HSBC, CIB and FABMISR lead employee profitability ranking in H1 2026

HSBC tops the ranking with EGP 8.14mn in employee profit share, outperforming its closest competitor by 80.4%

CIB ranks second with EGP 4.51mn per employee, while FABMISR takes third place with EGP 3.19mn

Islamic banks secure two places among the top 10, out of four Islamic banks included in the ranking

Aggregate employee profit share across 26 Egyptian banks averages EGP 2.23mn in H1 2026

HSBC Egypt topped First Bank’s employee profitability ranking in H1 2026, generating an average profit of approximately EGP 8.14mn per employee, highlighting its strong earnings performance relative to the size of its workforce.

HSBC secured the leading position after recording net profit of EGP 12.36bn in the first six months of 2026, while its workforce stood at 1,518 employees at the end of June. The bank outperformed its closest competitor by EGP 3.63mn in average employee profit share.

Commercial International Bank (CIB) ranked second, with average avarege employee profit share reaching approximately EGP 4.51mn in H1 2026.

The bank recorded net profit of EGP 39.24bn, while its workforce totalled 8,691 employees at the end of June.

FABMISR ranked third, with average employee profit share of EGP 3.19mn, after recording net profit of EGP 7.90bn in H1 2026. Its workforce stood at 2,480 employees at the end of June 2026.

The ranking covered 26 banks operating in the Egyptian banking sector for which the required financial data for H1 2026 were available, based on each bank’s standalone financial statements.

First Bank’s employee profitability index measures the average contribution of each employee to a bank’s net profit by dividing net profit recorded during the period under review by the total number of employees.

The indicator provides insight into operational efficiency and the productivity of human capital at each bank.

As for Islamic banks, Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank – Egypt and Faisal Islamic Bank of Egypt secured two places among the top 10, out of the four Islamic banks included in the ranking.

Aggregate employee profit share across the four Islamic banks averaged approximately EGP 2.10mn in H1 2026.

Across the 26 banks included in the ranking, total net profit reached approximately EGP 217.64bn in the first six months of 2026, while their combined workforce totalled approximately 97,490 employees at the end of June.

Accordingly, aggregate employee profit share averaged approximately EGP 2.23mn.

All figures and growth rates mentioned in this analysis are based on the standalone financial statements published by each bank as of the end of June 2026.

Rank	Bank	Net profit in H1 2026 (EGP bn)	Employees as of end-June 2026	Profit per employee (EGP)
1	HSBC	12.36	1,518	8,142,312
2	Commercial International Bank (CIB)	39.24	8,691	4,514,449
3	FABMISR	7.9	2,480	3,186,391
4	Arab African International Bank (AAIB)	10.25	3,439	2,981,249
5	Housing and Development Bank (HDB)	9.92	3,424	2,898,224
6	Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank – Egypt (ADIB)	7.34	2,829	2,594,434
7	Faisal Islamic Bank of Egypt	3.88	1,600	2,423,626
8	Qatar National Bank Alahli (QNB)	17.79	7,536	2,360,582
9	Banque Misr	57.47	26,460	2,171,958
10	Export Development Bank of Egypt (EBank)	3.75	1,784	2,102,599
11	National Bank of Kuwait – Egypt (NBK)	4.22	2,056	2,052,041
12	Bank of Alexandria (AlexBank)	7.54	4,039	1,867,947
13	Al Ahli Bank of Kuwait – Egypt (ABK)	3.13	1,876	1,666,958
14	Suez Canal Bank	3.63	2,210	1,642,038
15	Kuwait Finance House – Egypt (KFH)	2.11	1,390	1,521,406
16	Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank – Egypt (ADCB)	2.05	1,406	1,460,171
17	Credit Agricole Egypt	3.61	2,508	1,438,421
18	Emirates NBD Egypt	3.31	2,312	1,431,030
19	Al Baraka Bank Egypt	1.85	1,420	1,304,196
20	BANK NXT	1.51	1,336	1,128,835
21	Banque du Caire	8.59	8,238	1,042,414
22	Attijariwafa bank Egypt	1.48	1,485	998,732
23	EGBANK	2.21	2,554	864,981
24	The United Bank	1.31	1,739	755,217
25	Bank ABC Egypt	0.73	1,235	588,462
26	saib	0.46	1,924	238,670