Joined the Board in July 2020 as an elected representative for two consecutive two-year terms and as an appointed member for the term 2024-25. She is a CAC alumna (Class of 2000) and an active member of the CAC community. Ms. Soliman and her husband, Moustafa, have two children attending CAC: Hoda in grade 11 and Amin in grade 7. Ms. Soliman graduated with a B.A in Economics & a minor in Business Administration from AUC. She has been in the banking sector since graduation. Currently, she is the Head of Business Services - Global Banking & Markets at HSBC Egypt.​

Greg joined the board in July 2024 as the Apache representative.  He serves as acting vice president, Egypt Assets, country manager, and general manager  for Apache’s Khalda Petroleum Company joint venture. Before taking on his roles in Egypt, he served  as vice president of onshore production operations in the U.S. where he oversaw Apache’s production operations in the Permian Basin. Since joining Apache in 2001, he has held operational  and management roles with increasing responsibilities in the Permian Basin, Canada, as well as  Egypt. Mr. McDaniel began his career as an engineer at...

Dustin joined the Board of Trustees in June 2023 as the US Naval Medical Research Unit-3 (NAMRU-3) representative. Dr. Harrison is a US Navy Microbiologist and currently is the Director US NAMRU-3 Cairo, Detachment. Prior to his assignment, Dr. Harrison previously served as a Technical Collections and Requirements Officer, and Head of Laboratory Operations for the Department of Defense. Prior to that he was the Head of Operations, Molecular Diagnostics, and Immunodiagnostics for the Naval Medical Research Center, Biological Defense Research Directorate, and has served as a Department Head...

Esmat joined the Board in July 2024 as an elected member.  She is the mother of Eiman class of 2035 and Taha class of 2037.  Upon graduating from CAC, she completed her undergraduate studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS, University of London) majoring in Development Economics. For more than 14 years, she has been working and managing her family business “La Poire” together with her sister, with a special focus on development and innovation.  Esmat is an active volunteer member of the Friends of the Aswan Heart Centre dedicated to fundraising for the Magdi Yacoub...

Karim joined the Board of Trustees in January 2023 as the bp representative. Karim Alaa currently holds the position of Group Senior Vice President Joint Ventures and Special Projects at bp being accountable for overseeing bp’s 300+ global portfolio of joint ventures across 60 countries and special projects across regions.  Prior to that, Karim was bp’s Regional President for North Africa for 3 years. Karim joined bp in 2006 and has almost 20 years of oil and gas experience. He held various managerial and commercial roles in bp including Egypt Head of Country, North Africa Vice President...

Kareem  joined the Board in July 2024 as an elected representative.  He is the proud father of three CAC students Mariam, a recent graduate pursuing Architecture at the University of Virginia; Noor, currently in 12th grade; and Yousef in 7th grade.  They relocated as a family to Egypt in 2021 from Vienna, Virginia, where they resided for the past 20 years.  Kareem spent the past 25 years in consulting and investments. He currently leads investments in payment companies globally for the International Finance Corporation (IFC) which is a member of the World Bank Group. He spent the past 20...

Tarek  joined the Board of Trustees in July 2021 as an elected representative and as an appointed member for the term 2024-25.  He is a proud CAC alumnus, class of '98 and the father of Alia attending elementary school and Omar attending middle school. He holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from Pepperdine University and began his career at Wells Fargo in the USA before joining Ahli United Bank and then venturing on his own.  He founded Kuwait Car General Trading in Kuwait where, after acquiring two little-known technology platforms, he was able as a hands-on CEO to develop them...

Dalia is the Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director at Beltone Financial Holding (BTFH.CA) – a leading, full-fledged investment bank in the MENA Region. Khorshid boasts over 25 years of global experience in various leadership roles across the banking and financial sector, having advised on landmark transactions including private placements, investment strategies, and M&A deals in the region. H.E. Dalia Khorshid’s career spanned the private and public sectors. She founded and chaired MASAR Financial Advisory and Eagle Capital for Financial Investment where she advised on...

Joined the Board in July 2021 as an elected community representative for a two year term 2021-23 and as an appointed member for the term 2024-25.  Dr. Galegher and her husband Omar Naguib, a CAC alumnus have three sons, Zane, Ali, and Taymour.  Dr. Galegher holds a Ph.D. in Comparative and International Education, graduate degrees in Middle East Studies and Secondary Education, and a B.A. in International Affairs. Her research focuses on international schools, internationalization and localization of curricula and policy, and teacher preparation and education for diverse and marginalized...

Dr. Maha ElShinnawy is a long time CAC Board member and is the CAC Board Chair for the 2022-2023 academic year. She has 3 children who graduated from CAC. She is Professor of Leadership and Ethics at the American University in Cairo (AUC) and is the Founding Director of the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women’s Entrepreneurship and Leadership Program. Recently, she was named as one of the most powerful 100 Arab women globally, one of the top 10 most powerful Women, and one of the top 50 best performing women in Egypt. At AUC she served as Associate Dean for research and graduate studies and as the...