Mona Zulficar

Chairperson EFG Hermes Holding, SAE (Non-executive) (2008 – to date) Chairperson, Egyptian Microfinance Federation (2015 – to date) Expert Member, Board of Directors, Central Bank of Egypt (2003-2011) VP of the Constitutional Committee of 50 of the 2014 Constitution VP & Member, UN Human Rights Council Advisory Committee (2008-2013) Member, National Council for Human Rights, Egypt (Sept.2013 to date) Chairperson, Women’s Health Improvement Association, Cairo Founder and Chairperson, Al Tadamun Microfinance Foundation Chairperson, EFG Foundation for Social Development (2006 – to date) Chairperson, External Gender Consultative Group, World Bank, Washington DC (2000 – 2006) Member, National Council for Women (2000 – 2006) · Zulficar & Partners Law Firm

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Mona Zulficar is a founding partner of Zulficar & Partners and a practising attorney with more than forty years' experience, recognised for her work in banking, finance, project finance, restructuring and M&A. She holds multiple chairperson roles in banking, microfinance and social-development organisations and has served on national and international human-rights and regulatory bodies.

Practice areas

Banking & FinanceProject FinanceCorporate / M&ARestructuringMicrofinanceHuman RightsCorporate GovernanceNon-profit / Social Development

Office

Egypt

Zulficar & Partners Law Firm · Chairperson EFG Hermes Holding, SAE (Non-executive) (2008 – to date) Chairperson, Egyptian Microfinance Federation (2015 – to date) Expert Member, Board of Directors, Central Bank of Egypt (2003-2011) VP of the Constitutional Committee of 50 of the 2014 Constitution VP & Member, UN Human Rights Council Advisory Committee (2008-2013) Member, National Council for Human Rights, Egypt (Sept.2013 to date) Chairperson, Women’s Health Improvement Association, Cairo Founder and Chairperson, Al Tadamun Microfinance Foundation Chairperson, EFG Foundation for Social Development (2006 – to date) Chairperson, External Gender Consultative Group, World Bank, Washington DC (2000 – 2006) Member, National Council for Women (2000 – 2006)

Egypt

Expertise

Banking & financeProject financeMergers & acquisitionsMicrofinance & financial inclusionWomen’s economic empowermentSocial developmentConstitutional law & human rightsFinancial regulation

Education

Political science degree, Cairo University
Law degree, Mansoura University
Honorary Doctorate (Law), University of Zurich

Languages

ArabicEnglishFrench