Dr. Ahmed M. Darwish

Dr. Ahmed M. Darwish
Dr. Darwish received his Ph.D. in Computer Engineering from the University of California,
Davis in 1988. He received many awards among them; Egyptian National Engineering
Award (1999), Singapore Middle East Eminent Persons Award (2007) and the Life Time
Achievement Medal for his distinguished career from University of California, Davis (2017).
His 2 last public positions were Minister of State for Administration Development (2004-
2011) with a portfolio of eGov, Institutional Development and Governance and Chairman of
the Suez Canal Economic Zone (2015-2017) where he laid the foundation of one of largest
Special Economic Zones in the world (461 sq km and 6 ports).
His consulting work is on governance, policies and strategies, business and financial models
and Information and Communication Technologies. He was and is a consultant to a number
of international organizations (UNDP, UNIDO, UNESCO, FAO, ESCWA, European Union
and World Bank), government organizations and companies in Egypt, Middle East, Africa,
Europe and United States.
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