Board

Aly El Shalakany
Chairman

Aly El Shalakany
Chairman
Aly El Shalakany is the Chairman of the Cairo Angels, one of the MENA region's leading angel investor networks that invests in and supports start-ups and early stage, high growth businesses across the Middle East and Africa. Aly has invested, mentored and coached various startups globally across a number of different sectors.

Hossam Allam
Advisory Board Member

Hossam Allam
Advisory Board Member
Hossam Allam is the founder of Cairo Angels. He is the Managing Director of Maintenance Services at Hassan Allam Construction.Previously he spent 10 years at Shell International working on the exploration and production of gas fields in the Middle East for sale into the Far East. He also chairs the National Employment Pact, a private-public sector initiative and sits on the Boards of several NGOs including Education for Employment and Endeavor Egypt

Ayman Ashour
Advisory Board Member

Ayman Ashour
Advisory Board Member
Ayman Ashour is Founder and Managing Director of Newton International Management, LLC. Ashour is a recognized leader in the ID and security industry for 35 years. Ashour's experience includes serving as Chairman and CEO of Bluehill ID and Identive Group, as COO and later CEO of the ASSA ABLOY Identification Technology Group (ITG). Ashour served as Managing Director of Williams Plc Asia Operations encompassing the Asian units of Chubb, Kidde & Yale and the global operations of Guardforce International and Chubb Physical Security Group.

Hanan Abdel Meguid
Advisory Board Member

Hanan Abdel Meguid
Advisory Board Member
Hanan Abdel Meguid is a prominent female entrepreneur and an active angel investor based in Cairo. Hanan long journey of success started in 1996, she helped establish LINKdotNET, one of the largest Internet Solutions Provider in the Region then Hanan went on to become the CEO of Link Development, Egypt’s foremost software and solutions Company.
Later on,Hanan established OTVentures, as an Orascom Telecom Media and Technology Subsidiary. In Early 2014, she stepped down to establish Kamelizer that aims to accelerate and energize the startup scene in the Middle East.

Sara Gamay
Advisory Board Member

Sara Gamay
Advisory Board Member
Sara is the director of coffee drinks start-up, Press’d Coffee. Sara is specialized in food & beverage product innovation and launch. Previously, Sara was a corporate lawyer with White & Case. Sara obtained a J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center and holds a Bachelor of Science with Honors in International Political Economy from Georgetown University.

Nader Aboushadi
Advisory Board Member

Nader Aboushadi
Advisory Board Member
Nader Aboushadi is an accomplished Financier, Corporate Treasurer, Angel Investor and Board Advisor with over 20 years of Corporate Treasury and Global Banking experience. Mr. Aboushadi is currently the Group Treasurer of Dar Group, the leading international consortium of engineering professional services firms across the globe. With operations across more than 100 countries, and a team of over 20,000. Mr. Aboushadi is an Independent Strategic and Financial Advisor to the Chairman and Board of Directors of AlFahim, one of the pillars of the UAE Economy, a Member of the Advisory Board of Sheikh Sultan Al Qasimi’s – Private Office, and a Member of the Board of Directors of Cairo Angels.