of Commerce’s newly formed General Committee for Real Estate Development, according to a federation statement. Shalaby will lead the committee until elections are held, with a mandate to represent developers and their counterparties and coordinate with state agencies on sector policies and challenges.
A real estate and urban planning veteran with more than 30 years of experience, Shalaby co-founded Tatweer Misr and has served as its president and CEO since 2014. He also chairs the House of Representatives Housing Committee and is a professor of architecture and urban development at Cairo University, having previously taught city planning at Cornell University in New York.