Ayman Ismail is an international expert in entrepreneurship and economic development. He is the Abdul Latif Jameel Endowed Chair of Entrepreneurship at AUC School of Business and the founding director of AUC Venture Lab, the top startup accelerator in the Middle East and
Africa. He is a co-founder, angel investor or board member in several fast-growing tech-startups and financial institutions. Previously, he was a research fellow at Harvard Kennedy School, a consultant at McKinsey & Company’s New York office and the World Bank, a co-founder and managing partner at Enovio Consulting, and a Young Global Leader (YGL) at the World Economic Forum (WEF). He received his PhD in International Economic Development from the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology (MIT). He has other degrees in engineering, business, city planning and information technology from the American University in Cairo (AUC) and MIT.