Blended Finance Conference - Cairo, May 9, 2023 / Speakers

MRS.HANAA EL HILALY

MRS.HANAA EL HILALY

MRS.HANAA EL HILALY

Currently:
Ms. El Hilaly is currently Executive Director/ Al Kheir Microfinance.
Non- Executive Chairman of Aspire Capital Holding Company.
Treasurer and member of the board of trustees of El Nidaa Foundation.  
Member and one of the Founders of the Global Forum for Advisory Bodies for SDGs initiative of the German Council for Sustainable Development and UN DESA.

Member of the Advisory Board of "The Global Council for Women in the Banking Sector ,FinTech and Financial Services"- Lafferty Group.

Member of the board of Trustees of:
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•    “Egyptian SMES Association”
•    "El Nidaa Foundation"
•    “Arab Foundation for Young Scientists.”

SMEs advisor to the Arab Business Women Council
Ms. El Hilaly is an advocate for SMEs development and Women Empowerment on all fronts.
Member of the SDGs club- Berlin an affiliate of the German Council for Sustainable Development.

Former:
Ms. Hanaa El Hilaly is the Former Acting Managing Director, and Director General of International
Cooperation and Planning of the Social Fund for Development – Cabinet Of Ministers – Egypt (Currently
the MSMEDA)(for over 13 years) mandated as an autonomous organization for Job Creation and Poverty
Alleviation and Economic and Social Development on all fronts, and is a counterpart with International
Donors for Resource Mobilization to finance development aspects.
Prior to SFD Ms. El Hilaly enjoyed experience for over 25 years in International, Regional and Local Banks
in Areas of Marketing, Trade Finance, Wealth Management, Operations, Internal Control, Human
Resources and Corporate Communications.
Member of the High Level "Independent Team of Advisers" on the Sustainable Development Dialogue
with the United Nations – Economic and Social Council- UN ECOSOC – New York

Member:
•    The Egyptian Council for Foreign Affairs
•    Core groups of the American Chamber of Commerce in Egypt:
"Women in Business Committee",
"Entrepreneurship and Innovation Committee".
•    Chairperson of the International Cooperation committee and the Small and Micro Enterprises-SMEs
Committee of the Canadian Egyptian Business Council CEBC.
•    Ms. El Hilaly is a long standing member of The American, Canadian and European Business Councils and
Chambers of Commerce in Egypt.

Awards:
Ms.El Hilaly was awarded in March 2016 by His Excellency the Canadian Ambassador to Egypt for her
achievements in Development, partnering with the Canadian International Development Agency "CIDA"
for fostering SMES Development, SMES Strategy, and Business Development Systems "BDS" for SMES,
Entrepreneurship Development and Economic Empowerment of Women.
Ms. El Hilaly won an International Award on Middle East Level at a competition organized by
International Arbitrators- Consultative Center for Arbitrators "CCA" by winning Jury and Public Votes in
June 2016 for her Achievements in Development and Humanitarian Giving.
Ms.El HILALY was voted as one of the Top 50 business women in EGYPT
Education:
Ms. El Hilaly holds a Bachelors Degree in Business Administration from Cairo University
, and a Masters
Degree in Public Administration from the American University in Cairo.
Ms. El Hilaly is a speaker and moderator at International, Regional and Local Conferences on SMEs,
Poverty Reduction, Economic and Social Development, Women Empowerment and Sustainable
Development topics.