Hassan El Sayed Abdalla
Mr Hassan Elsayed Hassan Abdalla has been appointed to the Board of Directors of BNF Bank p.l.c. since 16 June 2022.
Mr Abdalla is currently the Governor of the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE), a position which he holds since 2022. Mr Elsayed Abdalla also serves as Chairman of Union de Banques Arabes et Françaises (UBAF). Prior to his joining the CBE, Abdalla founded and led Panther Associates, a boutique investment advisory and private equity firm and chaired both United Media Services (UMS) and Misr Spinning and Weaving (Al-Mahala Al-Kubra) and the Middle East, Far East and Africa regional committee of the International Capital Market Association (ICMA) (Zurich).
During his over thirty years of experience, Mr Abdalla served as Vice Chairman and Managing Director at Arab African International Bank, from 2002 until 2018, and held board seats in several reputable and international organizations including but not limited to the Central Bank of Egypt, the Egyptian Stock Exchange, the Egyptian National Competitive Council (ENCC), the Arab Business Council of World Economic Forum, the Institute of International Finance (IIF), the IIF Emerging Markets Advisory Council (Washington DC), and the London Stock Exchange’s London Africa Advisory Group.
Furthermore, Mr. Abdalla is a part-time faculty member at the American University in Cairo (AUC), where he received a distinguished alumni award and obtained both his bachelor’s and master’s degrees.
