Elie is the Chairman of MIF. He is responsible for defining and monitoring the implementation of the company’s direction and strategy.

Elie led a lifelong career in the corporate and investment banking sectors in the United Kingdom with Barclays where he held senior positions. He was then appointed Deputy Chairman of Barclays Wealth International, and Chairman of the bank’s subsidiary in Egypt. On leaving Barclays, Elie joined DBS, the largest Bank in Singapore, as a Vice Chairman of their investment banking arm. He also held board positions in the leisure and asset management industries in Germany and Dubai before joining MIF in 2010.

Since then, Elie’s experience in commercial and investment banking has constituted a significant asset for MIF, specifically in deal structuring and execution.

Elie holds an M.Sc degree in Economics from the University of Surrey, United Kingdom.

Gaby is the CEO of MIF as well as a Managing Partner. He oversees the company’s full spectrum of activities ranging from exhibition, production, distribution to production services. Over the past three decades, Gaby has been the main catalyst behind MIF’s growth to the fully integrated film company it is today.

Since joining MIF in 1990, Gaby produced a wide variety of critically acclaimed films, documentaries and TV series alongside directors such as Youssef Chahine, Yusri Nasrallah, Atef Hetata, Khaled Youssef, Samir Habchi and Kamla Abou Zekri to name a few, which allowed him to gain recognition in the film industry. He also established and developed the company’s distribution and exhibition activities throughout the years, which cemented MIF’s position in the market.

Prior to joining MIF, Gaby has worked as an engineer at 3M in Lebanon, Iran, Syria and Egypt as well as at IHI in Japan, Algeria and Kuwait.

Gaby holds a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering from the American University of Beirut, Lebanon and a master’s degree in Quantitative Business Methods from the University of Surrey, United Kingdom.

Marianne is a Managing Partner at MIF as well as a Cairo-based filmmaker. She has closely collaborated with iconic filmmaker Youssef Chahine for more than three decades.

Since joining MIF in 1980, she produced and directed films that engage the audience on an intimate level, tackling themes of identity, memory and marginalization. She produced around 30 films and feature documentaries that won awards in regional and international festivals. Acting as a conduit between artists and the cinema industry, Marianne was instrumental in introducing the first edition of the Panorama of the European Film in Cairo in 2004. Her latest initiative, The Dahshur Workshops, is dedicated to the mentoring and development of films made by emerging Egyptian and Arab talent. Marianne’s latest film Let’s Talk was selected to take part in the 32nd edition of the International Documentary Film Festival in Amsterdam, and won the Audience Award at the Cairo International Film Festival, 2019.

Marianne has a BA in Economics from the American University of Cairo, Egypt and an MSc. in Agricultural Economics from Oxford University, U.K.

Ramzi is the Deputy CEO of MIF. In addition to leading MIF’s exhibition arm, Ramzi has recently been playing a major role in the company’s content production and distribution strategy.

Since joining MIF in 2006, Ramzi has been a driving force in the exhibition business’ growth, resulting in MIF becoming a strong player in the cinema industry. Most notably, he was a pioneer in modernizing the cinema-going experience in Egypt via the introduction of premium screening formats, innovative technologies as well as online ticketing. In fact, Ramzi introduced the IMAX and MX4D technologies in Egypt in 2012 and 2016 respectively, continuously aiming to provide MIF’s customers with state-of-the-art entertainment.

Ramzi has a master’s degree in Business Administration from ESADE, Barcelona, Spain and a bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from the American University of Beirut, Lebanon.

Since joining MIF in 2013, Youssef’s vision of expanding Egypt’s market for arthouse world cinema has culminated in him spearheading two important MIF projects: The Panorama of the European Film and Zawya. A driving force behind the company’s alternative initiatives, Youssef co-founded Zawya Cinema and Distribution, which, aside from operating the only full-fledged arthouse cinema in Egypt, aims to offer audiences across the Arab region a taste of local and regional independent productions.

Youssef has given several talks and workshops on alternative film exhibition and distribution in the Arab world and has worked as a reader and juror for several film projects. Aside from his work at MIF, Youssef occasionally works as a music programmer.

Youssef holds a Bachelor degree in International Development from McGill University.

Omar has been a part of the MIF family since 1988 and has led the Finance department for almost 3 decades.

Omar's finance expertise ranges through all MIF departments and he has been a cornerstone to MIF's growth and prosperity throughout the years. He has also been instrumental in securing financing for film and cinema projects.

Omar has a bachelor's degree in accounting from Cairo University.

Since joining MIF in 2016, Ahmed has been key in developing and improving box office, concession and sponsorship revenue to our exhibition business, as well as streamlining all facets of operations

Ahmed comes from a Telecom/IT background, with a mixed profile of over six years in one of the largest multinationals, and as many years contributing to the establishment and development of SMEs.

He has a master’s degree in Multimedia & Data Networks from Telecom Bretagne, France, and a bachelor’s degree in Electronics and Telecommunications from Cairo University, Egypt.

Nadine is the Program Manager at MIF responsible for implementing operational changes and delivering measurable developments with the aim of improving the company’s overall performance.

Nadine started her career in Paris working in the Mergers & Acquisition teams of Barclays Capital and Credit Agricole CIB, where she was involved in various structured solutions and M&A transactions for large CAC 40 clients. Nadine then joined Broadgate Advisers in 2016, an investment boutique with operations in Beirut and Geneva where she worked on the execution of several M&A transactions and the structuring of private equity funds, mainly across the MENA region.

Nadine holds a bachelor’s degree in mathematics and master’s in mathematical modelling and financial engineering from Paris Dauphine University, Paris, France as well as a MBA from the American University of Beirut, Lebanon.

Maged has worked as executive production head in many of MIF’s productions since 1995, which have added to his already impressive resume in the industry.

He has notably worked with prominent directors such as Youssef Chahine, Khaled Youssef and Yousri Nasrallah. Maged has also managed the production of several high-profile foreign film shoots in Egypt.

He has a Bachelor of Arts from Cairo University’s Faculty of Arts & Literature.

Graduated from the American University of Paris in Film Studies, Sara Shazli also did the three-year program at The International Film and TV School (EICTV) in Cuba, specializing in directing fiction. Her short film “Isabel” received the best short film award at the Cairo International Film Festival in the official competition “Cinema of Tomorrow” in 2020. Her first feature documentary “Back Home” premiered at the Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival, Czech Republic in 2021 and has won the Nut Award of the best Egyptian film at the Aswan International Women Film Festival, Egypt, in 2022.

In between her cinema studies, she worked as an archivist at the French Cinémathèque in Paris and is now the director of the archives department at Misr International Films.

She is currently developing her second feature documentary film “Your Daughter” and co-writing her first feature fiction film, “Nour”, with French writer Anne-Louise Trividic.