Mr. Hanny Y. Elmessiry
Independent Board Member
Edita
Egypt
Biography
Hanny Elmessiry has over 15 years of experience in the food and beverages industry. From 2012-2015 he served as Chief Executive Officer for IFFCO Egypt, North Africa’s largest edible oil and fats refining and processing company. Before that, he acted as Vice President and Managing Director of Golden State Foods Middle East, whose clients include McDonalds, YUM Brands, and Americana. Currently Elmessiry is also a Partner at Global Equity Ventures, a fund investing in projects in the MENA region with a focus on entrepreneurship, franchising, information technology, logistics, and sports tourism. He also serves on the board of several for-profit companies in addition to teaching strategic management at The American University in Cairo. Previously Elmessiry also acted as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Orascom Housing Communities. He also served as Governor of Alexandria, Egypt’s second-largest city. In the 1980s and 1990s, Elmessiry lived in California, USA, where he pursued educational opportunities and gained extensive international work experience with a number of companies, including Bank of America and Al Baraka Bancorp California. Upon returning to the Middle East, he worked for several companies, where he was responsible for projects in the areas of private infrastructure, oil & gas, petrochemicals, and international trade.
Research Interest
food science
