Wael Ziada has 20 years of experience in Middle East Equity Capital Markets. Ziada has worked on most of the region’s IPOs and has extensive knowledge on a variety of sectors including telecoms, real estate, hospitality, retail, and manufacturing. 

Ziada is the founder and was the CEO of EFG Hermes Finance till December 2016; EFG Hermes Finance is the platform that consolidates the Group’s Non-Banking Financial Services (NBFS).

Previously, he served as EFG Hermes’ Head of Research and was a member of the Group’s Executive and Investment Committee.

Ziada currently sits on the board of Banque du Caire, one of the largest banks in Egypt.

Ziada has an BA in Economics from the American University in Cairo.