2013-07-08

by Scott Creighton

UPDATE: The L.A. Times says he’s “less divisive” than the other pick. That’s funny. The London/Wall Street banker oligarch who neoliberalized Egypt in the first place setting in motion the revolution in early 2011 is a “less divisive” pick. That’s funny.

UPDATE: Oh yeah, I just noticed this… he’s on the board of the National Bank of Egypt alright, the UK subsidiary that is. Right. The LONDON version of the National Bank of Egypt.

UPDATE: Jesus. Seems like this guy is on the board of every financial institution in Egypt. I found him on some kind of Sharia Law acceptable leasing company (A.T. Lease) and an investment company called AMIC.  No wonder he wants to approve a brand new 4.8 billion dollar IMF loan. As soon as that loan goes through, it’s PAYDAY for the new prime minister of Egypt.

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This guy is pure a globalist neoliberal true believer. His history tracks back to Arnold and Porter, the firm that represented the Clintons.

He was THE technocrat for Egypt under Mubarak until the writing on the wall started looking bad for our dictatorship, so he stepped out and pretended to be a man of the people so he could eventually return without the Mubarak/D.C. taint.

Bahaa-Eldin is tied to D.C., Wall Street and London like few other Egyptians could be. HSBC, Goldman Sachs and even a globalist think tank or two. He’s got it all. No wonder he was pushing for the IMF loan deal while Morsi was saying “no”. This is the guy who created the “free trade” zones in Egypt which allowed for them to make people work for slave wages in deregulated factories for the benefit of multinational companies and their shareholders.

When the people started protesting back in Dec. of 2010 during the real uprising in Egypt, THIS is the guy they were angry about… and now here he is, coming back, being repackaged and sold to the people AS IF he’s one of them.

All the links, all the connections, all the bio pages of these institutions featuring his name are right here for you to see. Even his resume in which he practically brags about the desperation and destitution he inflicted on the people of Egypt on behalf of international bankers and his friends and mentors in D.C.

1. Pure Neoliberal

Bio – Dr. Ziad Ahmed Bahaa-Eldin (elected in 2008) is currently the Chairman of the Egyptian Financial Supervisory Authority (EFSA), a newly established public authority responsible for the supervision over all non-bank financial markets, institutions and products, including mortgage finance, insurance and capital markets.   He is a non-executive member of the Board of Directors of the Central Bank of Egypt, and the National Bank of Egypt, and the Chairman of the Upper Egypt Investment Company. He is the former Chairman of the Egyptian General Authority for Investment and Free Zones (2004-2007), a government organization responsible for the promotion of investment, and business climate policy advocacy.  From 2000 to 2004, he was a practicing lawyer in Egypt. From 1997 – 2000 Dr. Bahaa-Eldin was senior legal advisor to the Minister of Economy. Prior to this he was a private sector lawyer in Cairo and Washington DC. He is the founder and member of the Board of Directors of the Ahmed Bahaa-Eldin Cultural Foundation which promotes education, training, and creative thinking among Egyptian youth.  Dr. Bahaa-Eldin received his Ph.D. in Financial Law from the London School of Economics (1996), a Master in International Business Law (LLM) from King’s College London, a BA in Economics from the American University in Cairo (1987) and Bachelor of Law from Cairo University (1986).  Dr. Bahaa-Eldin has been a Lecturer at the Law Faculty of Cairo University (1998-2004). He lives with his wife and two sons in Cairo.

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2. HSBC

Ziad Bahaa Eldin

Director – HSBC Bank Egypt

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3. Atlantic Council

Atlantic Council – “The Atlantic Council is a think tank and public policy group whose mission is to “promote constructive U.S. leadership and engagement in international affairs based on the central role of the Atlantic community in meeting the international challenges of the 21st century”. It is headquartered in Washington, D.C.“

“He has worked for a string of law firms, including in Washington, before becoming an adviser to the Egyptian economics ministry in 1997.”

Ziad Bahaa-Eldin

Ziad Bahaa-Eldin is an Egyptian Attorney-at-Law specialized in financial law, governance, and economic legislation. He is the former Chairman of the Investment Authority, and the Egyptian Financial Supervisory Authority. In 2011 he joined the Egyptian Social Democratic Party as a founding member, and won a seat in the 2012 parliamentary elections representing South Assiut in  Upper Egypt. In 2012 he was elected Deputy-Leader of the Party. He is the Director of the Egyptian Initiative for the Prevention of Corruption, a civil society group advocating legal change to prevent corruption and increase transparency in the public domain.

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4. Goldman Sachs

Ziad Ahmed Bahaa-Eldin

Former International Advisor, The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

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Total Calculated Compensation

This person is connected to 9 board members in 1 different organizations across 2 different industries.See Board Relationships





Background*

Dr. Ziad Ahmed Bahaa-Eldin served as International Advisor at Goldman Sachs Group Inc. Dr. Bahaa-Eldin serves as a Director of National Bank of Egypt (UK) Limited.

