Ghada Howaidy

Organizations: Universities
Professions: Director, Founder

PERSONAL INFORMATION


Executive Director

Ghada Howaidy

CONTACT INFORMATION / WORK


The American University in Cairo

Office of Strategic Alignment

Cairo

Egypt

ghowaidy@aucegypt.edu

Education


DProf, Ashridge Doctorate in Organizational Change, Ashridge School of Business, Middlesex University, UK, 2016.

Senior Executive Program for the Middle East, Harvard Business School, Egypt – Spain, 2003.

MSc, Public Management and Public Policy, London School of Economics and Political Science, 1994.

MA, Middle East Studies, The American University in Cairo, 1991.

BA, Middle East Studies, The American University in Cairo, 1986.

 

languages


Arabic

English

COMPETENCES


Project Administration

International Cooperation and Development

WORK HISTORY


Executive Director, Office of Strategic Alignment, School of Business, The American University in Cairo (AUC), Egypt. 2015- Present.

Adjunct Faculty, Core Curriculum, The American University in Cairo, 2016.

Director, Institutional Development, School of Business, The American University in Cairo (AUC), Egypt. 2010 – 2015.

Founding Director, International Executive Education Institute (IEEI), School of Business, The American University in Cairo, 2008–2012.

Founding Director, International Relations, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT), 2001 - 2008.

Honorary office and memberships


T20 Egypt: Think/action tank.

GBRW: Global Board Ready Women.

AGTBE: Association of graduates and trainees from Britain in Egypt.

Productions and Works


Howaidy, Ghada. 2016 “Women on Corporate Boards in Egypt: Time for Change”. Flynn, P., Haynes, K., and Kilgour, M., editors Overcoming Challenges to Gender Equality in the Workplace. Greenleaf Publishing/PRME Book Series.