Our partners and staff are internationally-qualified and well-trained professionals who have long and strong experience locally and internationally. They are committed to the implementation and adoption of international professional standards, ethics and best practices.
Our capability is built on the deep and diversified expertise of our partners and consultants gained from working for top multinationals, international institutions and the Big Four accounting and consulting firms in Egypt, USA, Canada, and Gulf countries.
Mr. Hamdy El-Sayed
Mr. El-Sayed is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Certified Internal Auditor (CIA), Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA), Certified Financial Consultant (CFC), Certified Business Manager (CBM), Certified Valuation Analyst (CVA), and Certified Compliance Officer (CCO) with an MBA from the University of Wales.
Mr. Hamdy El-Sayed has more than 30 years of experience working for multinational organizations and mega institutions. This includes working for leading multi-billion regional financial institutions such as Gulf Investment Corporation, a leading investment institution established by the Gulf Cooperation Council, he worked as chief internal auditor and chief compliance officer, also he was the chief financial officer of Al-Ahly Capital Holding, the investment arm of the National Bank of Egypt, He participated in establishing its finance function, internal audit function and compliance as well.
Mr. El-Sayed also worked for Ernst &Young International, one of the worldwide big-four Accounting and Consulting firms. He joined their offices in Canada, Saudi and Egypt, he drafted the strategic planning of firm’s Middle East offices, conducted many training courses for the business community, reviewed the accounting standards for Islamic banks and participated in many consulting assignments in the region.
Mr. EL-Sayed worked for GlaxoSmithKline, the second largest pharmaceutical company in the world during his working period he established the risk management function and handled the SOX reporting for the parent company in UK, and the Bank of Alexandria a leading retail bank. Mr. El-Sayed managed and developed many training courses for the business community inside and outside Egypt, and carried out audit and consulting services to many mega entities including Al Rajhi Bank, the largest Islamic bank in the world, Coca Cola, Saudi Monetary Agency, Saudi Cairo Bank, Riyadh Bank, Saudi Dutch Bank, Union Carbide, American Insurance Co, Elothem Jewelers manufacturing company, Almaghrbi optics, the Danish Lunbeck, and many more. Mr. Hamdy El-Sayed carried out an assets protection assignment for Riyadh bank, He carried out many audit and consulting assignments for various Islamic financial institutions such as Al-Rajhi Mudaraba Fund, Alrajhi Currency Fund, Al-Rajhi Employees Fund and others.
Mr. Hamdy El-Sayed worked on the re-engineering of the finance function in several multinational companies in Africa, the Middle East and Canada. He established the risk- management process, and supervised the implementation of SOX regulations in major multinational companies.
Mr. Ahmed Hussein
Mr. Ahmed Hussein is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Certified Internal Auditor (CIA), and a member of the Egyptian Society of Accountants and Auditors (ESAA), Certified Valuation Analyst (CVA), Certified Compliance Officer (CCO), and Accredited SMEs Consultant (ASMEC).
Mr. Ahmed Hussein accumulates more than 25 years of professional experience in finance consulting and training, including more than 15 years (1998-2014) of capital market development experience through working with USAID-funded projects (Capital Markets Development “CMD, Egypt’s Financial Services “EFS”, and Egypt’s Competitiveness Program “ECP”) that provided technical assistance to Capital Market Authority (CMA), Egyptian Financial Supervisory Authority (EFSA), Egyptian Exchange (EGX), Misr for Central Clearing, Depository, and Registry (MCDR), Egyptian Capital Market Association (ECMA), and Egyptian Investment Management Association (EIMA).
Mr. Hussein has extensive experience in corporate finance, investment banking, and related consulting services including due diligence, business valuation, feasibility studies, equity financing, financial leasing, corporate bonds, and securitization.
Mr. Hussein is a certified trainer by Egyptian Banking Institute (EBI), and was a trainer in finance with USAID-funded projects CMD, EFS, and ECP. Mr. Hussein is a trainer with the Egyptian Society Accountants and Auditors (ESAA).
For DTC, Mr. Hussein has developed and delivered trainings in internal auditing principles and standards, risk-based internal audit and internal control, Egyptian Accounting standards, Certified Compliance Officer, Corporate Compliance, financial leasing, cost accounting. Clients include: CIB, HSBC, Barclays, Banque Misr, ABC, NSGB, QNB, NBE, NBG, Mashreq Bank CorpLease, Olympic Group, Madinet Nasr for Housing and Development (MNHD), MCV, MCSR, EIPF, etc.
