A veteran financial expert, with more than 20 years of experience, Hesham Hassanein has served as the Group’s Chief Financial Officer in Elan for more than 11 years.

In this role, Hesham Hassanein has spearheaded the development and implementation of the group’s financial strategy, overseeing the company’s financial planning, budgeting, financing, treasury and investor relations activities, and the development of ELAN’s compliance policies, and financial procedures.

Hesham Hassanein came to ELAN from Qatarlyst the trading name of Qatar Insurance services fully owned subsidiary of Qatar Financial Centre, where he was Group Financial Controller, responsible for managing the group finance function for the MENA region and the UK, including strategic financial management; reporting; forecasting; and corporate governance.

Additionally, he led the finance dept at Investment House fully owned subsidiary of QIPCO group as Finance manager.

Prior to this, Hesham Hassanein worked as a Financial Manager and Analyst across several sectors including retail, technology and FMCG in multinational companies; a highlight of which was establishing the Finance function of the Al Meera group.

He has a Degree in Commerce from Cairo University and a CPA in Finance from the California Board of Accountancy.

He is a fellow at the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA).