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Chief Executive Officer

Chief Executive Officer
Hamed was appointed Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Telecom Egypt in January 2019. He is also a member of Telecom Egypt's board, representing the Egyptian government.
Prior to that, Hamed was the Chief International and Wholesale Officer of Telecom Egypt since August 2017. His scope included the commercial marketing, strategy development and execution of Telecom Egypt’s international and domestic wholesale business.
In 2018, Hamed was able to seal various deals with domestic and international operators to secure and grow the company’s revenue streams for the long-term as well as seal agreements to enable the profitable operation of the mobile venture, in addition to playing a major role in the dispute settlement with domestic operators amicably in 2017 and 2018. He was also able to conclude a major deal in the international submarine cable business by his role in the purchase of MENA Cable and the closure of the Bharti deal, which capitalized on the purchase immediately and bundled with it existing TE assets to recover the investment in MENA Cable fully.
Hamed is a Telecom Egypt veteran having served 20 years in the company assuming multiple roles. He first joined Telecom Egypt in 1999 as a network engineer, undertaking various roles and responsibilities before becoming the General Manager of International & Wholesale Business Operations in 2008. During this time he participated in the development of the long-term agreement model for international and transmission services with domestic operators, which was introduced for the first time and allowed Telecom Egypt to secure such revenue stream for the long-term starting 2009.
In 2013, he was appointed as Director of International and Wholesale Technical and Operations Support, moving on to the role of Domestic Wholesale Director in 2014 before being promoted to Domestic Wholesale Business Unit Head in 2015 and Senior Director of Domestic Wholesale in April 2017.
Hamed holds a Bachelor of Science in in Electronics and Electrical Communication from Helwan University, Egypt.

Chief Financial Officer

Chief Financial Officer
Shamroukh was appointed to Chief Financial Officer in July 2013 and to Telecom Egyptís Board of Directors since March 2016.
Shamroukh has been with Telecom Egypt since 2002 holding various senior management positions. He has a well-rounded experience in Telecom Egypt having worked in various departments spanning operations, technical planning, corporate strategy and lastly finance.
He started his career with Telecom Egypt as a networks engineer becoming the General Manager of Operations in 2007. As a Director of Corporate Strategy from 2009 to 2013, Shamroukh institutionalized corporate strategy in the firm building the company ís first long-term strategy and business plan assessing Telecom Egyptís position in regards to the mobile license.
Shamroukh represents Telecom Egypt in several boards including Vodafone Egypt, TE Data and Xceed.
Shamroukh holds a Bachelor of Science in Electronics and Electrical Communication from Cairo University and an Executive Master of Business Administration from IESE Business School.


Mohamed Abo-Taleb is Telecom Egypt's Chief Commercial Officer having joined the company and its executive team in September 2017. His scope includes Consumer and Enterprise Services, Brand and Communication, Sales and Customer Experience across all Telecom Egypt retail products including mobile, fixed and data connectivity.
Abo-Taleb brings 17+ years of experience in the telecom industry both locally and internationally. Before joining Telecom Egypt, Abo-Taleb successfully led the transformation of The Post Distribution Company (PDC) as the Chairman & Chief Executive Officer since 2013
In February 2011, Abo-Taleb joined Orascom Telecom Holding (currently Global Telecom) to lead the Regional Sales Office overlooking the company ís African and Asian markets. He was also the acting Vice President for Sales in Wind Canada.
Abo-Taleb started his work career in 2000 in Vodafone Egypt, where he held various positions within the company before being appointed the Consumer Sales Strategy & Development Manager in 2004. He then joined Etisalat Egypt in 2006 as the Head of Sales Operations & Strategy.
Abo-Taleb holds a Bachelor of Arts in Commerce from Cairo University, Egypt and a Master's degree in Business Administration from ESLSCA, France

