Sherif H. Kamel
Chair
Dean, School of Business, The American University in Cairo
Kamel is a professor of management at the Heikal Department of Management and the dean of the School of Business at The American University in Cairo. Previously, he served as the university vice president for information management. Before joining the university, he was the director of the Regional Information Technology Institute and managed the training department of the Cabinet of Egypt Information and Decision Support Center.
He is the vice chair of the Global Alliance in Management Education (CEMS). He serves on the board of directors of the Central Bank of Egypt, the Global Business Schools Network, Raya Holding for Financial Investments, and Education for Employment Egypt. He is a member of the Egypt-U.S. Business Council, the Egyptian Center for Economic Studies, and the SGH Warsaw School of Economics International Advisory Board. He is a founding member of the Internet Society of Egypt. He served as the 18th president of the board of governors of the American Chamber of Commerce in Egypt.
Furthermore, he co-chaired the board of stewards of the African Women Entrepreneurship Cooperative. He served on the international board of the Association of MBAs, the Business Graduate Association, and the boards of the Egyptian American Enterprise Fund and the Commercial International Bank.
His teaching and research interests include digital transformation, IT transfer to emerging economies, decision support systems, and entrepreneurship. He is the author of the NileView article series.
Kamel is an Eisenhower Fellow and a Center for Global Enterprise Fellow. He holds a PhD in information systems from the London School of Economics, an MBA, an MA in Islamic art and architecture, and a BA in business administration from The American University in Cairo.