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GDDFI Biographies

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​Opening ceremony
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Mr Brahima Sanou, Director, Telecommunication Development Bureau (BDT), ITU
 
Mr Brahima Sanou has been Director of the ITU Telecommunication Development Bureau (BDT) since January 2011. Mr Sanou was elected, on 24 October 2014, to a second four-year term.
He draws on over thirty years of experience in the ICT sector at national and international level. 
A national of Burkina Faso, Mr Sanou is committed to promoting ICT as a major driving force for sustainable socio-economic development, in particular in least developed countries, remote and rural regions and amongst persons with special needs. His focus is on sharing knowledge and coordinated resources through multi-stakeholder, cross-sector platforms such as the m-Powering Development Initiative, the Smart Sustainable Development Model initiative and the ITU Academy.

​Mr Alfred Hannig, Executive Director, Allaince for Financial Inclusion

Alfred Hannig is the Executive Director of the Alliance for Financial Inclusion (AFI), a global network of policymakers and regulators dedicated to providing the world’s 2 billion unbanked safe access to the formal financial system through smart policy initiatives. Before officially launching the initiative in 2008, Dr. Hannig spent three years leading the design and development of AFI’s unique institutional peer-to-peer cooperation model, aimed at scaling up financial inclusion policy and regulatory solutions that have proven successful in developing and emerging countries. While serving as Executive Director, Dr. Hannig has overseen the growth of AFI from an organization with a few enthusiastic members, into an independent global alliance and important knowledge hub of policymaking and regulatory institutions from more than 90 developing and emerging nations. Dr. Hannig is a member of the AFI Board of Directors and heads the AFI Management Unit. He continues to take an active role in championing the AFI Network concept and promoting the essential role of financial inclusion policy for the health of both the unbanked and the global economic system. Before his work with AFI, Dr. Hannig served in leading management, policy advisory, training and research focused positions around the world including assignments with: Bank Indonesia, Bank of Uganda, Superintendencia de Bancos in Bolivia; Head of the Financial Systems Development Unit at German Technical Cooperation, and with the German Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, while also serving as the Federal Republic of Germany’s representative for the Consultative Group to Assist the Poor (CGAP). Dr. Hannig received his Ph.D. on financial sector reform from Freie Universität Berlin and has authored several publications​.

Eng Ayman Hussein, Assistant Sub Governor Information Technology and Payment Systems, Central Bank of Egypt

Mr. Ayman Hussein carries 20 years of diversified experience in the fields of Communications and Information Technology, Information Security, Information Systems Governance, Regulations Development, and Payment Systems.

Currently, he holds the position of Assistant Sub-Governor for Payment Systems and Business Technology Sector in the Central Bank of Egypt “CBE”.

Mr. Hussein is a board member of the Egyptian Banks Company “EBC”, the national domestic interbank ATM network and national Automated Clearing House (ACH).

Mr. Hussein holds a B.Sc. Degree from Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University since1996, and a Master degree in Business Administration “MBA” since June 2012 from Edinburgh Business School, Heriot-Watt University, UK.

On the professional level, he is a Certified Information Security Manager “CISM”, a Certified in the Governance of Enterprise IT “CGEIT” and a Certified Information Systems Auditor “CISA”; from Information Systems Audit and Control Association “ISACA”, USA.

 
​​Session 1:​​​ Digital Financial Services: The state of play

​​​Dr Amr Badawi, Board Member, National Telecommunications Regulatory Authority, Egypt

                 

