Egypt appoints Mahmoud Momtaz as Chairman of Egyptian Competition Authority

  • Date: 05-Jan-2021
  • Source: Egypt Today
  • Sector:Economy
  • Country:Egypt
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Egypt appoints Mahmoud Momtaz as Chairman of Egyptian Competition Authority

Mahmoud Momtaz - Chairman of the Egyptian Competition Authority (ECA)







CAIRO – 5 January 2021: Minister of Trade and Industry Nevine Gamea issued decision No. 640 of 2020 appointing  Mahmoud Momtaz as the Chairman of the Egyptian Competition Authority (ECA).

 

Momtaz received his PhD in Competition Law & Economics from the University of Hamburg - Germany. Prior to that he obtained an M.Sc. degree in International Business from the German University in Cairo (GUC) and a professional diploma in Marketing from the Chartered Institute of Marketing in the United Kingdom. Moreover, he holds a B.Sc. in Economics from the GUC as well as a Bachelor of Laws from Cairo University.

 

Prior to his appointment, Momtaz served as Private Sector Development Specialist at the World Bank's headquarters in Washington D.C since August 2018. During that period, he worked on several competition policy projects as well as private sector development in the