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.

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 Heart Foundation to support the foundation’s mission of providing free cardiac care for children.  She organized and participated in various fundraising initiatives, including events and innovative campaigns aimed at raising awareness and funds.  Through the collaborative efforts of the Friends of the Aswan Heart Centre, we have achieved significant success, raising over 60 million EGP to date.