Rasheed Mohamed Rasheed

Rasheed Mohamed Rasheed became Egypt's Minister of Trade and Industry in July 2004, the first Egyptian businessman ever to take up a cabinet position in Egypt.

Education

The Minister received his B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from the Faculty of Engineering, Alexandria University
Faculty of Engineering at Alexandria University in 1978. He has attended a number of management programs in the United States, including the Management Development Program at Stanford University in 1983, the Strategic Management Program at MIT in 1993, and the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School in 1996.

Career

Prior to joining Government, the Minister had a long entrepreneurial and multinational career. He established and grew Fine Foods to become Egypt’s leading foods brand. In 1991, a joint venture was formed with Unilever establishing Unilever Mashreq.
Minister Rasheed was later appointed as President of Unilever’s Middle East, North Africa and Turkey businesses based out of London.
Today, the Minister is a member of the government's new 'economic team' tasked with delivering a program of reforms to open Egypt up to international trade and investment. As Minister of Trade and Industry, his mandate includes liberalizing Egypt's industrial sectors, attracting foreign direct investment into industry and creating jobs. The Minister is responsible Egypt's foreign trade portfolio, managing Egypt's network of preferential trade agreements (with US, Europe, Africa and the Middle East) and growing Egyptian exports. Minister Rasheed also oversees Egypt's internal trade market and is responsible for the creation of Egypt's first Competition and Consumer Protection Authorities.

External links

* [http://www.mti.gov.eg/English/english.asp Egyptian Ministry of Trade & Industry]