Biographies

Dr Fathy is a seasoned digital transformation and technology executive, with 20+ years of technology and regulatory experience in ICT, leading large-scale digital initiatives that span digital technology, and policy spaces, leveraging strategic vision and communication skills to influence C-level decision-making while driving innovative risk-based solutions that enhance business capabilities in complex, global organizations. He is a highly experienced leader with strong competencies in corporate governance, technology and product development, risk oversight, financial oversight, cyber-risk oversight, talent oversight, strategy & planning, corporate transformation, and digital transformation.

At NTRA, he has spearheaded teams tackling core regulatory functions including strategy and market development, market analysis, economic analysis, cost-benefit analysis for rule makings, regulatory impact assessment, standardization and technical aspects, international policies, cooperation and partnerships, research & development, and Industry 4.0 planning.

Over the span of his career, Dr Fathy has overseen the development and implementation of large-scale projects with multiple stakeholders in areas like smart cities, smart mobility solutions and intelligent transportation systems, augmented and virtual reality, digital agriculture, smart water management, aerospace, energy metering and distribution, robotics, embedded systems, IoT, 5G, and AI. He has done advisory work on advanced ICT/Digital solutions design and standards-based implementations with an emphasis on security, interoperability, and integration.

Dr Fathy has been serving in several key roles in the ITU including the Council, Plenipotentiary Conferences, TSAG, TDAG, Study and Focus Groups. He is currently the Vice-Chairman of United for Smart Sustainable Cities (U4SSC), and Co-Chairman of ITU-T/FAO Focus Group on Artificial Intelligence & IoT for Digital Agriculture (FG- AI4A). The U4SSC is a global UN initiative coordinated by ITU, UNECE and UN-Habitat, and supported by 16 UN agencies, to exchange information and build partnerships to guide cities and communities in achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals. He also serves as the Chairman of ITU-T SG20 Regional Group African, whereby he is leading African standardization and smart city development efforts to promote sustainability, interoperability and economic development across the region.