Dr. Amr Badawi, First Deputy to the Minister of Finance for institutional development since 2014. He was Executive President of the National Telecom Regulatory Authority (NTRA) of Egypt from 2006 - 2013 bringing together four critical understandings to Egypt’s telecommunication sector: 1) in-depth understanding of the status and opportunities of ICT in Egypt, 2) a thorough understanding of Multinationals culture and the in-house alliance critical for the assembly of needed resources, 3) an appreciation of the context within which the Egyptian Government has prioritized ICT within its many initiatives in Egypt, and 4) a deep understanding of the educational system in Egypt.
As Egypt’s regulator, Dr. Amr Badawi was responsible for administering the telecommunication sector, considering transparency, open competition, universal service and protection of users’ rights, thereby encouraging national and international investment.
Prior to his position at NTRA, he served as Senior Advisor to the Minister of Communications and Information Technology, where he was responsible for the very successful Initial Public Offering (IPO) for the incumbent Operator (Telecom Egypt),also the development of Egypt’s telecommunications sector policy and in providing support to all the telecommunications entities such as the ISPs, vendors, etc…
Dr. Badawi joined MCIT after nine-year tenure with GTE and General Dynamics.
There, he acted as Program Manager and in several other technical positions in support of the telecommunication sector support and the ICT programs in Egypt.
Prior to his tenure at GTE he founded Telecomp International in Egypt in 1990, where he was a telecommunication consultant for several government and private entities.
Dr Badawi started his career in the telecommunication field as a development and systems engineer at Aydin Systems, California from 1984 to 1987.
He is currently on leave from Cairo University where he is a faculty member of the Electronics and Communications department
He received a Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University, California in 1986 and obtained both his M.Sc. and B.Sc. degrees in Electronics Engineering from Cairo University in 1979 and 1977.
Dr. Badawi is one of the few members in the world in the Regulatory Advisory Body of the Wireless Innovation Forum.​
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​Mr Ram Sewak Sharma, Chairman, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India

Mr. R.S. Sharma joined as Chairman, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) on 10th of August, 2015. Prior to joining TRAI Mr. R.S.Sharma was working as Secretary to Government of India in the Department of Electronics and Information Technology. He has also worked as Chief Secretary to the State Government of Jharkhand (India). His other assignments include Director General & Mission Director of the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) where he was responsible for over-all implementation of this ambitious and challenging project undertaken by the Government of India for providing Unique Identification (christened as Äadhaar”) to all its Residents. 
Before his posting at UIDAI, Mr. Sharma worked with the Government of Jharkhand as Principal Secretary of the Departments of Science and Technology, Drinking Water & Sanitation, Information Technology (IT), Rural Development and Human Resources Development. As Principal Secretary of the IT Department, Mr. Sharma was responsible for formulation of State policies in the IT and e-Governance areas. He also over-saw the implementation of various e-Governance Projects in all the Departments of the State Government. 
Mr. Sharma has held important positions both in the Government of India and State Governments in the past and has been deeply involved in the administrative reforms and leveraging IT to simplify the administrative processes. During his posting in Government of India, he has worked in the Department of Economic Affairs and has dealt with bilateral and multilateral development agencies like World Bank, ADB, MIGA and GEF. He was also in-charge of Financing of Infrastructure projects in the Highways, Ports, Airports and Telecom sectors. Mr. Sharma's contributions to the IT and e-Governance have been widely recognized both within India and outside. He has been responsible for implementing a number of Projects relating to ICT Infrastructure, Process Re-engineering and Service Delivery in Public Private Partnership (PPP) mode. Mr. Sharma holds a Masters Degree in Mathematics from IIT, Kanpur (India) and another Masters in Computer Science from the University of California (USA).      ​

   

Mr Lila H. Mkila, Deputy Governor, Bank of Tanzania
              

Mr. Mkila is Deputy Governor Bank of Tanzania responsible for Financial Sector Stability and Financial Sector Deepening since 2007. His responsibility covers Bank of Tanzania’s Operations and Functions on areas of Financial Sector Stability and Deepening, Financial Sector Reforms, Banking Regulations and Supervision, Development and Oversight of the National Payment Systems and the Central Bank’s Finance Operations. Prior to 2007, Mr. Mkila served as Director of Banking Supervision in the Bank of Tanzania.  He served in this position since 1998.He is currently serving as a member of the Board of Directors of the Bank of Tanzania and in a number of the Bank’s Board Committees. Previously Mr. Mkila served in the boards of the Tanzania Insurance Regulatory Authority (TIRA), from 2004 to 2007 and in the Board of Trustees of the Tanzania Public Service Pension Fund (PSPF) from 2008 to 2013. Mr. Mkila also served as Chairperson of the Tanzania National Multi-Disciplinary Anti-Money Laundering Committee from 2002 to 2014.​ Mr. Mkila has an MBA degree from Claremont Graduate School, Claremont University Centre, Southern California, USA and a BA degree from University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

