Ahmed Issa is an Egyptian, economist, banker and former minister of Tourism and Antiquities.

His appointment as tourism minister from his position as chief executive officer of Retail Banking at Commercial International Bank (CIB), Egypt is to reform tourism sector's economic and commercial viability.

[2] After his return from study leave, he was promoted to the position of managing director of capital investment banking, head of research, strategic planning and group CFO at CIB.

He was a non-executive board director Egypt Air Holding, American Chamber of Commerce and a member of MasterCard MENA Leadership Council.

[4][5] He was the CEO of retail banking unit of CIB before being appointed minister of Tourism and Antiquities in August 2022 to reform the sector.