Adham Asaad NADIM

Abu Rawash Industrial Zone, Cairo,  Alex  Desert Road, Giza, Egypt.
P.O.Box:  18 Smart Village , Postal Code: 12577Giza, Egypt
Tel:+ 202 35391601   Fax:+ 202 35391609
E-mail: adham@nadim.org

  

 

 

Date of Birth

: July 20th 1964                                                 
Nationality : Egyptian
Married to : Hind Moustafa Nabil since July 1994
Daughter : Habiba born December 25th 1996
 

Education:

1986                B.A. in Islamic Art and Architecture from the American University in Cairo.

1981                General Certificate Examination University of London.

 

Schools attended:  

Victoria Collage Maadi Cairo, University School Bloomington Indiana, Port Said School Zamalek, Cairo, Makalla Elementery Bloomington Indiana.
 

 

 Work Experience

2006 – Present            Executive Director – Industrial Modernisation Centre (IMC)
1999 -  Present            Chairman and Managing Director of NADIM Industries
1990 - 1999                 Vice Chairman and Managing Director of NADIM Industries
1986 - 1989                 Project Manager of various NADIM Projects in Egypt and abroad
1978 - 1985                 Training at NADIM

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Positions and affiliations

  • Industrial Modernization Center (IMC)
    • Executive Director (Appointed since December 2006)
    • Deputy Executive Director (Appointed since May 2006)
    • Member of the Executive management team (Appointed since June 2005)
    • Member of the advisory Council (Appointed by the Minister of Trade & Industry)

     

  •  Federation of Egyptian Industries (FEI)

    • Chairman of International Affairs Committee (Since October 2007)
    • Deputy Chairman of the Industrial Modernisation Committee (2007)
    • Deputy Chairman of the Industrial Law Committee (2008)
  • Egyptian - French Presidential business council
    • Member
    • Member of Executive Committee

  •  Egyptian Exporters Association -ExpoLink

    • Treasurer of the NGO and Sector head for Furniture and building materials (elected since January 2005)
    • Secretary General (from October 2001 – January 2005)
    • Sector Head of furniture and building materials (since 1999)

  •  Furniture Export Council 

    • Chairman of the Executive Committee (from March 2005 till January 2007)
  • Chamber of Furniture and Wood Working Industries (Federation of Egyptian Industries)
    • Vice president and member of the Executive Committee (elected)

  •  Wood Working Technology Centers

    • Member of the Executive Committee for creating the centers (Appointed by the Minister of Trade & Industry)

  •  Egyptian Chamber of Commerce – Export Committee

    • Chairman of the Furniture Committee (elected – December 2007)
  • Egyptian Junior Business Association
    • Member

  •  Member of the board for the Egyptian Export Promotion Council - EEPC

  • German-Arab Chamber of Industry and Commerce
    • Member

  •  Board Member / Member of the following:

    • The Industrial Modernisation Council (Since 2004)
    • Board of Trustees Council for the Egyptian Association of HR Development (Since 2007)
    • The Egyptian Accreditation Council (EGAC) (Since 2008)
    • The National Quality Institute (NQI) (Since 2008)
    • The Industrial Training Council (ITC) (Since 2008)
    • Energy Saving Council (Since 2008)
    • REACH Committee – Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI) (Since 2008)
    • Committee for receiving of Doweika Craft Center – Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI) (since 2009)
Represents the above associations in various local and international events.
 

 

Languages

Arabic:        Mother tongue
English:       Excellent
French:        Fair

 Notes on the above mentioned organizations:

NADIM
NADIM employing around 1000 well trained individuals produces furniture for residential works, public areas, hospitality projects and supplies big distribution chains.   They are specialized in traditional arts; contemporary and modern styles, in addition to the restoration of historical monuments and area development.

The company's activities include product design and development, manufacture and exports.

With over 30 years experience and a policy which ensures client satisfaction, NADIM's design team understand the detailed requirements of customers and are able to provide well considered advice in the form of layout design, general products and technical recommendation.

NADIM has built a reputation for excellence, manufacturing, installing and project managing across the world for blue chip clients like Four Seasons, Holiday Inn, Six Continents, Accor, Sheraton, Grand Hyatt, Le Meridien, Arab Fund, Presidential and Royal projects, mosques, churches and museums covering about 40 countries.

IMC
The Industrial Modernisation Centre (IMC) is intended to perform as the prime agent for substantiating the government's vision of a vibrant and globally competitive industrial sector.  It has started as a European Union funded project with a joint budget of € 426 M from EU, the Government of Egypt and the Egyptian Private Sector. The aim is to create an enabling environment in which the private sector can lead growth and make Egyptian industries leapfrog into global competitiveness serving more than 10,700 factories in all sectors of industry.

Furniture Export Council
A council of Egyptian furniture exporters concerned with promoting exports and setting the Egyptian furniture export strategy, initiating and lobbying for policy reform to facilitate the furniture exports and monitor its growth.  The council is also engaged in attracting FDIs into the furniture and its feeding industries.

Egyptian Exporters Association- ExpoLink
ExpoLink is a non-profit organization founded by the Egyptian private sector to promote Egyptian exports in international markets through increasing the competitiveness of Egyptian products and match them with the international markets' needs.  ExpoLink provides world class export services to its 1300 member base.

Federation of Egyptian Industries (FEI)
FEI was established in 1922, is home to 16 industrial chambers and is the most active policy advocacy tool representing industrial interests.  FEI has a 40,000 member base.