Mr. Samer El Waziri currently serves as a Non-Executive Board Member in addition to serving as a Senior financial advisor of Raya Holding. El Waziri has 29 years of experience in financial management, including the interpretation of financial data relevant to manufacturing and marketing, evaluation and general coordination of corporate investment decisions and strategic planning. Previously, El Waziri served as Chief Executive Officer at Raya FMCG. Prior to that, he had served as Raya Holding’s Chief Financial Officer where he played a key role as part of the management team that achieved significant financial returns and built a company that is nowadays considered as one of the strongest IT and telecommunications companies in the region. Until December 2005, El Waziri held the position of Chief Financial Offcier and Board Member of GlaxoSmithKline.
El Waziri holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from Cairo University. Mr. El Waziri is also a graduate of the Advanced Management Program at the Harvard Business School.