Mr. Hussein worked for EY, Cairo office, Chemonics International, an American consulting firm implementing technical assistance by USAID-funded projects, American consulting company AECOM, and the Central Auditing Organization in Egypt.
Mr. Hussein conducted professional assignments in Bahrain, France, Canada, USA, Ukraine, Saudi Arabia, Kenya, Nigeria, Malaysia and Singapore.
Mr. Magdy Hassan
Mr. Magdy is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and a member of American Institute of Certified Public Accountants – AICPA, U.S.A. He holds a Bachelor degree in Commerce, Accounting major, Ain Shams University, Egypt.
Mr. Magdy is a world-class CFO and finance leader and has been awarded the Chartered Global Management Accountant (CGMA) designation from the American Institute of CPAs and the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants. The CGMA designation recognizes professionals who have deep understanding of finance and have expanded their business skills through experience as management accountants to help drive better business decisions.
Mr. Magdy has 30 years of rich diversified work experience in multinational companies. Mr. Magdy was the Chairman and Managing Director of Otis Egypt. His main accountability was to set the vision and mission of the company in compliance with the company’s global values and develop its strategy, in addition to setting a business plan to implement the agreed strategy.
Prior to that he was the Chief Financial Officer of Otis Egypt and the Chief Financial Officer of American Express Company in Egypt, where he was responsible for all the financial reports presented to the Regional Chief Financial Officer and to ensure that all business operations comply with Company policies and all relevant local and U.S. laws. In his capacity as the Chief Financial Officer of American Express Company, Mr. Magdy has implemented a major restructuring project to improve the business performance and to enhance the financial results. As a result of his outstanding performance, Mr. Magdy has been awarded The Leadership Award from the Head office in USA, 2003.
Mr. Magdy has intensive experience in Training and Development. He has been lecturing the preparation course of the CPA, international certificate and also developing professional training courses in collaboration with the Kuwait Foundation for the advancement of Sciences, Kuwait.
Mr. Magdy was delivering training courses in the field of finance, strategy, total quality management, leadership and change management.
Mr. Magdy is currently a partner with Developers for Training and Consultancy and he is engaged in many international training and consultancy assignments in Egypt, UK, USA, Gulf region, and Lebanon.
Dr. Nihal El-Behery
Dr. Nihal El Behery brings over 20 years of experience in the area of international education, training, private sector development, international business, and economic development. She has a rich diversified work experience having served different national, regional and international institutions. She began her career working as a macro-economist at the National Investment Bank, a quasi-government investment bank, where she worked on classified files including Egypt’s National Plans, economic reform programs (known as Structural Adjustment Programs) with the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, privatization of the Egyptian state-owned companies, sector analysis, support to Egyptian SMEs and others. Dr. Nihal El Behery co-managed close to 8 years the Private Sector Development Program at the Danish International Development Assistance (DANIDA) where she helped create a lot of joint ventures, production agreements, license agreements, and export agreements between hundreds of Egyptian SMEs and Danish companies. These partnerships were accompanied by transfer of know- how, organizational reform, capacity building-training and upgrading of the Egyptian firms which led to more export and employment opportunities for the economy of Egypt. Dr. El Behery capitalized on this rich experience by working closely with different donors and development agencies in Egypt and overseas on many issues such as SMEs and economic development, sector analysis, regional economic integration and others.Dr. Nihal El Behery worked as Senior Education Advisor with the American University in Kuwait (AUK) as well as its lecturer of the prestigious Cambridge International Business Diploma by the renowned University of Cambridge. Dr. El Behery is currently a lecturer with the London School of Economics international programs at the AAST. In addition, Dr. El-Behery has a rich experience in delivering corporate training and conducting training needs assessment for top companies in Egypt and the region. She has been a writer and editor in many business publications such as OPEC publications, EU publications, Middle East Times, Cairo Times, Gulf News, German Arab Chamber of Commerce, and El-Wekalah Business Monthly and many others.
In addition to her current role as an international business consultant with major international and national institutions, Dr. Nihal El Behery is the Partner in charge of International Cooperation, Training and SMEs Support at Developers for Training and Consultancy where she served major corporations in the different sectors including HSBC, CIB, Barclays, EFG-Hermes, OTIS, Macdonald’s, National Bank of Egypt, Banque Misr, Pfizer, British Gas, GlaxoSmithKline, Gulf Investment Corporation, Abraj Capital, Qatari Ministry of Finance and Economy, Social Fund for Development, USAID and many others in Egypt and the region.
