Daniel Bischof is the Management Counselor at the U.S. Embassy in Cairo. With more than 20 years in the Foreign Service and the rank of Minister Counselor, Daniel recently served as Director for Eastern European Affairs at the Department of State, the office responsible for U.S. policy toward Ukraine, Belarus, and Moldova. He was Acting Deputy Chief of Mission and Counselor for Economic and Political Affairs at the U.S. Embassy in Singapore for three years. He served as Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Dili, Timor-Leste. Other foreign assignments include Manila, Philippines; Vientiane, Laos; and Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Daniel is fluent in Thai and has studied Korean and Lao. Prior to joining the Department of State, he practiced law in Florida. He is a graduate of Northwestern School of Law at Lewis & Clark College and the Henry W. Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Georgia.
Daniel is married to Jane S. Kim, also a Foreign Service Officer
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 years active on more than 10 corporate boards including spending 8 years on the board of Fawry (Egypt) which is the leading payment platform in Egypt and was publicly listed on the Cairo Stock Exchange in 2019. He has also chaired or been involved on several types of committees, including strategy, remuneration, audit, and investments and have dealt with a broad range of board dynamics including conflicts, HR issues, and difficult turnaround situations of distressed companies.
Kareem holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Rutgers University and an MBA from Columbia University.
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 Chevron. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in petroleum engineering from the University of Tulsa. He also completed the executive management program at the Thunderbird School of Global Management.
Mr. McDaniel is also the chairman of the board and president of Springboard Girls Schools, a nonprofit organization founded by Apache in 2005 dedicated to educating girls in rural areas of Egypt. In addition, Mr. McDaniel serves on Cairo American College’s Board of Trustees.