Mr Khalid Elgibali, Division President, Middle East and North Africa, MasterCard

Khalid Elgibali is Division President – Middle East and North Africa, MasterCard. Based in Dubai, Khalid is responsible for leading the company’s evolving Middle East and North Africa network, to drive business growth, execute emerging technology payment opportunities and deepen business alliances with key partners and stakeholders.
Having held several senior positions at leading financial institutions, Khalid brings a wealth of experience to the role with a solid understanding of the wider banking landscape in the region. Most recently, he worked at HSBC Middle East (HBME), where he was the Regional Head of Retail Banking and Wealth Management for MENA.
Prior to that, Khalid worked with Standard Chartered Bank (SCB), Barclays and Citigroup, contributing to these organizations’ business growth in his capacity as Regional Head of Consumer Banking for SCB, Chief Executive Officer for SCB Pakistan, Chief Executive Officer for Barclays Egypt and Country Head of the Global Consumer Bank for Citigroup Egypt.
​A polyglot fluent in six languages including Arabic, English, French, Russian, Italian and Portuguese, Khalid holds a BA in Economics from the American University in Cairo and an MBA from Strathclyde Graduate Business School in Glasgow.

 

​​Mr Thierry Millet, Senior Vice President for Orange Money, Mobile Payments and Contactless, Orange

Thierry Millet is Senior Vice President for Orange Money, Mobile Payments and Contactless. He is in charge of the development of Orange Money in the Orange MEA zone and in Europe, and of Orange Cash, the Contactless payment solution in France and in Spain. He will also ensure the development of new offers in the field of payment, international money transfer and contactless services.
Before assuming responsibility for this area, Thierry played a vital role in making Orange Romania the country’s Number One operator. As its Chief Executive Officer he extended the  leadership, he improved and secured the Company’s cash generating profile despite the worst economic crisis in Romania’s history.
Thierry also previously headed up the Commercial operations of Orange Romania as Chief Commercial Officer for over 3 years. During that time, he was responsible with customer service, marketing and sales for consumer and enterprise customers. As CCO, Thierry achieved the milestone of reaching 10 million customers in March 2008, launched 3G services and delivered growth of yearly revenues from 800-M euros to over 1.3 Bn.
Thierry’s career with Orange spans over twenty years, and he has held a variety of international senior roles, such as Regional Director Sales Unit-„Pays de la Loire”, Chief Information Officer of Intelig Brazil, Sales and Distribution Methods Director Mass Market Division.
A 51 year old French national, Thierry graduated from the École Polytechnique in 1986 and the National School of Telecommunications in 1988.​


 

​Session 2: prospects and challenges: setting it right
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​​​​Ms Carol Benson, Managing Partner, Glenbrook Partners

Carol Coye Benson is a founding partner of Glenbrook Partners, a global payments industry strategy consulting firm.. Carol offers clients over 25 years of experience in product, marketing, and strategy development with leading financial services providers in both wholesale and retail financial services.
Carol's practice at Glenbrook focuses on mobile payments, national infrastructures, and emerging technologies for financial services.
Before founding Glenbrook Partners, Carol was a managing director of the Global Institutional Services division of Deutsche Bank, in charge of marketing, client online services, and Internet development.
At Visa International, she led a group conducting early work on the use of credit cards online, and a project that pioneered database marketing and related consumer-privacy issues. Carol also founded and managed Visa's European product-development office, where she led a series of electronic-commerce and chip-card projects designed to bring European banks online.
Prior to her career with Visa International, Carol spent twelve years with Citibank, where she managed the development and market introduction of new payments products. Carol began her career as a corporate lending officer for large multinationals at both Bank of America and Citibank.​
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Mr Rory Macmillan, Founding Partner, Macmillan Keck

