Ayman Ismail is a co-founder and board member at Nahdet El Mahrousa and the Assistant Professor of Management and Abdul Latif Jameel Endowed Chair of Entrepreneurship at the American University in Cairo School of Business, where he leads the School’s Entrepreneurship and Innovation Program (EIP).

He is also a co-founder and Managing Partner in Enovio, a management & strategy consulting firm operating in the US and the Middle East. Prior to that, he was a consultant in McKinsey & Company’s Business Technology Office, based in New York for several years. Dr. Ismail has advised senior management in leading Fortune 100 companies, fast-growing startups, government agencies, and non-profits on key organization, operations and technology issues.

Ayman is a former Research Fellow at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at the Kennedy School of Government in Harvard University. He received his PhD in International Economic Development from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He also holds a bachelor’s degree in engineering and an MBA from the American University in Cairo, and a master’s degree in city planning and geographic information systems from MIT.

Management, Entrepreneurship, Business, International affairs, Innovation, Research