Wael El Hatow, CEO

Wael El Hatow

CEO

Egyptian Resorts Company

Location
Egypt
Education
Master's degree, Business Administration
Experience
21 years, 0 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :21 years, 0 Months

CEO at Egyptian Resorts Company
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • June 2016 to May 2020

Hired to transform a master developer listed on the Egyptian Stock Exchange highly dependent on tourism into a diversified real estate organization with master development, residential & commercial property development, infrastructure development, and facilities management business lines. Recruited 8 senior executives despite extremely tight talent market in region. Oversaw 600+ employees.
 Grew residential real estate sales 15x from 2016 to 2019.
 Stock price appreciation of more than 250% during tenure as CEO, representing a market capitalization of EGP 2.5B.

EGYPTIAN RESORTS COMPANY - CEO (CONT’D) 2009-2016
 Built organizational capacity in the areas of sales, marketing, customer service, project and construction management, investments and business development.
 Implemented the technological infrastructure necessary for rapid future growth, replacing manual data processing and storage procedures with digital applications to streamline and scale operations.
 Improved cash flows by diversifying business lines, launching collections unit which significantly reduced collections time and overdue receivables.

CHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER at Al Ahly Capital
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • May 2009 to May 2016

Drove investment strategy, deal sourcing, due diligence, structuring, and relationships with strategic and financial co-investors. Oversee all investment operations as well as training and recruitment of employees. Report directly to Board of Directors.

Head of Investment Banking at HC Securities and Investment
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • June 1999 to April 2009

Drove business development / origination, client relationship management, transaction execution, and day-to-day operations.

Education

Master's degree, Business Administration
  • at The Pennsylvania State University
  • June 1999

MBA

Specialties & Skills

Management
Restructuring
Strategy Work
New Business Development
Investments
Management
Investment
Finance

Languages

English
Native Speaker
Arabic
Native Speaker

Training and Certifications

Real Estate Executive Development Diploma (Training)
Training Institute:
American University in Cairo
Date Attended:
January 2017
Private Equity Masterclass (Training)
Training Institute:
London Business School
Date Attended:
January 2012