Managing Director of the French Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Egypt. A pupil of the Jesuit fathers in Cairo, Karim Wissa continued his studies in Cairo (American University) and obtained his DEA from Oxford University in Great Britain. In 1989, Karim Wissa passed the competitive entrance examination for the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He represented his country at the United Nations in New York (1994-1998), then in Paris at the Chancellery (2001-2005), and again in Paris as Head of the economic expansion post (2006-2011). Meanwhile, at headquarters in Cairo, he served as Advisor to three different Ministers until becoming Deputy Director to the Minister in 2012. That same year, by decree of the President of the French Republic, he was named Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur. Appointed Ambassador, he represented his country as Executive Director at the World Bank in Washington between 2013 and 2016. In 2017, he joined Gide, Nouel et Loyrette and opened the firm’s Cairo office in 2018. In 2017, he taught at the Ecole Supérieure de Sciences Commerciales Appliquées (ESLSCA) in Cairo in the MBA program. In 2022, he was appointed member of the ESLSCA Supervisory Board. In January 2021, he joined the French Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Egypt as General Manager. In June 2021, by decree of the President of the French Republic, he was elevated to the rank of Officier de la Légion d’Honneur.
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