Record
An engineer who went to learn money, now on the lender's side of EBRD and IFC credit lines in Cairo.
Credentials, and where I use them
| Credential | At work | On this site |
|---|---|---|
| IFC EDGE Expert, ID EE-EGY-260126-3342 (2026) | Initiated a bank's EDGE programme; five branches certified EDGE Advanced. | Project test and the EDGE loans guide: thresholds, certificate stages, tranche timing. |
| MSc Business Analytics, grade A, Universiti Sains Malaysia | Dissertation: a machine learning approach to Paris alignment and climate risk in infrastructure portfolios. | Institution test: the Paris alignment question; the scoring method behind every test. |
| Google Advanced Data Analytics | Built a DFI facilities dashboard and a relationship-manager eligibility screener; automated a fund's research pipeline, about 40 per cent faster reporting. | The test engine: weighted areas, conditional questions, a reproducible note from the link alone. |
| Certified Scrum Product Owner; ICAgile Agile Product Ownership; Google Project Management | Product owner of an ESMS build squad across six sprints, to board approval of the policy. | How engagements run: a backlog from your Proof Note, two-week sprints, a demo at each sprint end. |
| EBRD Environmental and Social Risk Management for Financial Intermediaries | Ran an ESMS build under EBRD technical cooperation, with IFC review; cleared the E&S conditions precedent on an IFC facility and trained 150+ staff. | The ESMS guide and the institution test: the five gates. Company test: permits and E&S management. |
| Certified GHG and Carbon Footprint Consultant (ISO 14064, ISO 20700) | Led the team that mapped a bank's CBAM-exposed book; led its PCAF membership and the data behind two years of financed emissions disclosure. | CBAM and PCAF guides; engagements scoped to ISO 20700, the guideline for management consultancy services. |
| ISSB IFRS S1 and S2 (UN SSE) | Prepared TCFD reports filed with the Financial Regulatory Authority. | Institution test and the IFRS S1 and S2 guide. |
| VSME and CSRD, Sustainability Reporting Institute | Reading the sustainability data EU buyers now ask of their suppliers. | Company test: the VSME question for exporters to EU buyers. |
| Renewable Energy Specialization, University of Colorado | Designed solar, EV and micromobility retail loans. | The solar bankability guide and project test: yield cases, equipment, grid approval. |
| Advanced Valuation and Strategy, with honours, Erasmus | Screened 50+ protocols and 30 projects behind five investment decisions at Three Arrows Capital. | Project test: payback, owner's contribution, the cash flow a lender reads first. |
Path
- Now: sustainable finance at a commercial bank in CairoBuilt the operating backbone of the bank's sustainable finance function: DFI facilities, E&S risk system, regulatory reporting and climate data. Bank-side lead on the EBRD GEFF II and IFC MSME facilities. Ran the ESMS build under EBRD technical cooperation, with IFC review and board approval of the policy, as product owner of the build squad across six sprints. Led the bank's PCAF membership. Initiated the EDGE programme; five branches certified EDGE Advanced. Built the DFI facilities dashboard and a relationship-manager eligibility screener.
- 2022 to 2024: MSc Business Analytics, Universiti Sains Malaysia, grade ADissertation: Automating Paris-Alignment: A Machine Learning Approach to Climate Risk Quantification and Green Finance Attribution in Infrastructure Portfolios.
- Oct 2020 to Jun 2022: Blockchain Research Analyst, Three Arrows CapitalRemote, Singapore-based fund. Screened 50+ protocols and 30 projects behind five investment decisions; automated the research pipeline, cutting reporting time by about 40 per cent; built an ML model flagging market inefficiencies.
- A home automation productBuilt and deployed an IoT platform across about 500 residential units, then sold the customised build and its licence to a developer.
- Telecom Egypt: network operations centreSustained 99.5 per cent uptime through 100+ daily checks; analysed 5,000+ logged faults and cut repeat incidents by about 30 per cent.
- 2013 to 2018: BSc Electronics and Communications Engineering, Misr International University