Rory Macmillan is a partner in the Geneva office of the law firm Macmillan Keck. Rory regularly advises governments, regulators and several of the World’s leading Internet and telecom companies on mobile digital financial services, network neutrality, over-the-top (OTT) service issues, data protection and privacy. He is currently co-leading official market reviews in mobile money and retail banking in Kenya.
Rory has drafted ICT laws in several countries, and arbitrated and mediated disputes between regulators and operators and among operators on interconnection and access deficits. Rory has advised extensively in Africa, the Middle East and Asia-Pacific on attracting investment and generating competition in mobile, fibre and submarine networks, including negotiating reforms, managing licence tenders and structuring public private partnerships (PPPs).
Before forming Macmillan Keck, Rory was an associate in the New York and London offices of Debevoise & Plimpton, where he advised on multi-billion dollar telecom operator privatisations and financings.
Rory holds an LLM from the Yale Law School where he was a Fulbright and a Rotary Scholar, and his LLB with First Class Honours from the University of Edinburgh.​

Dr Shahjahan Mahmood, Chairman, Bangladesh Regulatory Telecommunication Commission

Dr. Shahjahan Mahmood  joined Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) as the Chairman  on the third week of October, 2015.
Before joining BTRC, he worked for US Marine Corps at Quantico Marine Base, VA  from 2012, first as the Program Office  Software Lead and then as a Systems Engineer in the Program Office for the Acquisition and Modernization of  Surveillance System. From 2004 to 2012, he worked at the Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC), Indian Head, MD on  misc problems.
Before joining NSWC, Indian head he worked for 4 years at the Naval Research Lab, Washington, DC as a Systems Engineer in Electronic Warfare Branch and another 4 years at the Naval Air Warfare Center – Aircraft Division (NAWCAD), Patuxent River, MD in the Simulation and Stimulation Branch developing software for simulating IR and UAV sensors on aircrafts.
He graduated from BUET, Dhaka with a degree B.Sc. Engg (Elect). He obtained an M.S/ degree and a Ph.D. Degree from MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA. He taught graduate kevel courses in Stochastic Processes as an Adjunct Faculty for 3 years at the Florda Institute of Technology, Pax River Campus, MD.
He has presented research papers and chaired many sessions in conferences on Structural Health Monitoring that were held at Stanford University, Tokyo, Spain, Italy and UK.​

​Mr Ahmed A. Faragallah, Head, Payment Systems Department, Central Bank of Egypt

Masters of Business Administration from Robinson College of Business, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, USA. • BSc., Faculty of Engineering –Computers and Systems Department, Ain Shams University, Egypt
• Having an experience of above 21 years in payment systems and information technology fields.
• Head of Payment Systems Department in the Central Bank of Egypt for the last 11 years.
• He contributed to the development of payment systems strategy in Egypt.
• He lead the work towards the issue of Mobile Payments Regulations, and the establishment of the Mobile Payments Hub in Egypt.
• He is leading the work with the market towards achieving more financially inclusive society.  
• He contributed to a number of large government payments and collections projects, including government payroll and pensions payments, and government collections of taxes and customs.
• He lead the work towards developing the payment systems oversight function in the Central Bank of Egypt.

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Dr Shahadat Khan, Chief Executive Officer, SureCash

 
Dr. Shahadat Khan founded SureCash in 2010 that operates the leading payment platform for mobile phone users in Bangladesh. Currently SureCash is working with 6 local banks, 6 microfinance institutes, 250 payment partners and more than 36,000 retail agents to provide banking and payment services to more than a million end customers.
Prior to founding SureCash, Dr. Khan was the Chief Technology Officer of Eyeball Networks, a Canada-based software and technology company delivering solutions to world-famous customers such as Intel, Polycom, FujiFilm, Comcast and Philips. 
Shahadat Khan is a graduate from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, the top engineering school in Bangladesh. He is a Canadian Commonwealth Scholar, and received his Ph.D. degree in computer engineering from University of Victoria, Canada. 
​He is a frequent speaker at industry conferences and panels, holds 16 patents, and has published many articles in journals and technical magazines. He has traveled more than 30 countries, and is a hobbyist photographer.    
      

