James is a 53 years old marketing and management expert with an MSc in Mass Communication. He worked initially in UK television, and for the last 15 years in the humanitarian sector across Africa. James brings a pragmatic, straightforward, and organised approach to the table, as well as extensive advertising skills. James is the father of 2 children at MBIS, and they love the MBIS family.
Hadia holds a Bachelor's degree in Economics from the American University in Cairo. Her work experience for over 10 years has been in the areas of Marketing, Project and Event Management as well as Business Development in the FMCG, Real Estate and Telecom sector. Some of her recent work included planning and executing an exhibition for the top African product designers as part of Africa Forum in collaboration with COMESA and the Ministry of Investment. Her son is at MBIS, and they are happy to call MBIS their extended family.
Douglas is a Certified Treasurer, qualified Economist and an experienced banker. Currently he holds a position of Senior Manager at African Export- Import Bank(Afreximbank) in the Treasury and Markets department, responsible for International Resource Mobilisation and Credit Rating. Douglas joined Afreximbank in February 2015 and is based at the Bank’s headquarters in Cairo. He holds an MBA and a Bachelor of Science Honors Degree in Economics, both from the University of Zimbabwe, Diploma in Banking from Institute of Bankers of Zimbabwe and is a Certified Treasury Professional (CTP), a certification awarded by the Association for Financial Professionals, USA. Before joining Afreximbank, Douglas had a very successful career in Zimbabwe where he worked for banks, an insurance company, and an asset management company. He served these companies in different capacities that include Graduate Management Trainee, Treasury Dealer, Chief Dealer, Treasury Manager, Fund Manager and Head of Treasury. His last position in Zimbabwe was Operations Director for a commercial bank where he was responsible for the business units of the bank. He was charged with driving business direction and strategy.
Philopateer is an A.U.C computer science engineer and cofounder of Open scope, a software house specialised in providing customised software solutions for different types of businesses in the local and foreign markets. One of his company main products in SMS-LMS (school management system/ learning management system) used locally by more than 30 schools and more than 40000 students. Philopateer has 2 children at MBIS.
Mohamed was born and raised in Cairo, Egypt. Upon graduating from Cairo American College (CAC), He got his Bachelors degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from North Carolina State University in the USA, with a minor in Economics. He later received a finance diploma from Harvard University. He then moved back to join his family’s business in the automotive industry. After becoming the managing director of the company, Mohamed started to branch out, and started his own project, which he now works on full time. Mohamed has a child at MBIS, and they joined the school in 2018.
