Our Team

Board team

Islam Saad

Founder and Non-Executive Chairman

Islam is a pharmacist with +25 years of professional experience. He established Lotus Pharmacies in 2015 and serves as its Chairman & MD. Islam also serves as the CEO of CARE Pharmacies being a sister company of United Company for Pharmacist (UCP) – HO Group. For 20 years prior to that, Islam was the Business Development Director in El Ezaby Pharmacies. Islam also worked with El Nahdy Pharmacies in KSA. Islam holds Bachelor degree in Pharmacy – Egypt

Hashem Saad

Co-Founder and CEO

Hashem is an accountant with 16 years of professional experience. He joined Lotus in 2019 as CEO. For 12 years prior to that, Hashem served with RSM-Public Accountants (Kuwait) as External Auditor in the assurance business. Prior to that he served as certified IT consultant with CIC – SAP partner (Egypt). Hashem holds Bachelor degree in Economics and Management – Egypt

Ahmed Saad

Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer

Ahmed is a finance professional with 23 years of experience in Public Sector Advisory, Banking, Investments and Financial Planning. He served until recently as Senior Advisor in the Board of Directors of African Development Bank. Earlier with National Investment Bank Group (NIB) as the MD of NI Consulting and Chief Operating officer of NI Capital (Egypt). For 15 years prior to that, Ahmed served in multiple prominent banks and corporations in Egypt and Kuwait . Ahmed is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) from Californian Board of Accountancy and holds MBA degree from London Business School.