November 2026
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The 5th
Cairo CFO Summit
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The Cairo CFO Summit
A new edition of the renowned regional CFO Summit will be brought to Cairo once more in November 2026, following four highly successful editions that gathered hundreds of finance leaders and senior decision-makers from banks, non-banking financial institutions, and leading corporates across diverse sectors in Egypt. These leaders came together to connect, exchange insights, explore emerging market trends, and gain exposure to the best global practices, while enjoying a truly inspiring and immersive experience in every sense.
The Cairo CFO Summit is the premier platform bringing together game changers in finance to redefine benchmarks, reshape perspectives, and rethink bottom-line performance. It offers a unique opportunity to learn from the rich, real-world experiences of senior finance leaders, enabling summit attendees to better navigate today’s challenges and proactively identify and capture emerging opportunities.
Throughout its four previous editions, the Cairo CFO Summit hosted an exceptional lineup of speakers, including CEOs, ministers, CFOs, treasurers, financial market experts, renowned bankers, organizational development authorities, and leadership scholars. The Summit has earned the trust and endorsement of leading organizations as sponsors and partners, including Banque Misr, CI Capital, KPMG, El Sewedy Electric, the European XM, the American Incorta, German Chamber of Commerce, Al Mal newspaper, the Swiss Institute of Management and Science, and more.
The Cairo CFO Summit is proudly brought to you by Developers for Training and Consultancy, with 18 years of excellence in serving the market in Egypt and across the MENA region, delivering world-class executive training, premier consultancy services, and high-impact networking platforms that continuously support learning, leadership development, and professional excellence.
The Cairo CFO Summit Through the Years
Find The Panels
Leading Through Economic Turbulence
Egypt’s Policy Mix, Reform Gaps & Business Direction
This panel examines how fiscal priorities and monetary policy are shaping the operating environment for business—credit conditions, demand, and investment appetite. It highlights where policy transmission is constrained, and which missing or delayed reforms matter most for competitiveness and confidence. Finance leaders cope by tying scenarios to policy signals, agreeing onboarding triggers for capital decisions, and staying disciplined on investment timing.
Finance Talent Reimagined
Building CFO-Ready Teams with AI, Digital Fluency & Future-Proof Workforce Design
In a world where financial performance is won or lost at the team level, CFO success depends on scalable capability—not only individual brilliance. This panel defines what “CFO-ready teams” look like and where CFOs feel the gaps most: bench strength, business partnering, decision quality, and digital fluency. It then shifts to the enablement view—how OD/L&D translate those gaps into role-based skills standards, measurable KPIs, and clear progression pathways. The focus stays practical: how capability is built at scale and sustained.
AI-Driven Finance Transformation
From Automation to Autonomous Decisioning
Finance leaders are moving past “AI pilots” to decisions that change performance. This panel pinpoints where AI is already delivering real impact—close, planning, controls, and decision support—and what it takes to scale without weakening control. It sets the standards for safe adoption: governance, data integrity, model risk discipline, and clear ownership of outcomes. The focus stays outcome-led: faster cycles, better forecasts, and cleaner assurance.
ESG, Sustainability & Corporate Value Creation
The New Strategic Mandate
ESG is no longer a reporting layer—it’s a value discipline. This panel puts finance leaders in the driver’s seat of how sustainability gets translated into profitability, resilience, and long-term enterprise value across the MENA context. Expect a grounded discussion on ESG governance and metrics that stand up to scrutiny, and how ESG is being priced into capital allocation—funding strategy, investment cases, and risk-adjusted portfolios. The focus is execution: embedding ESG across the organization, so it shows up in decisions, not just disclosures.
From Scorekeeper to Value Architect
How CFOs Are Redefining Enterprise Performance
This panel puts the strategic CFO at the center of enterprise performance—partnering with business, operations, risk, and technology to drive better choices across the organization. The panel focuses on redesigning performance management so it governs execution: trade-offs, priorities, and capital allocation as a strategic lever. It pinpoints which metrics matter more, how accountability is built, and how decisions are shaped—and sustained—under pressure.
Mastering Financial Markets
Synchronizing Finance Strategy, Treasury Agility, and Investor Confidence
This panel delivers a year-end outlook for finance leaders, treasurers, and investment decision-makers, examining interest rate movements, foreign exchange dynamics, and capital market trends in Egypt and globally. The discussion will explore developments across key asset classes, including equities, bonds, and gold, and assess their implications for liquidity management, balance sheet stability, and treasury-led investment decisions. By connecting market signals with finance strategy, treasury agility, and investor confidence, the panel provides practical insights to support informed funding, portfolio allocation, and risk-adjusted investment decisions in an increasingly volatile financial environment.
