Mahmoud Hamouda | Deputy Chief Strategy Officer
Banque Misr

Mahmoud Hamouda is a visionary and dynamic leader who drives strategic initiatives at Banque Misr, Egypt's second-largest bank, as the head of strategic initiatives. With over 19 years of experience in the technology industry, he combines his technical and business acumen to identify new market and growth opportunities, craft go-to-market strategies, and lead transformational projects. He holds a Master of Liberal Arts and Management from Harvard University.

Mahmoud is passionate about innovation and entrepreneurship and has been instrumental in introducing the start-up community to cutting-edge technology through the Dell for Entrepreneurs program in Egypt, which he has led since 2014. As a Harvard Business Review Advisory Council member, he also contributes to the global discourse on management and leadership. He has received multiple awards and patents for his creative and impactful ideas, such as a centralized employee data analytics IoT platform and a machine learning technique for detecting physical anomalies in a computing environment.