Sector Operations Vice President

Mr. Kamal Elkheshen, an Egyptian national, was appointed as Vice President, Sector Operations (OSVP) on 1 August 2009.  His responsibilities are to participate in developing the Bank’s strategies and programmes and to ensure the timely delivery of policy and project support as defined by the Bank’s operational plans.

Vice President Elkheshen oversees several departments and units delivering support to the regional member countries in the areas of human development/social sectors, governance, economic and financial reforms, agriculture and agro industry, gender, climate and sustainable development and fragile states.

He acquired vast professional experience within and outside the Bank Group. He was among the pioneer staff of the Bank when he joined the institution as Senior Economist in 1987.  In 1994, he moved to establish the African Export Import Bank (Afreximbank) where as Senior Director he was in charge of the bank’s operations and lending.  Before he joined the AfDB in 1987, Mr. Elkheshen was an Assistant Professor at Ain Shams University in Cairo, Egypt from 1982-1987.

Vice President Elkheshen obtained his PhD in agricultural economics from Oxford University in the United Kingdom in 1982. He earned a Master of Science degree also in agricultural economics at the University of California, Davis, USA in 1979, and a Bachelor of Science degree in the same domain from Ain Shams University in Cairo in 1974.

Mr. Elkheshen is married with two children and one granddaughter.