Board Member

DIRECTOR at Central Bank of Egypt

DIRECTOR OF THE BOARD at Upper Egypt Investment Co

CHAIRMAN at Upper Egypt Investment Co

DIRECTOR at National Bank of Egypt

Business Connection

TRUSTEE at American University in Cairo

LEGAL ADVISOR at Central Bank of Egypt

ADVISOR at Goldman Sachs Group Inc

Affiliated with National Bank of Egypt

Non-Corporate Leadership

CHAIRMAN at American University in Cairo

Past Affiliations

Board Member

DIRECTOR at National Bankshares Inc

Executive

CHAIRMAN at Central Bank of Egypt

CHAIRMAN at Zones Inc

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Wanna see his resume?

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ZIAD AHMED BAHAA-ELDIN

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———————-, Giza, Egypt

Cell: ——————

Tel: —————-

Email: ———————-

Specialization

Area(s)

Legal advisory, regulatory policy, legal reform, investment policy

reform, financial markets regulation, commercial and financial law

Current Positions

and Affiliations

• Attorney-at-Law, Egypt.

• Chairman (non-executive), Board of Trustees, Egyptian General

Authority of Investment and Free Zones.

• Chairman (non-executive), Upper Egypt Investment Company.

• Member of the Board of Directors, Central Bank of Egypt.

• Member of the Board of Directors, National Bank of Egypt.

• Member of the Board of Directors, Egyptian Competition Authority.

• Member of the Board of Directors, Industrial Development

Authority.

• Member of the Board of Directors, Holding Company for Tourism

and Hotels.

• Member of the International Advisory Committee, Cairo and

Alexandria Stock Exchanges.

• Member of the Board of Trustees, Egyptian Institute of Directors.

• Member of the Board of Trustees, Egyptian National Law

Commission.

• Member of the Board of Trustees, Sadat Academy for Administrative

Sciences.

• Member, National Anti-Corruption Commission.

• Member of the Steering Committee, World Association for

Investment Promotion Agencies (WAIPA, Geneva).

Languages

Arabic (Native); English (Excellent); French (Excellent)

Nationality

Egyptian

Date of Birth

August, 30th, 1964

Family Status

Married, with two children

EDUCATION

1992 – 1996

Ph.D. in Banking Law, London School of Economics, University of

London

1988 – 1989

Master in International Business Law (LLM), King’s College,

University of London

1983 – 1987

Bachelor of Economics (BA) with Honors, Faculty of Economics,

American University in Cairo

1982 – 1986

Bachelor of Law (License), Faculty of Law, Cairo University

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ZIAD AHMED BAHAA-ELDIN

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

09.2004 – 09.2007

Chairman (Executive) of the Board of Directors, Egyptian General

Authority for Investment and Free Zones, Cairo, Egypt.

The General Authority of Investment and Free Zones is the government

organization responsible for the promotion of investment, free zones

management, company registration, and business climate policy

advocacy. Duties included daily management of this 2400 employee

authority, setting policies and strategic direction, coordination of

government policies in investment climate improvement and advocacy,

proposing legal and regulatory reforms, and promotion of investment

both locally and internationally.

During the three year term, the following was achieved:

• Restructuring the whole organization, launching its new vision and

mission to reflect its transformation from investment regulator to

investment promoter.

• Introduction of new legislation phasing out temporary tax holidays

and introducing new non-fiscal incentives.

• Streamlining procedures, opening four One-Stop-Shops in Cairo,

Alexandria, Ismailia and Assiut to facilitate business start-up.

• Issuing the full Investor Guide to all steps, cost, procedures and time

required to undertake business start-up procedures.

• Issuing new Free Zone regulations to streamline procedures.

• Undertake the first international communication campaign with a

world leader in the field (Fleishmann Hillard).

• Restructuring the Promotion Department and training of personnel

with technical advice from the World Bank’s Multilateral Investment

Guarantee Agency (MIGA).

• Egypt elected as member of the Steering Committee of the World

Association for Investment Promotion Agency (WAIPA) and hosting

its annual regional conference in Sharm El-Sheikh (2006).

• Policy advocacy and new regulations introduced in areas of financial

leasing, financial factoring, clean development mechanisms (Carbon

Reduction), logistics facilitation, leading to the establishment of pilot

companies in all these fields.

• New regulations issued to allow the establishment of a new

generation of “Investment Zones” to allow cluster formation

benefiting from one-stop-shop facilities and compatible with WTO

guidelines.

• Establishment of an “outreach” arm in the Investment Authority to

promote investment in rural and remote governorates, and

promoting the establishment of the “Upper Egypt Investment

Company” an incubator for investment in southern governorates,

established in 2007.

• Initiating a national effort to review and develop local capacity with

assistance from UNCTAD to negotiate Bilateral Investment Treaties.

• Establishing FDI tracking capability.

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ZIAD AHMED BAHAA-ELDIN

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• Egypt attracted foreign direct investment in three years exceeding

US$ 20 billion.

• Egypt joined the OECD Investment Declaration in 2007.

• Egypt ranked Top Reformer in the World Bank’s Doing Business

Report 2008.

• Egypt ranked top African country in FDI attraction in UNCTAD

World Investment Report 2007.

