Ahmed Fikry Abdel Wahab, Ph.D.

Industrialist in the transport sector, corporate governance practitioner, and builder of AI-powered tools for business education and leadership development.

Portrait of Ahmed Fikry Abdel Wahab

Managing Director of the Egyptian German Automotive Co. (EGA) — the Mercedes-Benz assembler in Egypt — since 2011. Vice Chairman of East Port Said Development Co. since 2024. Chairman of the National Academy for Science and Skills - NASS. Vice President of the African Association of Automotive Manufacturers - AAAM.

Adjunct Professor at the American University in Cairo, teaching Operations Research, Statistics, and Management Science. Holds a Corporate Director Certificate from Harvard Business School and completed Oxford’s Bank Governance Programme. Ph.D. in Business Administration, MBA, and B.S. in Electrical Engineering — all from the University of Alabama.

Builds applied AI tools for executive education, leadership development, and business simulation.

Transport Sector

30+
years in transport-sector industry
AAAM
Vice President, African Association of Automotive Manufacturers
since 2021
NERIC
MD, National Egyptian Railway Industries
2020–2024
EGA
MD, Egyptian German Automotive Co. — Assembler of Mercedes-Benz cars
since 2011
MAK
MD, brake-linings
1990–2006

From brake-lining manufacturing in the 1990s, through Mercedes-Benz vehicle assembly in Egypt, to railway industries (NERIC) and African automotive policy — three decades of operating and exporting in the transport sector across Egypt and the continent.

Governance

Current
  • Egyptian Centre for Economic Studiessince 2015
  • Industrial Development Groupsince 2007
  • Engineering Export Councilsince 2005
  • Export Development Fundsince 2013
  • Egypt Automotive Industry Supreme Councilsince 2022
  • AUC Onsi Sawiris School of Business — Dean’s Strategic Advisory Boardsince 2010 (Chair 2018–2024)
Past
  • Elsewedy Electric — Audit Committee Chair (EGX-listed)2014–2021
  • Suez Canal Economic Zone Authority2015–2018
  • Egyptian Competition Authority2007–2017
  • Federation of Egyptian Industries2010–2021
  • German-Arab Chamber of Industry & Commerce2022–2024
  • Social Fund for Development2012–2017

Applied Tools

Working software exploring AI in business education, leadership development, and operations.

Contact

Email
ahmed@awahab.site
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