Leadership That Moves the Numbers
The Women's Edge in Finance
This panel spotlights how women finance leaders are redefining the finance function through strategic judgment, enterprise influence, and leadership that delivers results. Women CFOs and finance executives will share their experience and knowledge of how their perspectives, decisions, and leadership styles have shaped performance, strengthened teams, and influenced organization-wide outcomes.
Next-Generation FP&A
Turning Financial Planning & Analysis into a Strategic Advantage
As volatility reshapes decision-making, this panel explores how next-generation FP&A is evolving from static reporting into a predictive, intelligence-driven engine for strategy. CFOs and FP&A leaders will discuss how scenario modelling, forward-looking analytics, and intelligent planning enable faster, better-informed decisions under uncertainty.
Key
Past
Sponsors
Some Of Our
Previous Speakers
Mr. Todd Wilcox
CEO & Deputy Chair
HSBC
​Mr. Ahmed Issa
Deputy Chief Executive Officer and Executive Board Member, Banque Misr
Former Minister of Tourism & Antiquities.
Mr. Sherif El Zeiny
Board Member
Vice President & Group CFO
IDH
Mr. Khalel El Bawab
CEO
Beltone
Dr. Sherif Kamel
Dean of School of Business
AUC
Mr. Sameh Naguib
VP & Chief Financial Officer
Edita
Ms. Rasha ElAzhary
CFO
Vodafone
Mr. Avramis Despostis
XM Chief Technical Analyst, Founder & CEO
Tradepedia
Eng. Emad Shawky
Chief Data & Analytics Officer
Banque Misr
Mr. Sherif Samy
Former Chairman Financial Regulatory Authority (FRA)
& Ex-Chairman
CIB
Mr. Hassan Mourad
Head of Cyber Security Services
PWC
Ms. Dalia Shoukry
CFO
SIEMENS
Mr. Hesham Bahaa
Group Chief Financial Officer
Fawry
Mr. Islam Zekry
Group Chief Financial Officer
CIB
Mr. Chandra Suryawanshi
Partner and National Co-Leader- Cyber Defence & Incident Response
Bedaya Mortgage Finance Co.
The Cairo CFO Summit Is Brought to You By
Developers for Training and Consultancy
Developers for Training and Consultancy-Developers- is the MENA region Hub for training, international accreditation and consultancy in the areas of Finance, Green Finance, Islamic Finance, Treasury, Risk Management, Compliance, Corporate Governance, Audit, Retail and SMEs Banking and Project Management. Established early 2008 and headquartered in Cairo, Developers has business and professional networks in the Gulf region, North Africa, UK, USA, Singapore, Hong Kong, Lebanon, Jordan, Sudan, and Libya.
Throughout its 18 successful years, Developers has managed to satisfy the most demanding top-tier organizations in Egypt and the region in the different sectors including the Financial Sector, FMCGs, Industrial, Pharmaceutical, Oil and Gas, Services & Trading, Real Estate and others.
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Developers has proudly partnered with the number 1 global leader in financial training since 1922; The New York Institute of Finance (NYIF) to bring to Egypt and the region the best of NYIF training and international certificates. Developers is also proud to be the Mediterranean Chapter (MedACVA™) of the National Associational of Certified Valuators and Analysts (NACVA™), USA providing the number one global credential in Business Valuation to Egypt and the region, The CVA is recognized by the Financial regulatory Authority in Egypt.
Developers is also the sole Authorized Learning Organization of the reputable Swiss Institute of Management and Science in Egypt and the MENA region. Developers has been also the well-trusted Training Partner of the most respected and renowned global accrediting bodies including the Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists (ACAMS™), the International Academy of Business and Financial Management (IABFM™), the CPD Standards Office in London and many more.
Developers for Training and Consultancy is especially proud to be the sole Egyptian firm selected by the USAID and the Government of Egypt to implement a five year nation-wide mega consultancy program under the USAID funding to Egypt; Egypt Competitiveness Program (ECP), in addition to partnering with several other international donors to implement impactful interventions in Egypt. Developers is especially proud of meeting the expectations of major regional and Egyptian organizations in the areas of consultancy services including feasibility studies, business valuation, corporate governance and compliance, internal audit, due diligence, policies and procedures, virtual CFO, book-keeping, budgeting and modelling, corporate restructuring and many more.
We are very proud of our clients’ trust and testimonials. Learn more about our training and consultancy services from our website www.developers-egypt.com
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