Hassan Abdullah

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Hassan Abdullah حسن عبد الله
Born	(1960-08-01) August 1, 1960 (age 64) Cairo, Egypt
Education	American University in Cairo
Occupation	Financier

Hassan Abdullah (Arabic: حسن عبد الله; born August 1, 1960) is an Egyptian financier. He is the current governor of the Central Bank of Egypt. He previously held the chief executive officer position of the Arab African International Bank (AAIB), a regional financial services institution that was Egypt's first Arab multinational bank. Abdullah joined the AAIB in 1982 and became the CEO of AAIB in 2002. He is also a board member at the American University in Cairo (AUC).^[1] In August 2022, Abdullah was appointed as the new acting governor of the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) by presidential decree.^[2]

Hassan Abdullah was born in Cairo in 1960 to Egyptian parents. He attended the Port Said School in Zamalek for his junior and high school education. He went on to attend the American University in Cairo (AUC), where he graduated with a BA in Business Administration in 1982. Abdullah returned to AUC in 1992 to receive his MBA.^[1]

In 1982, Abdullah joined AAIB at a position in the bank's dealing room. He moved to AAIB's New York City branch in 1988 while working in bond swaps to play a part in managing the bank's US policy. In 1994, he was promoted to Assistant General Manager, then to General Manager in 1999. In 2002, he was appointed Vice Chairman and managing director of the bank. ^{[citation needed]}

• Chief Executive Officer of Arab African International Bank (AAIB)^[3]
• Chairman of UBAF Hong Kong
• Board member of UBAF Paris
• Board member of UBAC Curaçao
• Board member of London Stock Exchange - London Africa Advisory Group "LAAG"^[4]
• Vice Chairman of German-Arab Chamber of Industry and Commerce
• Founder and Chairman of "We owe it to Egypt"^[5][6][7]
• Chairman of the Arab African Investment Management Company
• Chairman of Sandah for Microfinance
• Member of the Strategic Advisory Board of the School of Business at the AUC
• Board member of Arab Educational Information Network – Shamaa.

• "AAIB achieving exceptional growth in difficult circumstances"
• Hassan Abdalla, the force behind the success story of AAIB
• Interview with Global Banking and Finance Review on the occasion of winning Best Investment Bank in Egypt for 2016
• Interview with Global Banking and Finance Review on the occasion of winning Best Investment Bank in Egypt for 2017
• Interview Hassan Abdalla with Banker Africa magazine
• Ones to watch 2017: Hassan Abdallah.