SIR MOHAMED MANSOUR

Sir Mohamed Mansour is a distinguished business leader, entrepreneur and philanthropist. He is the Chairman of the Mansour Group, a global conglomerate that operates across a number of sectors and markets including automotive, capital markets, consumer and retail, industrial equipment, technology, logistics and services.

He is the Chairman of Man Capital LLP, a global investment firm that provides long-term capital and strategic support to companies and organisations in a range of sectors.

He is also the Chairman of Right to Dream, a global community of football academies and free schools that owns San Diego FC, a Major League Soccer club in San Diego, California, which Sir Mohamed also chairs; FC Nordsjaelland, a Danish top-flight football club; and FC Masar, a football club in Egypt.

Sir Mohamed, who received a knighthood from HRH King Charles III in the UK in 2024 for his services to business, politics and philanthropy, has supported a number of social and cultural initiatives around the world.

He is the Founder of the Lead Foundation, a non-profit organisation that provides funding to small and micro enterprises operated by under-privileged women in Egypt, which to date has granted over 5 million loans. He is a Trustee of the Grand Egyptian Museum in Cairo, the largest museum in the world dedicated to a single civilisation, which officially opened in 2025. In Egypt he also is the Co-Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the National Cancer Institute of Egypt.

In the UK he has been a long-term supporter of HRH The Prince’s Foundation. He was a major contributor to St Paul’s Cathedral’s Remember Me project, which raised money for a physical memorial in London to those who died of COVID-19 in the UK. He also made significant donations in Egypt and Sub-Saharan Africa to help those affected by the pandemic. He is also a supporter of the Conservative Environment Network, a forum that supports conservation and decarbonisation.

Sir Mohamed advises a number of prestigious, globally significant organisations. He is a member of Bank of America’s EMEA Senior Advisory Board. In the United States, he serves on the Advisory Board for the Centre for Contemporary Arab Studies (CCAS) at Georgetown University. He is also a member of Harvard Kennedy School Dean’s Council. In Italy, he is a member of the Advisory Board of the SDA Bocconi School of Management. In the UK, he is a member of the Director’s Circle of Chatham House, the UK-headquartered international affairs think tank.

In terms of his previous appointments, Sir Mohamed served as the Minister of Transport in Egypt, one of the largest government ministries in the country employing more than 250,000 people, from early 2006 until October 2009.

He served as the Co-Chair of the 2025 B20 Digital Transformation Task Force, which tabled recommendations to the G20 Summit in Johannesburg, South Africa to address the digital divide in Africa. He is a former Chairman of the Egypt-U.S. Business Council and was the President of the American Chamber of Commerce in Egypt, as well as the Secretary General of the Egyptian Centre for Economic Studies (ECES). He is a former Chairman of Crédit Agricole Bank Egypt and a former member of the bank’s Global International Advisory Board (IAB).

In the UK, he is a former Senior Treasurer of the Conservative Party and previously served on the Investment Council, which advised the UK Government on inward investment. He is a former member of the Advisory Board of the Cairo and Alexandria Stock Exchanges and the Social Fund for Development and the Board of Trustees of the American University in Cairo. He also served on the George Washington School of Business Advisory Board and the International Advisory Board of the Coca-Cola Company.

In addition to his British knighthood, he was awarded the Order of the Star of Italy, one of Italy’s highest honours, by President Sergio Matterella in 2023. In 2025, he also was appointed a Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Order of Francis I by Prince Carlo of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, the Duke of Castro, in recognition of his philanthropy.

Sir Mohamed obtained a Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering from North Carolina State University, USA in 1968 and a Masters Degree in Business Administration from Auburn University, USA in 1971. He taught at Auburn University until 1973. He received an Honorary Doctorate from North Carolina State University in 2022.

Click here to find out more about Sir Mohamed Mansour’s Autobiography, ‘Drive to Succeed’.