Naguib Sawiris founded Orascom Telecom Holding and developed it into a leading regional telecom player until a merger with Vimpelcom created the world’s sixth largest mobile telecommunications provider. Mr Sawiris has also been appointed chair of Euronews, after managing the acquisition of 53% of its shares in 2015. He served, and is serving, on a number of additional boards, committees and councils including the Advisory Committee to the NYSE Board of Directors, the London Stock Exchange Group’s Africa Advisory Group, the Arab Thought Foundation, and the Boards of Trustees of the American University in Cairo, Nile University, and the French University in Egypt.