Mr. Abdalla ElEbiary currently serves as the Chief investment
officer at TSFE.
Since joining The Sovereign Fund of Egypt (TSFE) in May 2020,
Mr. ElEbiary has spearheaded the Fund's investments in
infrastructure & utilities, banking & non-banking financial
services, healthcare, real estate and education. Mr. ElEbiary
also led several financial advisory transactions for State Owned
Enterprises in excess of $2 billion.
Before joining The Sovereign Fund of Egypt, Mr. ElEbiary was
Managing Director of Qalaa Holdings (formerly known as Citadel
Capital), an African leader in infrastructure and industry, for
14 years. At Qalaa Holdings Mr. ElEbiary led the investments in
Nile river transportation / logistics, FMCG and Cement. On the
M&A and financing side, Mr. ElEbiary led several transactions
including the acquisition and divestiture of Qena Cement (LE 700
million), project finance and divestiture of Asec Menya Cement
and Asec Ready Mix (LE 1.0 billion), acquisition of Rashidy El
Mizan (Undisclosed Amount), greenfield project finance (LE 1.0
billion and $130 million) and structured finance products ($25
million). Mr. ElEbiary represented Qalaa Holdings in Investor
Relations and brokerage local and international conferences and
was in charge of corporate governance of the Qalaa Holdings and
subsidiaries’ boards.
As of 2016 and to-date, Mr. ElEbiary is the Chairman of the
Egyptian Private Equity Association, EPEA. EPEA is an NGO that
represents and serves private equity and venture capital
investors and service providers to the industry in Egypt. Under
his leadership, EPEA expanded its scope to include Venture
Capital and expanded its educational offering, including
launching the first Private Equity Diploma in collaboration with
the American University and The Sovereign Fund of Egypt.
Prior to that, Mr. ElEbiary was a banker with the Investment
Banking Division of Merrill Lynch in New York, where he
participated in Merger and Acquisition transactions, in addition
to public and private financing of telecom and media companies
in the US and Europe. Previously, he was Business Analysis
Manager at the Corporate Finance Department of the MeadWestvaco
Corporation in New York. Mr. ElEbiary also spent five years with
Procter & Gamble’s Finance Group, his last post was Finance
Group Manager - Internal Control for Egypt, Lebanon and East
Africa.
Mr. ElEbiary has served on a number of board of directors such
as the Egyptian Private Equity Association, currently Chairman,
Renaissance Capital Egypt, Qena Cement, Zahana Cement (Algeria),
Djelfa Cement (Algeria), AlTakamol Cement (Sub-Saharan Africa),
ASEC Engineering, ElRashidi ElMizan and Nile River
Transportation.
Mr. ElEbiary holds a BA in Economics from the American
University in Cairo, an MBA from Columbia University in New York
and is Certified in Management Accounting. Mr. ElEbiary was
awarded the American University of Cairo’s Distinguished Alumni
Award in 2018.
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