Mr Thomas Lamanauskas, Director Public Policy, VimpelCom

Tomas Lamanauskas is Group Director Public Policy at VimpelCom. In this role, he is responsible for the strategic oversight of all public policy matters for the international communications and technology company serving around 220 million mobile and fixed customers in 14 markets.
Immediately before joining VimpelCom, Tomas Lamanauskas headed the Corporate Strategy Division at the International Telecommunication Union, the United Nations specialized agency for information and communication technologies.
His extensive ICT policy and regulatory experience includes positions of Deputy General Director, Board Member and CEO of telecommunications regulators in the Caribbean, Middle East and Europe. He also acted as Government Advisor on ICT policies in the Pacific. Mr. Lamanauskas earlier career also includes positions as legal adviser (and Head of Legal) on matters related to telecommunications regulation both in public and private sectors.
Tomas Lamanauskas has master’s degrees in Public Administration (Harvard University), Law (Vilnius University) and Telecommunications Regulation and Policy (the University of the West Indies).
He spoke at more than 120, and moderated more than 20 sessions in various conferences and similar events (held in 35 countries). Mr. Lamanauskas has published 18 articles (papers) and co-authored 3 books in the field of ICT. He taught and acted as an examiner on topics related to ICT law, policy and regulation at Vilnius University (Lithuania) and the University of South Africa. He is also a member of the Editorial Board of the “Telecommunications Policy” journal (Elsevier).​
Session 3: ​Shaping collaborative approaches to promote digital financial services
Dr Dražen Lučić, President of Council, Croatian Post and Electronic Communications Agency (HAKOM), Croatia
 
President of Council of Croatian Post and Electronic Communications Agency (HAKOM) and member of board of the Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications (BEREC) since 2013. Previously served as HAKOM’s Executive Director from 2009. Before joining HAKOM, Mr. Lučić worked at Ericsson in Croatia, Western Europe and Israel for more than 20 years, rising from engineer in R&D department to senior sales director for one of the global telecommunication networks operators. Born in 1963. in Brčko, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Holds PhD degree in electrical engineering – telecommunications from the University of Zagreb. One of founder of Postgraduate specialist study in electronic communications market regulation at University of Zagreb. Author and co-author more than 50 scientific and professional papers. Speaks English, German, Spanish and Swedish.

 

​​Dr Nagwa El Shenawi, Undersecretary for Information and Decision Support, Ministry of Communication and Information Technology, Egypt

Dr ElShenawi is currently working as Undersecretary for Information and Decision support at the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology (MCIT). She is also responsible for ecommerce development through chairing a committee formulated within MCIT and includes all ecommerce stakeholders from Government, private sector and NGO.
She has extensive experience in producing statistics, conducting studies, setting policies and strategies related to the ICT sector. She contributed in formulating Egypt’s ICT Strategies 2006-2017. She is currently participating and managing experts group from different UN organizations in drafting ecommerce strategy for Egypt. She is member in different experts groups and committees formed by International organizations that are concerned with ICT statistics and measurements i.e. ITU, OECD, ECA and ESCWA.
Dr ElShenawi holds a PhD in economics of Communication &Information Technology from Maastricht School of Management in Netherlands.​
 

​​​​Mr Sunil Sirisena, Director General, Telecommunications Regulatory Commission, Sri Lanka

Mr. Sunil S Sirisena is the Director General of the Telecommunications Regulatory Commission of Sri Lanka. Mr. Sirisena is a senior retired public servant. He has served as a member of the Sri Lanka Administrative Service for a period of 36 years. He has held several key positions prior to this appointment as the Secretary to the Ministries of Education, Co-operatives and Internal Trade and Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare. In addition he has also served as the Chairman of the National Film Corporation and the Chairman of National Savings Bank.

 

​Mr Tunmbi Idowu, Head of Compliance and Risk Control, Ericsson

Tunmbi Idowu is the Head of Compliance and Risk Control at Ericsson with global responsibilities. He provides regulatory and compliance support to Ericsson M-commerce, partners and stakeholders. He ensures that risks are properly identified and that products, practices and services, meet international, regional and country legal and regulatory standards. He has been proactively involved in the implementation of European Directives and Regulations and continues to work closely with regulatory bodies, authorities and governments internationally. Prior to his present responsibilities he has worked and held key positions in a variety of international financial and payment services provider institutions. As a lawyer, he is very keen to support the creation of fit for purpose legal and regulatory regimes. ​

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Dr Moekti Prasetiani Soejacjmoen, Institute Head, Mandiri Institute
 
