| Working experience and occupation |
Hossam is a Partner at Actis Stark (Mauritius) Limited ("Actis").
Hossam has 18 years of experience in private equity. He joined Actis in 2006 and is based in Actis Cairo office, He is responsible for origination, execution and managing investments in North Africa and the Financial Services sector across Actis markets. During this period Hossam has played leading roles in some of Actis significant transactions including the Commercial International Bank (CIB); a leading bank in Egypt and one of the largest companies listed on the Egyptian Stock Exchange, Emerging Markets Payments Holdings (EMPH); a leading payments company in Africa and the Middle East offering accounts processing, merchant acquiring and ATM switching across the region, and Integrated Diagnostic Holdings Plc (IDH); a London Stock Exchange listed company being the largest fully integrated private-sector provider of medical diagnostics in Egypt, Jordan and Sudan.
Prior to Actis, Hossam worked at CIIC and EFG-Hermes Private Equity; the leading regional private equity investors.
Hossam has held a number of Non-Executive Director roles on various Board of Directors and Boards Committees including the Board of Directors of Emerging Markets Payments Holdings (EMPH) Mauritius, a leading payments company in Africa and the Middle East; where he also served on the Remuneration and Risk and Audit Committees. He also served as a Director on the Boards of EMPHs subsidiaries in Egypt and Jordan. Hossam is also an Observer of the Board of Directors of Integrated Diagnostics Holdings (IDH), which is listed on the London Stock Exchange. Hossam sits on the Board of Trustees of the CIB Foundation, a leading Egyptian nonprofit organization dedicated to enhance existing health services for underprivileged children in Egypt and is the Treasurer and sits on the Board of Directors of the British International School Society (BISC) in Cairo. |