Prof. Magued Osman is a distinguished Egyptian academic, statistician, and policy expert. He is currently the CEO of the Egyptian Center for Public Opinion Research (Baseera), Egypt's first independent polling center, which gained prominence for conducting transparent public opinion surveys during the 2012 Presidential elections. Prof. Osman also serves as the Chairman of Telecom Egypt and is a Professor at the Faculty of Economics and Political Science at Cairo University. Additionally, he is a member of the National Council for Women, the Acting Chairman of the Arab Union for Statisticians, and a Board Member of Al-Masry Al-Youm newspaper.

Prof. Osman has held key governmental positions, including Chairman of the Egyptian Cabinet of Ministers' Information and Decision Support Center (IDSC) from 2005 to 2011, and was appointed Minister of Communications and Information Technology in 2011. He has also worked as a short-term consultant for various international organizations, including UN ESCWA, UN Women, UNDP, UNFPA, UNICEF, and the World Bank. His contributions include formulating the national strategies for Women Empowerment and Gender Equality, the national strategy for population, and leading the establishment of the Egypt Women Observatory. Prof. Osman is a highly respected figure in Egypt's academic, telecommunications, and policy circles.