Ms. Soejachmoen got her Ph.D. in Economics from the Australian National University in 2012. She holds master’s degree in Economics from University of California Davis (1998) and a bachelor’s degree in Economics from University of Indonesia (1992). She is an economist with over 20 years experience in finance, international trade, micro and macroeconomics and development economics at academia as well as development level.
She has published multiple journal and articles on the subjects, such as finance, trade policy, industry globalization, ASEAN free trade agreements, Indonesian manufacturing and export competitiveness. She has conducted comparative studies on free trade and economic partnership agreements in ASEAN countries.
She began her career as a researcher in 1999 and joined Bank Mandiri in April 2014 as a Head of Mandiri Institute. Prior to that, she works with the National Team for Poverty Alleviation under the Vice President Office.

​Session 4: The way forward - closing 

Sasha_Polverini.jpg Mr Sacha Polverini, Senior Program Officer, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation             

Sacha Polverini joined the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s Financial Services for the Poor (FSP) team in December 2012 as Senior Program Officer - Regulation and Policy. Since June 2014 Sacha chairs the International Telecommunications Union’s (ITU) Focus Group on DFS for Financial Inclusion (http://www.itu.int/en/ITU-T/focusgroups/dfs/Pages/default.aspx ). The Focus Group aims at developing principles, guidelines and other tools that policy and decision makers in developing countries can use to fast track policy reform targeting the unbanked. Sacha joined the foundation from Brussels where he lived and worked for almost 20 years representing the interests of the financial services industry before both the EU and national policy and decision makers. Sacha worked – inter alia - at Barclays Bank PLC as Group Director for EU public Policy and at Genworth Financial Mortgage Insurance (formerly GE Mortgage Insurance) as Managing Director of Government and Regulatory Affairs Europe. ​

 
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Dr Sherif Hasham, Vice President, National Telecommunications Regulatory Authority, Egypt
 
Dr. Sherif Hashem is the Vice President for Cybersecurity at the National Telecom Regulatory Authority (NTRA), Egypt. He is also a Professor at the Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University, Egypt (currently seconded to the NTRA).
Dr. Hashem’s responsibility includes supporting cybersecurity efforts at the national level, and setting up the framework for further developing the Egyptian Computer Emergency Readiness Team (EG-CERT) at the NTRA, and supervising its operation. Successful cybersecurity initiatives and activities at the NTRA have contributed to the advanced cybersecurity rank that Egypt has achieved: Egypt was ranked 27th among 193 countries as reported by the International Telecommunications Union (ITU)/ABI Global Cybersecurity Index. (http://www.itu.int/dms_pub/itu-d/opb/str/D-STR-SECU-2015-PDF-E.pdf) Prior to joining the NTRA in 2/2013, Dr Hashem was the Executive Vice President of Information Technology Industry Development Agency (ITIDA: 2004-13), where he led the efforts to establish the Egyptian Root Digital Certificate Authority (Root-CA) for e-Signature, the Software Intellectual Property Rights Office, and the ITAC initiative that fosters cooperation between ICT companies and R&D institutions.
Dr Hashem is the Chairman of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Council Working Group for Child Online Protection http://www.itu.int/council/groups/wg-cop/index.html, since 1/2010. Dr Hashem represents Egypt in the OECD’s Working Party on Security and Privacy in the Digital Economy (WPSPDE), http://www.oecd.org/internet/interneteconomy/whatistheoecdworkingpartyoninformationsecurityandprivacywpisp.htm  .
Dr Hashem was a member of the United Nations Group of Government Experts (UN GGE) on the Developments In The Field Of
Information And Telecommunications In The Context Of International Security, http://www.un.org/disarmament/topics/informationsecurity/ (8/2012-6/2013).
Dr. Hashem received a B.Sc. in Communication & Electronic Engineering and a M.Sc. in Engineering Mathematics from Cairo University-Egypt, and a Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from Purdue University-USA. He also completed the Senior Executive Program at Harvard Business School-USA. Dr. Hashem authored and co-authored more than fifty five articles and book chapters in the areas of information technology, e-commerce, computational intelligence, and operations research, with applications in egineering, energy, environment, and computer sciences (with over 1300 international citations: