Integrated Diagnostics Holdings announced the appointment of Ahmed El Gebeily as Group Chief Financial Officer, effective 15 August 2023. His appointment will follow the departure of IDH's long-term VP Finance and Strategies and Group Chief Financial Officer, Omar Bedewy, on 30 June 2023. Bedewy has been with IDH since 2016 and has played a vital role in the Company's growth and expansion in recent years.

During the transition, Bedewy, along with the rest of IDH's management team, is committed to ensuring an efficient handover of responsibilities, remaining diligent in the Company's transitional phase until El Gebeily effectively assumes his role as Group Chief Financial Officer. Following Bedewy's departure, Ahmed Sileem will fill the position of Interim Chief Financial Officer until El Gebeily fills the role on 15 August 2023. Sileem currently serves as Regional Financial Controller at IDH and has been with the Company since 2012.

El Gebeily is a senior executive finance director with nearly three decades of experience and a successful track record in business start-ups in various international and local settings, including construction, building material industries, among others. He currently serves as the Chief Financial Officer at Egyptian Industrial Investment Group. His previous experiences include Senior Executive Finance Director at Egyptian Steel Group, Regional Finance Director at Lafarge Middle East and Africa, and Head of Finance for New Projects at Orascom Industries - Cement Division.

Prior to these roles, El Gebeily held several positions with Kharafi Group, where he was stationed in several countries, including Albania, Syria, South Africa and Mozambique. He boasts a unique set of skills and experience, including experience in company management, holding restructuring and liquidation, designing accounting systems, ERP implementation, and company registration processes. During his tenure, he gained strong exposure in acquisitions, due diligence, post-purchase audits, joint venture management, sale and purchase agreements (SPA), shareholders loan agreements, as well as the management and setup of full Financial Shared Services Centre (FSSC), both locally and regionally.

El Gebeily's skills also include project financial management, costing and contract negotiation, and closure. He is an expert with internal control functions, budget monitoring, and performance analysis, as well as corrective measure implementation. He has strong experience in tax optimisation, tax disputes, and tax refunds in several countries.

Finally, El Gebeily is skilled at knowledge transferring, team building, and training future generations for leadership positions.