USAID appoints Sean Jones as Egypt Mission Director

Sean Jones (LinkedIn | bio)has been appointed the new mission director for USAID Egypt, the US Embassy in Cairo said this week. He will oversee a portfolio of over 45 projects that deliver some USD 125 mn in annual economic assistance that the agency extends to Egypt. Jones previously served as the USAID mission director in Ethiopia and Mexico, in addition to holding positions at USAID missions in Yemen, Iraq, Jordan and Columbia. You can read USAID administrator Samantha Power’s remarks at his swearing-in ceremony here.

Jones succeeds our friend Leslie Reed after her posting here came to an end. Leslie is now USAID’s mission director in Jordan (bio | welcome remarks from USAID boss Samantha Power).

PLUS: Banque Misr’s head of consumer banking Ihab Dorra (LinkedIn) has been nominated to join the board of e-Finance, representing the state-owned lender, according to a regulatory filing (pdf) yesterday.