Mr. Hossam Heiba is an experienced investment banker and direct investment professional with more than 38 years of experience of which 29 years heading Prestigious Government Agency (GAFI) and has gained strategic management experience in setting up, managing, negotiating and enhancing direct investments in more than 15 different sectors and industries with international practice standards that involved undertaking different tasks that varied between managing investment companies and assuming operating roles, restructuring activities and companies, developing and executing workable business plans, initiating and developing start up projects and companies in the various sectors and countries.
Mr. Heiba assumed several roles in various high profile Government Agencies, companies and institutions such as the Investment Authority of EGYPT as President of GAFI, Banking in Misr Iran Investment Bank, Management consultation in Coopers & Lybrand Management Consulting (currently PwC), Government Agencies in the Public Enterprise Office (PEO) - The Privatization Agency of Egypt, Direct investments & Asset Management in Al Ahly for Development & Investment (ADI), Venture Capital as CEO of Investia Venture Capital, Private Equity as Vice President of Egypt Kuwait Holding Co. (Al Kharafi Group) for Energy, Family Office as CIO in Energya Holding (DIFC), Advisory services as Managing Partner of Orbis Capital and Investment, Private Equity as Senior Partner in Beltone Private Equity as well as the Chief Investment Officer of ADI and the Fund Manager of both Bedaya SME Fund & Papyrus Tourism Fund, Non-banking Financial services as the CEO of Basata for SME & Microfinance.
During his years of experience, Mr. Heiba has formulated investment strategies and policies of Egypt for 3 years, participated in restructuring investment, industrial, touristic, as well as entrepreneurship ecosystem strategies and policies. Also, restructured, solicited & raised finances, conducted equity and debt underwriting through introducing new strategic investors or IPO’s as well as provided investment consulting and advisory services, structuring and concluding corporate finance deals through dealing with various financial institutions such as international banks, multilateral institutions, as well as the World Bank; in addition to multinational and regional firms serving in more than 20 various sectors. In addition to managing companies’ operations in ICT, F&B, NBFS, Power Generation, Direct Investment & VC Companies.
Mr. Heiba has been represented as a director/Chairman in several boards of authorities such as GAFI, IDA, TDA, and companies such as Cairo International Airport Company, The Egyptian Pharmaceutical Trading Co., Post for Investment (PFI) as Vice Chairman & Head of Investment Committee, Holdi Pharma as member in board investment committee, Chairman of El Nasr for Chemical Pharmaceutical Industries, Egyptian Pharma Distribution & Trading Co., EMRC, in addition to previous representations in more than 36 companies operating in Natural Gas Distribution, Venture Capital, Packaging, Tourism, FMCG, Power Generation, District Cooling, Asset Management, F&B, Retail, Engineering Ind., Insurance, Food Ind.
Hossam has represented Egypt in official international events as well as attended several conferences, seminars and roundtables as guest speaker all over the world as well as being an anchor host in several media channels.
Mr. Heiba is an instructor at AUC – Quest Consulting – EPEA – ECMA – RITI.