Speaker

Mohamed El Biesi, PhD is an economist, investment and entrepreneurship expert at the Egyptian Investment Authority (GAFI). He is the lead Advisor at the Entrepreneurship Center of Arab Academy for Science and Technology (AAST EC). Also; Dr. El Biesi is an assistant professor of entrepreneurship at faculty of computer science at the Arab Academy for Science and Technology (AAST). He was the head of strategies at the innovators support Fund, at the ministry of higher education and scientific research from August 2024 to May 2025. Dr. El Biesi headed the Bedaya Centre for Entrepreneurship and SMEs Development at GAFI from 2015 to 2017, also he was a member of the National Permanent Committee for Evaluation of Innovative Ideas and the Specialized National Scientific Council for Economics and Management at the Egyptian Academy of Scientific Research (ASRT) till Sep. 2021, Since December 2022 he is a member of the national council for population, headed by the Egyptian minister of health and population. He obtained his PhD degree in Banking and finance from school of economics, university of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Italy and received the master’s degree in international business and public policy from Catania university, Italy. Furthermore, he was a visiting scholar at Concordia University (Montréal - Canada). Also, he joined the Euro-Mediterranean School and obtained “Entrepreneurship Diploma” from Venice International University / Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore Di Milano- ALTIS, Italy in 2007. He participated at various initiatives and projects related to investment, entrepreneurship, innovation, and SMEs. Dr. El Biesi lectured at various Egyptian and Saudi universities as well