Dr. Nihal El Behery graduated with honours from the American University in Cairo, had her Master’s degree from the reputable London School of Economics, UK and her Doctorate in Business Administration from L’Ecole Supérieure Libre des Sciences Commerciales Appliquées. Dr. El Behery is an Accredited SME Consultant from the Association of Accredited Small Business Consultants, USA. In addition, she attended and organized international training programs in business, management, entrepreneurship, private sector development, and economic development in several countries including Egypt, UK, Germany, Denmark, Jordan and Kuwait.
Mr. Ahmed Ragab
Mr. Ragab is a highly experienced professional with strong audit, risk management and IFRS for more than 18 years. Mr. Ragab is accredited in IFRS from the Institute of Association of Certified Chartered Accountant in England (ACCA). He is a member of the Egyptian Society for Accountants and Auditors (ESAA) and is a Chartered Accountant from Canada. He has completed many international certificates which include the Certified Public Accountant (CPA) from the USA and the MBA–Edinburgh Business School from the UK. Mr. Ragab has managed to successfully apply his rich theoretical background through his long years of professional experience. Mr. Ragab has been working as the Head of Management Assurance and Special Assignment in Electrolux- Egypt operations since December 2012. He is handling the risk assessment process and the alignment of Olympic Group with Electrolux structure. He is also responsible for the implementation of the audit plan approved by the Audit Committee.Between 2010 and 2012, he has been acting as a shadow partner with EY- Cairo and managing a portfolio of 50 clients in different industries including Banking, Oil and Gas and Real Estate sectors. Before 2010, Mr. Ragab has been nominated by EY-Toronto to work on a project where he was responsible for bridging the gap between IFRS and Canadian GAAP and authored CICA publication to all academic staff in Canada. He was the Senior Manager in Financial Services Industry (FSI) group in EY Toronto office between 2005 and 2010.
Between 2004 and 2005, Mr. Ragab has been a member of the Financial Services Institutions Group in Abu Dhabi Audit Authority; among his responsibilities was the analysis of financial and operational risks in Abu Dhabi Oil Company for Distribution. Audit Planning was one of his tasks in the National Bank of Abu Dhabi (NBAD) and United National Bank. Mr. Ragab’s responsibilities and tasks included bank regulatory compliance review.
Between 1998 and 2004 he worked with EY-Egypt office as a supervisor. Mr. Ragab is an experienced trainer conducting training workshops in CPA, IFRS and IFRS ACCA Diploma, internal audit, and risk management since 2010 to a diversified portfolio of clients.
Mr. Mohamed Eweiss
Mr. Eweiss is a member of: the AICPA, the Institute of Business Appraisers, and a Fellow member of the Egyptian Society of Accountants and Auditors (ESAA). Mr. Eweiss graduated from Cairo University in 1982 with a major in Accountancy and qualified as a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) in 1990 from Colorado, USA. In 1994, as part of his growing interest in the area of Business Valuations; Mr. Eweiss became a member of the Institute of Business Appraisers in Florida, USA.Between 1982-1990, he joined International Accounting firms such as Price Waterhouse (before the merge with Coopers) and Ernst and Young, where he practiced public accountancy in Egypt and the ME region. In 1990, he started his first privatization and lecturing experiences in Egypt. In 1995 joined Arthur Andersen Egypt and specialized in the area of Privatization/Corporate Finance and became an Advisor to the Government of Egypt (GOE), Ministry of Electricity in Yemen, and the Palestinian Authority on various privatization transactions in diversified sectors. Mr. Mohamed Eweiss led the valuation and privatization of Alex Bank and carried out the valuation of more than 43 companies. In addition, Mr. Eweiss led the investment department of the Egyptian Post Authority and carried out many assignments in Egypt and the region. Mr. Eweiss is a recognized speaker in the international valuation conferences.
Between 1990 and 2002, he joined the AUC, as a part time coordinator/instructor on the CPA course and on other courses in the fields of Finance, Accounting, Investments, and Auditing. From September 2004, to April 2011, he joined the GOE as an Advisor to the Minister of Investment on Asset Management activities (2004- 2007) and as an Economic Advisor to the Telecom Regulator (NTRA)’s Executive President (2007-2009), and during 2009, he joined the International Telecom Union (ITU) as a part time expert. Between January 2007 and April 2011, he was appointed as a board member for Egypt Post with a particular focus on the investment Portfolio.
Between 1996 and 2004, Mr. Eweiss wrote many articles on privatization in the Egyptian press. Since 2014, Mr. Eweiss is a Financial Consultant and Trainer working with Developers for Training and Consultancy where; he delivers comprehensive training programs in Business Valuation, Financial Modeling, Financial Analysis and Budgeting for major corporations and Banks in Egypt and the region.
