1. Sally Mahmoud Hafez
Nationality: Egyptian/French
11, El Aziz Osman St., Home: +202 27353525
Zamalek, Cairo, Egypt E-mail: Hafezsally@yahoo.com Mobile: +20100 1701868
Program and Event Management
Professional
Over 30 years of hands-on experience in program and event management, leading diverse teams to plan and manage
seminars conferences and facilitating training events. Providing Translation, Report writing & editing services for
corporates and international organizations, locally and regionally
Areas of Expertise
• Program event Planning and Management
(financial and technical)
• Communication management and leading
diverse teams
• Translation services
• Negotiation and networking
• Report writing
Education
• BA, American University in Cairo, 1982, Mass Communication Major, Business Administration Minor
Professional Experience
January 2012 – present
Independent consultant.
January 1997- December 2011
Exacta Business Services / Logistic Support Services – Owner
• Overall management of the company
• Managing accounts for more than 100 foreign and Egyptian individual clients and organizations
• Organization and coordination of events (Conferences, workshops and visits)
• Staffing of events
• Translation and report writing
Major Clients:
The British Council:
• Providing services to the Education, Youth& Society, Human Resources, Arts & Science and Communications
Units as per above list.
• Worked extensively and assisted the Education team, on education reform, quality assurance, education and
employability, scientific research and youth projects
• Organized and participated in all visits of British teachers and consultants to Ministry of Education and various
schools in several governorates, as part of school links project and exchange partnerships.
• Coordinated and participated in Al-Azhar University Delegation visit to several universities, research institutes
and departments, in the UK, as part of the Education Reform and Quality Assurance project.
• Organized and provided all logistical support services for Literacy Project, and final workshop of Broader
Middle East and North Africa Region, and Member States of the G8 meeting of literacy experts in 2007
The European Training Foundation (ETF):
• Providing report writing and translation services to Woman at Work project.
2. The International Finance Corporation (IFC):
• Translation and editing of websites and books on small and medium enterprises (Business Edge), in the
following fields:
Controlling Physical resources
Planning and controlling work
Understanding Quality
Auditing
Office Management
Internet based services for SMEs
The British Embassy:
• Management and coordination of several social events.
• Providing interpretation and translation services for different events
Advisor to Minister of Higher Education and ex-Advisor to Minister of Labor, Dr Mohamed ElFateh Moussa:
• Providing assistance to the Ministry through working with the Advisor on consultancy assignments related to
vocational Education and training.
• Translation of reports and program documents.
Logic Consulting:
Translation of reports submitted to the Industrial Modernization Centre affiliated to the Ministry of Industry.
Edexcel:
Translation of reports and documents.
1985 – December 1996
Rainbow Business Services (Logistic Support Services) – Manager/Co-owner
• Managing accounts of more than 120 clients
• Managing daily office activities
• Supervising accounting and bookkeeping
• Organizing seminars and conferences for client companies
• Supervision of computer training courses offered to clients
Major Clients:
• USAID
• Several USAID projects in Egypt.
• The American Embassy in Cairo
1983- 1984
DDR International - Project Management Consultants
Office Manager
Languages:
Arabic, Spoken& Written: Excellent
English, Spoken& Written:Excellent
French, Spoken& Written: Excellent
Computer Skills: Knowledge and experience of the use of all Microsoft applications