05.2006 – 09.2007

Chairman (Executive) of the Board of Directors, General Authority for

the Development of the North West Gulf of Suez Special Economic

Zone (SEZone), Cairo and Suez, Egypt.

The SEZone is the government authority responsible for the

development of a special economic zone in he north west gulf of Suez.

During the one and a half year tenure, the following was achieved:

• Negotiation with various parties to obtain ownership of twenty

square kilometers to form the SEZone.

• Establishment of the SEZone Development Company.

• Contracting with Bearing Point consultants to provide the master

plan for the Zone and legal framework.

• Brokering a framework agreement between eight development

companies in the region to coordinate master development,

environmental and industrial standards.

05.2001 – 09.2004

Founder and Managing Partner, Bahaa-Eldin Law Office and Arab

Legal Consultants, Cairo, Egypt.

Medium-sized law office and legal advisory practice specializing in

corporate law advice, with clients including Egypt’s top investment

banks, commercial banks, industrial companies, multinationals,

financial leasing companies, and various private clients.

In addition to corporate and financial law services, the practice

undertook a number of key local and regional advisory projects,

including:

• Drafting a Capital Market Law for the Syrian Government

commissioned by the Arab Monetary Fund (2001).

• The review of the legal and regulatory framework for the Abu-Dhabi

Stock Exchange (2002).

• Participation in a mission to review the business law environment in

Yemen, commissioned by GTZ (2003).

• Drafting Egypt’s Code of Corporate Governance commissioned by

CIPE.

• Providing advisory services to the World Bank on the Cairo New

Airport Terminal (2004).

• Advising the Egyptian Government on key legislations including:

Money Laundering Prevention Law, Competition Law, Capital

Market Law, Banking Law, Insurance Supervision Law,and

Intellectual Property Protection Law.

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ZIAD AHMED BAHAA-ELDIN

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09.2000 – 04.2001

Managing Director, Arab Company for Arts and Publishing, Egypt.

Starting-up the largest Arab company in the field of intellectual

property content ownership and provision in publishing, music, films

and other content.

09.1997 – 09.2000

Senior Legal Advisor to the Minister of Economy, Cairo, Egypt.

During the three year tenure, the following was undertaken:

• Establishing a technical legal office for the Minister of Economy.

• Drafting, and negotiating through Parliament Egypt’s first Securities

Depository Law (with assistance of US law firm Milbank and

Tweed).

• Drafting a proposed Capital Market Law (with assistance of US law

firm Sullivan and Cromwell).

• Drafting and negotiating through Parliament Egypt’s first Mortgage

Finance Law (with assistance from the World Bank).

• Introducing numerous changes in regulations of the Capital Market

Law, including rules concerning brokerage and asset management

activities, securitization, disclosure, and governance.

• Introducing amendments to Egypt’s Company Law allowing

streamlining of establishment procedures.

09.1996 – 09.1997

Attorney-at-Law, Zaki Hashem Law Office, Cairo, Egypt.

Responsibilities included providing legal advice and services to key

corporate clients in telecommunications, finance, banking,

construction, and industry.

Summer 1993

Summer Intern, International Finance Corporation (IFC),

Washington D.C. USA.

Internship in the Central Capital Markets Department, outcome was

writing of paper on the Regulation of Futures and Options Markets in

Emerging Economies.

01.1991 – 06.1992

Attorney-at-Law, Export Development Bank of Egypt, Cairo, Egypt.

Responsibilities included commercial transactions for the bank’s

corporate clients in areas of project finance, tourism, construction, as

well as commercial disputes and international arbitration.

01.1990 – 10.1990

Attorney (Foreign Attorney Program), Arnold and Porter Law Firm,

Washington D.C. USA.

Responsibilities included working with commercial transactions

involving Middle Eastern companies and clients, banking transactions,

trade law advice and commercial disputes.

09.1986 – 09.1988

Attorney-at-Law, Shalakany Law Office, Cairo, Egypt.

Responsibilities included drafting commercial contracts and legal

opinions in general commercial law and commercial litigation.

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ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

1998 – 2004

Lecturer, Law Faculty, Cairo University

Course taught & developed: Principles of Economic Law, including

banking regulation, capital market law, investment law, competition

and consumer protection regulations and corporate governance.

2003 – 2004

Lecturer, Arab Academy for Science and Technology

Course taught & developed: Introduction to Business Law, including

contract law, company law and financial market regulation.

2000 – 2006

Trainer, Egyptian Investment Management Association

Developed and taught module in qualifying certificate for investment

management on capital market and company law for mid-level

professionals.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

Since 1986

• Egyptian Syndicate of Lawyers.

PUBLICATIONS AND CONFERENCE PAPERS

May be supplied upon request.

OTHER AFFILIATIONS

Since 1987

Founder, Member of the Board of Directors, and Treasurer, Ahmed

Bahaa-Eldin Cultural Foundation

Not-for-profit foundation established in accordance with Egyptian Law

to promote education, training, and creative thinking among Egyptian

youth. Since 1995 has an annual competition for young writers, and

since 2002 active in the governorate of Assiut in Upper Egypt

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