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  Executive Monitor
 
Name Naguib Onsi Naguib Sawiris
Age 58
Nationality Egypt
Academic Background Masters in Technical Administration, Swiss Institute of Technology, Switzerland Diploma in Mechanical Engineering, Swiss Institute of Technology, Switzerland Diploma from the German Evangelical S
Biography Naguib Onsi Sawiris, son of billionaire Onsi Sawiris, is chairman and CEO of Orascom Telecom Holding. He is also chairman of a number of Egyptian companies including: the Egyptian Company for Mobile Services; commonly referred to as MobiNil; LINKdotNET Holding; Orascom Technologies; Orascom Telecom Algérie; Orascom Telecom WiMAX; and Weather Investments where he is also CEO.

In addition, Sawiris is chairman of the board of Wind Telecomunicazioni of Italy, and member of the board of directors of Hutchison Telecommunications International and Smart Village Company.

Moreover, Sawiris is a member of the International Advisory Committee to the New York Stock Exchange board of directors. Sawiris has been appointed to jointly chair the Italian-Egyptian Business Council for the 2006-2007 year. He is also a member of both the board of trustees and the board of directors of the Arab Thought Foundation; member of the board of trustees and head of the Financial Committee of the French University in Cairo; board member of the Egyptian Council for Foreign Affairs, the Consumer Rights Protection Association and the Cancer Society of Egypt.

Sawiris is fluent in Arabic, English, German and French.
Positions
Company Title Period
Orascom Telecom Holding Chairman Until May-11
Egyptian Company for Mobile Services Director represesenting Mobinil for Telecommunications Current Position
LINKdotNET Holding Finance Manager Current Position
Nile City Investment Director Current Position
Orascom Telecom Algérie Chairman Current Position
Wind Telecomunicazioni Chairman Current Position
Hutchison Telecommunications International Director 21-Dec-05 - Present
Orascom Technologies Chairman 1997 - Present
Orascom Telecom Holding Chief Executive Officer Until Nov-09
CI Capital Holding Director Former Position
Related News
04-May-2010 The World's 50 Most Influential Arabs -The Middle East
16-Mar-2010 Sawiris on entrepreneurship: No pain no gain -Daily News Egypt
06-Mar-2010 Orascom founder to yield control -The National
11-Sep-2009 Wind Hellas draws interest from Apax and TPG -Financial Times
30-Jun-2009 Wind plans €2.7bn junk bond issue -Financial Times
09-Jun-2009 No end in sight for 'silly war' over mobile unit -Financial Times
25-May-2009 France Telecom and Orascom at loggerheads over Egyptian operator -Financial Times
17-May-2009 Orascom to cut costs this year -The National
14-Apr-2009 Orascom Telecom offers to extend Mobinil deadline | أوراسكو تعرض تأجيل بيع أسهم موبينيل -Al-Arabiya
14-Apr-2009 Dispute escalates over Egypt mobile operator -Financial Times
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