Mona Zulficar

Founding Partner and Chair of Executive Committee

Chairperson EFG Hermes Holding, SAE (Non-executive) (2008 – to date)

Chairperson, Egyptian Microfinance Federation (2015 – to date)

Expert Member, Board of Directors, Central Bank of Egypt (2003-2011)

VP of the Constitutional Committee of 50 of the 2014 Constitution

VP & Member, UN Human Rights Council Advisory Committee (2008-2013)

Member, National Council for Human Rights, Egypt (Sept.2013 to date)

Chairperson, Women’s Health Improvement Association, Cairo

Founder and Chairperson, Al Tadamun Microfinance Foundation

Chairperson, EFG Foundation for Social Development (2006 – to date)

Chairperson, External Gender Consultative Group, World Bank, Washington DC (2000 – 2006)

Member, National Council for Women (2000 – 2006)

Ms. Zulficar obtained her political science and law degrees from Cairo University and Mansoura University and an honorary doctorate degree from the Faculty of Law, University of Zurich. She has also received many local, regional and international awards, including la Legion d’Honneur from the President of France in 2008 and the IFLR Lifetime Achievement Award in 2018. In 2019, she has been listed by Forbes Middle East as among the 100 most influential business women in the Middle East and the only Egyptian in the Top 25.