Dr. Mahmoud Ahmed Momtaz
Non-Executive Board Member
Dr. Mahmoud Ahmed Momtaz joined Banque Misr as a Non-Executive Board Member in September 2024, with extensive years of experience from previously held leadership positions.
Dr. Mahmoud Momtaz is currently the Chairman of the Egyptian Competition Authority (ECA) since January 2021. Since, assuming his role, he leads the Authority’s efforts to ensure the freedom of competition and create an attractive competitive environment for investment, fostering fair and competitive markets in Egypt. He has also contributed to the formulation of Egypt’s strategy for competitive neutrality and participated in the State Ownership Policy.
Dr. Momtaz also serves as a Commissioner and Chairman of the Determination Committee as well as the Technical and Strategy Committee at the COMESA Competition Commission. In addition, Dr. Momtaz plays a pivotal role as the Chair of the African Heads of Competition Authorities Dialogue, where he works to enhance cooperation and coordination in policies among competition authorities in Africa.
Dr. Momtaz is chairing the Advisory Board of the UNCTAD Competition Training Center for Middle East and Africa.
On the Arab front, Dr. Momtaz contributed to the establishment of the Arab Competition Network and was elected as its first president, where he led regional initiatives to harmonize competition laws and practices in the region.
Dr. Momtaz is also a member of the boards of directors of the Gas Regulatory Authority, the Supreme Council for Media Regulation, and the Egyptian Electric Utility and Consumer Protection Regulatory Agency, in addition to the Advisory Committee on Anti-dumping.
Before assuming his role at ECA, Dr. Momtaz worked as a Private Sector Development Specialist at the World Bank headquarters in Washington D.C., where he was responsible for several competition policy projects and supporting private sector development in the MENA region and Southeast Asia. Furthermore, he actively participated in the development of competition laws and conducted multiple training sessions for several countries in the Middle East.
On the academic front, Dr. Momtaz serves as a board member at the Faculty of Law - the British University in Egypt (BUE), and works as a lecturer of Competition Law and Economics. He holds a PhD in Competition Law and Economics from the University of Hamburg in Germany, in addition to a Bachelor of Laws from Cairo University and a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from the German University in Cairo.
Many competition authorities in the Arab region and Africa have recognized Dr. Momtaz for raising awareness on and improving the competition protection culture.
