Mr. Mahmoud El Gowini was appointed as Advisor to the Minister for Telecommunication and Information Technology Policies in April 2008, after having served for three years as the Head of the Regulatory and Economic Affairs Division of the National Telecom Regulatory Authority. He brings thirty years of worldwide business development experience, including in start-ups and multinationals, in sales, marketing, operation and management. In addition, he is the recipient of Exceptional Performance Awards.

Mr. El Gowini started his career in the oil industry from 1974 to 1987, becoming the managing director of Rockwell International in Egypt, after which he started his own company, 3 Com, and introduced LAN and WAN to a number of Egyptian government agencies. He then became the operations manager for Sprint in Egypt from 1989 to 1997 before moving to the position of regional manager for North Africa for Teleglobe Canada to 2005.

During his tenure at NTRA Mr. El Gowini’s responsibilities encompassed telecom services planning including liberalization strategies and the introduction of new services and technologies, setting national standards, licensing, economic analysis and universal services definition and setting procedures for fund management.