Dr. Laila Iskandar is our founding partner, former Chairperson and unwavering social compass for our business and clients. Formerly Minister of State for Urban Renewal and Informal Settlements in Egypt, and Minister of State for Environmental Affairs, Dr. Iskandar connects her extensive experience and networks to deliver projects with positive social, economic and environmental impact.

With thirty years’ practice across grass roots communities and, informal settlements, she is known for addressing issues of Urban Poverty, creating opportunities for recycling SME's using a value chain analysis approach. She leads CID’s team on Education and Development projects covering full range of formal and non-formal learning contexts.

She represented CID Consulting when we were voted as ‘Social Entrepreneur of the Year’ 2006 at the World Economic Forum by the Schwab Foundation for a sustainable recycling school with UNESCO.

Dr. Iskandar is a graduate of Cairo University, UC Berkeley, California and Columbia University, New York. She has been a jury member to UNESCO’s International Literacy Prize, UNESCO’s Resource Person for the Arab region since 2005 on the United Nations Literacy Decade and Education for Sustainable Development, as well as Education Advisor for Egypt’s Canadian International Development Agency.

Ms. Dalia Wahba is our founding partner, responsible for driving twenty years of exponential growth for our business and clients. A powerful local influence for multi-sector businesses, individuals and associations alike, Ms. Wahba shares innovative leadership expertise across Egypt.

Through the design and management of prominent public awareness and outreach programs, Ms. Wahba instinctively informs marketing communication strategies for government entities, international and multinational organisations and Egyptian-based companies. Her expertise spans the breadth of CID’s offering, as she works across a range of strategic planning, partnership building, marketing communications and change management projects. She is recognised for her strong private-public partnership building abilities, having successfully executed impactful campaigns for a number of organisations. Ms. Wahba has participated in promoting Egypt with key international stakeholders through the participation in a number of overseas delegation for over 10 years.

Wahba holds a master’s degree in Consulting and Coaching for Change from HEC, Paris; a postgraduate degree in integrated marketing communications; and is a certified management consultant of the Institute of Management Consultancy in the United Kingdom. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Mass Communication and Business Administration from the American University in Cairo.

Between 2015 to 2017, she served as the Chair of the Marketing Committee at the American Chamber of Commerce, 2017-2019 Vice President for membership and is currently Executive Vice President at the Chamber. She is also the Co-Chair of the Dean’s Strategic Advisory Board (SAB) at the American University in Cairo.

Anis Aclimandos is president of Transcentury Associates (TCA), which manages development projects worldwide. He is also president of Woodies, a subsidiary of TCA, the import agent for Eastman-Kodak.

Aclimandos has handled large merger and acquisition projects in the Middle East, attracting FDI to the region from many countries.

Aclimandos joined the American Chamber of Commerce in Egypt in 1983. He was elected to the board of governors in 1987 and re-elected in 1988 and 2007. He has served as chair of AmCham's Customs, Investment & Trade and International Donor Programs committees, and as vice president, membership from 2001 to 2005. Aclimandos was elected President of AmCham Egypt in 2013 and served for two consecutive terms till 2017.

A certified accountant, Aclimandos earned a Bachelor of Arts in Accounting from Cairo University and holds Egyptian and U.S. certification in financial management and analysis.

As a pillar to CID Consulting, Mr. Fahmy brings significant perspective and talent in institution building, communication and human resource development with the Private sector. Mr. Fahmy is the current CEO of the American Chamber of Commerce in Egypt (AMCHAM) and was formerly Executive Director of AMCHAM - an organization whose vitality and professionalism has made it the model business association of the region. Mr. Fahmy served as Deputy Director of the Egyptian Center for Economic Studies and serves on the board of a variety of private enterprises. He is duly recognized for his prominent contribution to important advances in Egypt's business environment.