Chief International & Wholesale Officer

Chief International & Wholesale Officer
Mounib was appointed to Chief International and Wholesale Officer in May 2019 having spent 17 years assuming multiple key positions within Telecom Egypt and was most recently Telecom Egypt’s Chief International Officer as of March 2016.
As part of his role, Mounib enabled the company’s regional vision and objectives defining the international strategies of Telecom Egypt’s regional positioning and handling effectively all of the company’s bilateral relations across the international ecosystem. His scope included international voice and data, roaming, submarine cables and global data services.
During the last three years, Mounib was able to seal several major deals in the submarine cable business, which served to secure a growing and strategic revenue stream for the company, while adding to its profitability.
Prior to that, Mounib led the turnaround of TE Data Jordan, the only regional expansion fully owned by Telecom Egypt, into a success story by positioning the company as a regional data hub and acquiring considerable market share in the competitive Jordanian data market. He then joined Telecom Egypt’s international team in 2008 as General Manager of International Carriers Affairs.
Mounib represents Telecom Egypt in several boards including TE Globe, TE France, MENA and TE Data Jordan.
He holds a Bachelor degree of Economics from the American University in Cairo.

Chief Technology Officer

Chief Technology Officer
Mohamed Hussein Al Fowey was appointed as Vice President for Technical Affairs in July 2019.
Prior to that, Al Fowey was the Senior Director of Core Networks Engineering & Execution since March 2018. He was responsible for planning and implementing some of the company's major investment projects such as the acceleration of the fiber roll-out in 2019 and the national digital transformation initiative.
Al Fowey joined TE in 2001 as an Operation and Maintenance Engineer and continued to excel in his career, which led to his appointment as Senior Director of Core Networks Operations in 2014. He played an instrumental role in automating, integrating, and developing different network operations to enhance the functionality of systems and their security frameworks, in compliance with industry standards. He was also among the main facilitators of the mobile launch in 2017 and enabled the provision of an unprecedented, fully converged telecom infrastructure using a unified operating system.
Al Fowey holds a Bachelor of Science in Electronics and Electrical Communication from Cairo University, Egypt.

Chief Customer Care Officer

Chief Customer Care Officer
Elhossaini Adel was appointed as Vice President for Customer Care in October 2021.
Prior to this role, Adel was the acting Customer Care Vice President since 2019. During this time, he was in charge of standardizing call center processes and introducing new methodologies to enhance sales support, customer service, and secure multiple revenue streams. Concurrently, he was the Project Manager of one of the company's major investment projects, 'Internet of Egypt', which involved accelerating Capex spending to reach 90% of the population with Fiber to the curb from 2019 to 2020. He played an instrumental role in managing the execution of the project, which improved fixed broadband services in terms of speed and quality nation-wide and set the ground for the release of new products to the market.
Beginning his corporate career in Telecom Egypt in 2007 as Operations General Manager, Adel held several managerial positions over the course of 14 years in the fields of transmission network operations and regional affairs. He was responsible for developing and managing network expansions while overseeing operational support to ensure proper network operations and reachability.
Adel holds a Bachelor’s degree in Electronic Engineering from Menofia University and a Master of Business Administration from The Arab Academy of Science, Technology & Maritime Transport.


Karim Youssef was appointed as Vice President for Human Resources (HR) in January 2022.
Youssef comes with over 25 years of HR management experience and a history of implementing fundamental HR changes in major organizations in various industries, including banking, pharmaceutical, and steel.
Prior to his current role, Youssef was the Chief Human Resources Officer at the Commercial International Bank (CIB), the leading private sector bank in Egypt, since 2011, where he led the development of the bank’s HR transformation philosophy, in line with the board’s vision, mission, and strategy.
Before that, he was appointed as HR Director of AstraZeneca, a leading global biopharmaceutical company, in 2007 and until 2010. Youssef was also a Managing Consultant at the management consulting firm ‘Hay Group’ in Egypt in charge of developing the business in addition to managing and delivering projects.
He was also Senior Director of HR at one of the leading steel manufacturers in Egypt and the Middle East, Ezz Industries, from 2002 to 2005 where he developed the corporate compensation department and established the HR and Administration function in one of the group’s subsidiaries, Ezz Flat Steel.
Prior to that, Youssef was a Senior Business Consultant at Arthur Anderson Egypt, where he provided HR and Quality Management System consultations and assisted in formulating business plans, policies, and procedures.
Youssef holds a Master of International Business Administration from ESLSCA and a Bachelor of Commerce from the Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration, Helwan University.