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Hisham Okasha

Chairman of National Bank of Egypt (NBE)

Years of Experience | 30
During his tenure at the helm of the state owned bank, the National Bank of Egypt, he managed to become role model for his successful journey of eight years. Under Okasha supervision; NBE has achieved an extraordinary leap in its performance, enhanced its existence through expanding geographically, executed a comprehensive development plan for its technological infrastructure and improved the quality of performance of its employees. In addition, the bank has launched first of its kind services in the Egyptian banking sector such as electronic service branches.

Career History

1991
Okasha joined the Arab Bank in1991 and continued there for 15 years
2007
In 2007&044 He joined the Central Bank of Egypt as the assistant sub-governor as part of a reform plan
February 2013
He was appointed as the acting chairman of the National Bank of Egypt
August 2013
He was formally appointed as the chairman of the National Bank of Egypt
March 2014
He was elected as the Deputy-Chairman of the Federation of Egyptian Bank

Hisham Okasha Achievements

1268%
assets growth
NBE’s assets portfolio has increased from EGB366.592bn by the end of June 2013 to EGBtn by the end of sep 2023
1887%
Loans portfolio growth
The bank’s loans portfolio has increased from EGB 113.996bn by the end of June 2013 to EGB 2.264tn by the end of sep 2023
1046%
Deposits growth
The bank’s deposits portfolio has increased from EGB 312.714bn by the end of June 2013 to EGB 3.583tn by the end of Sep 2023
1425%
Personal loans
The bank has doubled its Personal loans to EGB 228.971bn by the end of Sep 2023 up from EGB 15.013bn of end the June 2013.
1141%
Individual loans
The bank has succeeded in increasing its individual loans portfolio under his supervision from EGB 22.295bn by the end of June 2013&044 up to EGB 276.734bn by the end of Sep 2023.
1137%
corporates loans
NBE has succeeded in increasing corporates loans portfolio to post EGB 1.988tn by the end of Sep 2023&044 up from EGB 91.701bn by the end of June 2013.
1299%
Direct loans
The Bank has managed to increase its Direct loans to post EGB 643.353bn by the end of Sep 2023 compared to EGB 45.978bn by the end of June 2013.

Prizes

2019
The bank was ranked among the top 5 banks in Africa and among the top 10 banks in the Arab world.
2019
The bank was ranked number 222 among the list of the 1000 largest banks in the world&044 on basis of total assets&044 by The Banker International magazine.
2018
The bank was awarded by the 1st place as the best bank in the Egyptian and African markets
2017
The National Bank of Egypt (NBE) secured third place in Bloomberg’s Africa syndicated loans league table as the continent’s and Egypt’s main arranger of syndicated loans.
2016
The bank was awarded as the best bank in Egypt by Union of Arab Banks
2016
National Bank of Egypt awarded Best Retail Bank in Egypt by The Asian Banker International