Dr. Ziad Ahmed Bahaa-Eldin is a prominent Egyptian attorney, politician, and expert in financial and business law. He served as the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of International Cooperation from 2013 to 2014 and was a former member of the Egyptian Parliament. Dr. Bahaa-Eldin has held key positions in the financial and regulatory sectors, including Chairman of the Egyptian Financial Supervisory Authority (2009-2010) and Chairman of the Egyptian General Authority for Investment and Free Zones (2004-2007). He was also a senior legal advisor to the Central Bank of Egypt (2011) and served on its Board of Directors (2003-2010), as well as on the board of the National Bank of Egypt (2004-2010).

In addition to his government roles, Dr. Bahaa-Eldin is the founder of Thebes Consultancy and the Ahmed Bahaa-Eldin Cultural Foundation, which promotes education and creative thinking among youth in Upper Egypt. Dr. Bahaa-Eldin holds a Ph.D in Financial Law from the London School of Economics (1996), an LLM in International Business Law from King’s College London, a BA in Economics from the American University in Cairo (1987), and a Bachelor of Law from Cairo University (1986).