Professor of International Arbitration, Private International Law and English Contract Law, Cairo University; Founding Partner and Head of International Arbitration, Construction and Energy Groups at Zulficar & Partners Law Firm (Egypt); Member of the Governing Board (ICCA); Chair of the ICC Governing Body for Dispute Resolution Services; President Elect of the CIArb (2025); Dean of the Africa Arbitration Academy; Member of the Curatorium of the Hague Academy of International Law; Member of the Court, PCA (The Hague); Member of international Commercial Expert Committee, China International Commercial Court; Fellow of International Academy of Construction Lawyers; Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of AfSIL’s African Review of International Law; Co-Editor-in-Chief, Arab Yearbook for Public and Private International Law, Brill; Member of the Global Advisory Committee of the Saudi Center/Centre for Commercial Arbitration (SCCA); and more.