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On June 24, 1997, Prime Minister Dr. Kamal Ganzouri appointed international banker Sherif W. Raafat Chairman of the Cairo & Alexandria Stock Exchange.
Pre 1961 (when it was nationalized) Chairmen of the Cairo Stock Exchange include:
Aldo Mortera (President twice, later honorary president)
Joseph Haim Perez 1929-25
Elie Naggar 1947-4?; 23 Ismail Pasha, Garden City, Egypt
Samuel Emile Levy 1948-58; 10 Avenue Baron Empain, Heliopolis, Egypt
Edouard H. Forti 1959; 7 al-Fadl Street, Cairo
WHO IS THE NEW PRESIDENT OF THE CAIRO & ALEXANDRIA STOCK EXCHANGE? 
Sherif Wahid Raafat, born Cairo 1946, married with two teenage children.
For family history click on:
The House of Chamsi Pasha
and
The Ephemeral Republic of Kom Ombo
CAREER
1992 - June 97
Director Concord International Partners and partner in Concord International Investments, NY, USA.
Marketing the services of Concord to investors in the UK, US and Egypt. In the past two years as part of the Concord team that has initiated the business development effort in Egypt, started the two Banque Misr mutual funds, the offshore Egypt Investment Company, a closed end company listed on the London Stock Exchange; the Egyptian Growth Investment Company, an open end fund listed in London and was advisor to Citibank NA in the issuance of the five year LE 200 million floating rate note listed on Cairo Stock Exchange.
1988-92
General Partner EQI Egypt & Managing Director of EQI Finance UK.
1987-88
Management Consulting firm in Egypt, London activities included private placement of shares, Egyptian debt swaps, privatization assignments and financial advisory work.
Executive Vice President of Moseley Securities New York and member of the executive committee.
Head of the International department in London overseeing the branch offices in London, Paris, Frankfurt and Geneva consisting of 120 brokers and bond traders.
1980-87
Executive Director of Kidder Peabody International limited and Branch Manager of the London Middle East Group
Responsible for Kidders' corporate finance, retail and institutional business in US equities, marketing government bonds and Eurobonds to institutional clients out of the London branch . The branch established a $2.5 billion sales effort in bonds and a $2.0 million per year annual business in equities as well as several private dollar placements for MA /AA and single A issuers.
Elected as shareholder in Kidder Peabody & Co. 1982.
1979
Vice President Wood Gundy, London, responsible for corporate finance business development in Europe and the Middle East
to 79
Assistant Vice President seconded by Kidder Peabody & Co. New York to Abu Dhabi Investment Authority to start up Abu Dhabi Investment Company (ADIC).
Deputy General Manager Abu Dhabi Investment Company
Responsible for the financial securities department, corporate finance and trading activities in fixed income and equities in the international stock markets. Launched the first FRCDs for Japanese banks and KD offerings in Kuwait and dollar bond placements for European issuers.
to 76 Associate Kidder Peabody & Co., New York
Trained for two years in the domestic US corporate finance department in equity offerings, bond offerings, private placements and Merger Acquisitions. In the international department assisted in the launching of the first bond offerings in the Bahraini Dinar market.
to 74
Management Consultant Peat Marwick and partners in Montreal Canada. General consulting assignments, feasibility studies and various assignments
EDUCATION
1973 MBA McGill University, Montreal, Canada. 1972 One semester at American School for International Management (Thunderbird Graduate School), Phoenix, Arizona. 1971 B.Sc. Chemical engineering 1970, Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University. 1964 GCE Victoria College Cairo.
OTHER
Former board member of Arab Bankers Association, London. Member of United Arab Emirates delegation in 1978 at IMF during Paris negotiations of Witteveen Facility.
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