Hassan Abdalla is one of the Egyptian banking cognoscenti. He is the chief executive officer and vice chairperson of the Arab African International Bank. Abdalla presently chairs Union de Banques Arabes et Françaises (d.b.a. UBAF) in Hong Kong, and is a union board member in Paris and Curaçao.
He is a board member of the German-Arab Chamber of Industry and Commerce (also Deutsch-Arabische Industrie- und Handelskammer) as well. Hassan is the founder and presiding officer of “We Owe it to Egypt” board of trustees, a foundation sought to improve the life quality in Egypt. He also became a board member of London Africa Advisory Group (LAAG), owned by London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG).
Abdalla graduated from the American University in Cairo with a bachelor degree in Business Administration in 1982. In 1992, he attended and received a Master of Business Administration. Currently, he is a part-time faculty member at the AUC and a member of the Strategic Advisory Board of the School of Business at the same university.
Abdalla’s career highlights an academic record of accomplishments. Such a record earned him both the Distinguished Alumni Award in 2002 and the Outstanding Alumni Award from the AUC in 2010. In 2014, the International Banker Magazine recognized Abdalla as the “International Banker CEO of the Year, Middle East” for his outstanding work at the AAIB.
Prominently, Mr. Abdalla is a flamboyant financier in the Arab world served on the Board of the Institute of International Finance, IIF, and was elected for six consecutive terms (2006-2012); a rare exception to the standard two-term rule.
Current positions
- Chief Executive Officer of Arab African International Bank (AAIB)
- Chairman of UBAF Hong Kong
- Board member of UBAF Paris
- Board member of UBAC Curaçao
- Board member of London Stock Exchange – London Africa Advisory Group “LAAG”7
- Vice Chairman of German-Arab Chamber of Industry and Commerce
- Founder and Chairman of “We owe it to Egypt”
- Chairman of the Arab African Investment Management Company
- Chairman of Sandah for Microfinance
- Member of the Strategic Advisory Board of the School of Business at the AUC
- Board member of Arab Educational Information Network – Shamaa.
Previous positions
- Board member of the Egyptian European Association for Economic & Social Development
- Director of Arab Banker’s Association – London (ABA)
- Member of New York-based World President’s Organization (WPO)
- Executive board member of Egypt International Economic Forum (EIEF)
- Board member of Egyptian National Competitiveness Council
- Board member of Egypt-US Business Council
- Chairman of International Securities Market Association (ISMA) Middle East Regional Committee
- Board member of the Young President Organization – New York, USA
- Technical Advisor to the Arab Academy for Financial & Banking Studies Member of AISEC – Egypt
- Board member of Egyptian European Association for Economic & Social Development
- Board member of the Egyptian Capital Association (ECMA)
- Board member of Orascom Construction Industries (OCI)
- Board member of Ghabbour Auto (GA)
- Board member of the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE)
- Board member of Egyptian Stock Exchange (EGX)
- Board member of The Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Egypt
- Board member of Endeavour Egypt
- Board member of Telecom Egypt
- Founding member of the Egyptian National Competitiveness Council (ENCC)
- Founding member and former chairman of the Egyptian Junior Business Association (EJBA)
- Board of trustees member of the Egyptian Banking Institute (EBI)
- Chairman of the Middle East, Far East, and Africa regional committee of the International Capital Association in Zurich (ICMA)
- Board member of Directors of the Institute of International Finance (IIF)
- Board member of the Emerging Markets Advisory Council (EMAC) of the Institute of International Finance.