Farouk Abd El Baky El Okdah (Arabic: فاروق عبد الباقى العقدة, born August 1946)[citation needed] was the Governor of the Central Bank of Egypt "CBE" [1] from December 2003 to February 2013.
In Commerce Accounting Major from Ain Shams University 1965 - Master of Accounting (with honors) from Cairo University in 1975 - Master of Business Administration (Finance) from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania in 1981 - PhD.
in Business and Applied Economics from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania - Governor of the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) from December 2003 until February 2013.
- Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of the National Bank of Egypt (NBE) from January 2003 until December 2003 in which he became the Governor of Central Bank of Egypt - He acquired 19 years of banking experience from 1983 until 2002 working with Irving Trust Company - New York which was acquired later by Bank of New York; where he has worked as Assistant Vice President for Middle East Division and as Vice President and Africa District Manager - Dr. El Okdah was the Managing Director of The International Company for Leasing "IncoLease" from 1997 until 2002.
He established IncoLease while working for Bank of New York - In addition Dr. El Okdah worked as an instructor in Accounting and Finance for The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania from 1978 until 1982 - in 1978, he was nominated by The Wharton School to serve as a consultant for The International Finance Corporation (IFC)- The World Bank - Dr. El Okdah has been a member of the Board of Directors of Egypt Air Holding Co. since 1998 - He served as an advisor to the Governor of the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) from 1998 to 2001 in the time of the Governor Ismail Hassan - Dr. El Okdah used to be a member of the Board of Directors of the Egyptian Banking Federation - He used to be a member of the Board of Directors and Treasurer of The Arab Bankers Association North America from 1987 until 1989