Board Member Details

Prior to joining Banque Misr as a board member, Mr. Mahmoud Fawzy Abd Elbary Asar held a number of distinguished positions, which are listed as follows:  

• Vice president of the Egyptian State Council, where he worked at all of the Council's Judiciary, Advisory and  Legislation Departments during the period from 2001 to 2019.

• Legal Counsel for the Speaker of the House of Representatives
• Legal Counsel for the Minister of Investment and International Cooperation
• Legal Counsel for the Minister of Trade and Industry
• Legal Counsel at the Public-Private Partnership Central Unit at the Ministry of Finance
• Legal Counsel  for the Minister of Transitional Justice and Parliamentary Affairs
• Legal Counsel  for the Minister of Legal Affairs  and Parliamentary Affairs
• Legal Counsel  for Al Sharqia Governor

Mr. Asar obtained a Master of Laws Degree in International and Comparative Law from ICL in 2009, Indiana University -USA. He also received a Master's degree in Public and Private Law in 2000/2001 and a Bachelor of Law in 2000.  

Other Current Positions:

Due to his remarkable experience, Asar was assigned to become a member of the State's legislative committees to draft laws and legislations of major importance, as he was:

• An Assistant at the Technical Secretariat of the Legislation Panel, which comprised ten constitutional experts, contributing to drafting the 2014 constitution.
• A Member at the Technical Secretariat and Official Spokesperson of the National Committee chaired by the Minister of Legal and Parliamentary Affairs, for drafting laws related to exercising political rights, parliamentary affairs and drawing Egypt's electoral districts.
• A Member at the Technical Secretariat of the Supreme Legislative Reform Committee chaired by  the Prime Ministry's National Security Committee.
• Head of the Technical Secretariat for overseeing Public-Private Partnership projects