{"id":70742,"date":"2023-05-15T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-15T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/logistics\/2023\/05\/15\/today-the-enterprise-exports-and-fdi-forum-is-finally-happening\/"},"modified":"2023-05-15T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-05-15T00:00:00","slug":"today-the-enterprise-exports-and-fdi-forum-is-finally-happening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/logistics\/2023\/05\/15\/today-the-enterprise-exports-and-fdi-forum-is-finally-happening\/","title":{"rendered":"TODAY: The Enterprise Exports and FDI Forum is finally happening"},"content":{"rendered":"

Good morning, lovely people. <\/span>We have a super busy issue for you this morning, but first\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n

We\u2019re sorry we were a few hours behind in delivering Thursday\u2019s issue <\/span>\u2014 we had a glitch in the machine but it\u2019s now been fixed.<\/span><\/p>\n

And more importantly\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n


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<\/span>The Enterprise Exports and FDI Forum is<\/span>taking place today at the Four Seasons Nile <\/span>Plaza. <\/span>The event will see CEOs, top execs, bankers, and development finance folks attempt to solve the biggest economic issue of our time: How do we get out of our FX crunch by boosting exports and raising foreign direct investment.<\/span><\/p>\n

We are very grateful for the interest we\u2019ve seen from many of you<\/span> and we cannot wait to meet those attending. <\/span><\/p>\n

** Attendees who have confirmed and RSVP'd to their personal invitations do not need a QR code to enter the venue, <\/span>but please do bring a business card you can give us in exchange for your name tag and lanyard.<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

The event kicks off with an 8am networking breakfast<\/span>, with the opening panels starting at 9am. <\/span><\/p>\n

Who can you expect to see there? Our friend Nadia El-Tawil, Investment Officer at AfricInvest: <\/span>Nadia El-Tawil will be speaking on how the industries of today should embrace change and evolving trends if Egypt is to bolster its exports. She will be joined on stage by Mostafa Bedeir, CEO of Giza Seeds and Herbs and Abdallah Sallam, CEO of Madinet Masr. who will speak on how their companies are changing to meet these evolving trends. <\/span><\/p>\n

Who else is speaking (in no particular order)?<\/span>Hossam Abou Moussa<\/span>, partner at Apis, <\/span>Hassan Massoud,<\/span> associate director and head of private equity (Southern Mediterranean) at the EBRD, <\/span>Tarek Kamel,<\/span> CEO of Nestle Egypt;<\/span> Omar Elsahy,<\/span> general manager of Amazon Egypt; <\/span>Khaled Morsy,<\/span> CEO of DB Schenker; <\/span>Shady William,<\/span> managing director of IDG; <\/span>Mohamed Talaat Khalifa<\/span>, CEO of Concrete; <\/span>Mark Wyllie,<\/span> CEO of Beyti;<\/span> Kareem Abou Ghaly<\/span>, chairman and CEO of Pasta Regina; <\/span>Yasmine Khamis,<\/span> chair of the Orientals Group, <\/span>Cheick-Oumar Sylla, <\/span>director for North Africa and Horn of Africa at the IFC;<\/span> Hossam Sallab,<\/span> CEO and vice-chairman of Sallab Group and Royal Ceramica; <\/span>Tarek Hosny,<\/span> head of investments and projects at Fertiglobe; <\/span>Helmy Ghazi,<\/span> deputy CEO of HSBC Egypt; <\/span>Shams Eweis,<\/span> corporate affairs director, Egypt, North Africa and Levant at Mars;<\/span> Nada El Ahwal,<\/span> CSO of Transmar; <\/span>Yassir Zouaoui, <\/span>partner at McKinsey; and <\/span>Mohamed ElGebely,<\/span> team leader at USAID Trade.<\/span><\/p>\n

Topics and live interviews will also include:<\/span><\/p>\n