Dr. Mohammed Al-Kalyoubi
Dr. Mohammed Al-Kalyoubi has over 24 years of experience including 7 years in GCC countries (KSA) and expertise in consultancy, project management, technical research, financial systems deployment as well as integration of all business/industry processes, costing and industrial process elements tracking, developing IT solutions, contract negotiations, user change management. Dr. Al-Kalyoubi has outstanding experience within diversified working environments like Operation and maintenance, retail, manufacturing, services.Dr. Al-Kalyoubi holds Doctorate of Philosophy, Public Administration from Faculty of economics, and political sciences, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt. He also, holds PhD., in Administration from Ashbourne University, London, United Kingdom with Minor in Finance & Economics. Dr. Al-Kalyoubi grants his Master’s degree in Administration from Arab Academy for Sciences, Technology, and Maritime transportation, Cairo, Egypt, Dissertation on Marketing of Services. Additionally, Dr. Al-Kalyoubi holds a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting from Faculty of Commerce, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.
Dr. Al-Kalyoubi has lead the implementation and development of ERP systems in major projects. Dr. Al-Kalyoubi has developed financial and logistics system of Modern Home for Importing and Trading. He was assigned to unify all finance, logistics, and production activities to be performed using the ERP, as well as standardize the Stock management, sales and manufacturing operation with Al Arafa for Investment & Consultation (Arafa Holding).
Dr. Al-Kalyoubi was a member in member in the restructuring steering committee of Daewoo Motors Egypt. He has Designed and deploy the new consolidation Chart Of Accounts, designed activities standard for all imported and local stock management, commercial and manufacturing operations to be performed using the ERP system. Dr. Al-Kalyoubi has managed the project of Awareness of Basel II accord in Egypt and Arab Academy for Banking Sciences in Amman, Jordan, as well as design and propose the surveillance policy for the Central Bank of Qatar.
Eng. Hazem Soliman
Eng. Hazem is a Certified Project Management Professional (PMP), with a service record of around 20 years providing project management consultancy services and managing telecom projects to various international companies (including six years with Bechtel and three years with Lucent Technologies).For ten year, Eng. Hazem worked for the leading international cell phone operator Vodafone where he was engaged in a diversity of civil, power and telecom projects. He is thoroughly experienced in adopting complete project management solutions for medium and large companies including project management and control systems and software, risk analysis and management (contingency planning), design, supervision, training and business development.
Eng. Soliman is a Certified Instructor/Consultant for Project Management Professional, MS Project software and a Certified Instructor at the American University in Cairo (AUC) and Amideast.
Eng. Soliman has a degree in Construction Engineering from the American University in Cairo, with minor degree in computer science, and acquired his Diploma in PM from Stevens University, USA.
Dr. Ayman Michel
Dr. Ayman’s rich experience includes training and consultancy in Management, Marketing, Sales, Customer Service Excellence, Management and Business Simulation, Interpersonal and Management Development and Soft Skills. He delivered training and consultancy to the most demanding companies in Egypt including Savola Group (United Sugar Company, ELMALEKA and Afia International Company), Carrefour, MASS Food, Coca-Cola (USA), Oil and Gas Skills Training Centre, Novartis Consumer Health (Switzerland), Lafarge Cement (France), Oriental Weavers (Egypt), British Gas (Egypt), Ghabbour Manufacturing Commercial Vehicles- MCV, Golden Tex Textiles, CID Pharmaceuticals, Central Bank of Egypt, Egyptian Pharmacists Syndicate, Gargour, APIC, Bio Tech, MUP, Holding Pharma. Co. and Amoun ph.co. , ESalam International Hospital, KEY, RTC Pharmaceutical Universities (Egypt), Americana Group Consumer Food Division, VALEO (France), BASF (Germany), TMG and CARTAGE Real Estate Co. (Alexandria-Egypt) and Bavaria Egypt Co. to name a few.
Dr. Ayman’s philosophy in training is to provide the most recent models and knowledge about the training subject, to present them in ways compatible with the learning styles of the audience, to actively engage participants in their training to passionately ensure excellence. Dr. Ayman’s rich practical knowledge and unique style together with his interpersonal skills enables participants to enjoy themselves whilst learning and developing their mindsets which maximizes benefits for both employer and employee.Dr. Ayman is a lecturer in Sales, Marketing and Strategic Management with Misr International University (MIU), Faculty of Pharmacy, and AmCham. Dr. Ayman is the Principal Consultant & Trainer- Sales, Marketing and Soft Skills at Developers for Training and Consultancy.