Board of Directors

Lord St John has been an active Crossbench member of the House of Lords, UK Parliament, since 1978. He serves on the boards of several listed and unlisted companies, including Yellow Cake plc, Gulf Marine Services plc, Strand Hanson Ltd, Kneoworld UK Limited, and GMS Resources Limited. He also holds mentoring advisory roles with Farrant Group Ltd., BetWay Ltd., Geobear Ltd, and ROC Technologies Ltd. Lord St John has a strong interest in the charitable sector and serves as a trustee to several charities focused on wildlife conservation, poverty reduction, education, and healthcare. He graduated with a BA in Law and BSocSc in Psychology from Cape Town University, a BProc from the University of South Africa, and Masters of Law (LLM) from the London School of Economics. He practised as an attorney before his 25-year career in financial services in the City of London.

Dr. Hend has been IDH Group’s Chief Executive Officer since 2012 and, prior to that, served as the CEO of Al Mokhtabar – Egypt’s oldest brand – between 2004 and 2012. She received her MBBCh and her Master’s degree in Clinical and Chemical Pathology from Cairo University in the early 1990s, and she also holds a Master’s degree in Public Health from Emory University in Atlanta. Dr. Hend completed her PhD in Immunology from Cairo University in 2000, where she is also a professor of clinical pathology at the university’s Faculty of Medicine. She sits on the Board of American Society of Clinical Pathology (Egypt) and consults on the international certification process. Dr. Hend completed an Executive MBA from the London Business School in 2015 and was featured as one of Forbes’ most powerful women between 2016 and 2023.

Mr. El Zeiny is a certified Board Director and Executive Partner with over three decades of experience in financial management, business leadership, and corporate strategy. He currently serves as Vice President and Group Chief Financial Officer at IDH. On top of his responsibilities as Group CFO, El Zeiny works closely with the Group CEO, Dr. Hend El Sherbini, to set the Company’s growth strategy in Egypt and across its regional markets. El Zeiny also leads the Group’s investment and M&A efforts and has been overseeing IDH’s KSA expansion throughout the past twelve months. Throughout his career, he has filled several executive positions in various leading regional and international corporations, most recently serving as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Elsewedy Electric Group. Prior to Elsewedy Electric Group, he held several positions at Mentor Graphics MENA (currently Motor Siemens), NCR Egypt, Siemens Egypt’s Energy and Automation Division, and General Motors Egypt. Mr. El Zeiny holds an MBA from the City University of Seattle, a Non-Executive Director Diploma from the Financial Times, and a BA in Accounting from Cairo University.

Mr. Choucri is the Chair and Managing Director of HC Securities and Investment, which he established in May 1996. He currently sits on the boards of Fawry Banking and Payment Technology Services Ltd. (Fawry), and the Egyptian Center for Economic Studies (ECES). Mr. Choucri served as the Managing Director of Morgan Stanley from 1987 to 1993 and served as Advisory Director at Morgan Stanley from 1993 to 2007. He received his Management Diploma from The American University in Cairo in 1978.

Mr. Olsson has long and extensive international experience in the diagnostic and healthcare services sector, where he has served in a range of executive positions — among others, as head of diagnostics in the pan-European healthcare group Capio; CEO of Unilabs, a pan-European diagnostic provider; and CEO of Helsa, a Swedish healthcare group. He currently works as an independent advisor and holds non-executive positions at Purch AB and Ambea AB (Publ). Mr. Olsson has worked in the healthcare sector since 1999. Mr. Olsson studied Economics at the University of Lund in Sweden.

Mr. Phillips is a founding partner of Actis LLP, the emerging markets private equity group. As Actis LLP is one of the Company’s major shareholders, Mr. Phillips is not considered by the Board as being independent. He is the Head of Private Equity for Actis and is a member of the Actis Investment Committee. Mr. Phillips is a director on the board of a number of companies, including Honoris United Universities, Les Laboratories Medis SA, and others. Mr. Phillips holds a degree in Economics from the University of Exeter.

Ms. Stillhart is an experienced board director and senior executive with over 30 years of leadership in finance, strategic risk management, growth acceleration, and transformational leadership across a wide range of industries and regions, including Europe, the USA, and Africa. Yvonne brings a global perspective and proven expertise to her governance roles. She holds board and committee roles at UBS Asset Management Switzerland Ltd, EPE Capital (South Africa), and Patria Private Equity Trust Plc. (UK) She has co-founded and led as a Senior Partner a specialised private equity manager in Switzerland. She holds a Directors Certificate from Harvard Business School and is a Qualified Risk Director®. She is fluent in German, English, Spanish and French.