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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

957%
assets growth
NBE’s assets portfolio has increased from 340.7 billion Egyptian pounds by the end of 2012 to 3.6 trillion pounds by the end of June 2022; achieving an extraordinary leap of 957%.
1317%
Loans portfolio growth
The bank’s loans portfolio has increased from 98.8 billion Egyptian pounds by the end of 2022 to 1.4 trillion pounds by the end of June 2022
879%
Deposits growth
The bank’s deposits portfolio has increased from 286 billion Egyptian pounds by the end of 2012 to 2.8 trillion pounds by the end of June 2022; increasing by 879%.
436%
Net Profit growth
The bank has doubled its net profit to 15 billion pounds by the end of June 2022 up from 2.8 billion pounds during the FY 2011/2012.
879.2%
Individual loans
The banks has succeeded in increasing its individual loans portfolio under his supervision from 19.2 billion pounds by the end of December 2012 compared to 188 billion pounds by the end of June 2022.
1137%
corporates loans
NBE has succeeded in increasing corporates loans portfolio by 1137% to post 1.01 billion pounds by the end of December 2021 up from 81.1 billion pounds by the end of June 2012
1109%
Syndicated loans
The Bank has managed to increase its syndicated loans portfolio by 1109% to post 213 billion Pounds by the end of December 2021 compared to 17.6 billion pounds by the end of June 2012

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