Mr. Abdalla ElEbiary currently serves as the Chief investment officer at TSFE, and acting CEO of
TSFE Pre-IPO Subfund.
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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