Mr. Sherif Ghanem graduated from the British University in Egypt, BUE, with a bachelor’s degree in the fields of Economics & Political Science with a dual degree from BUE and Loughborough University in the UK. Prior to joining the educational sector, Mr. Ghanem worked in the gold industry, overlooking global import and export transactions. In 2019, Mr. Ghanem joined UH-GAF as an Executive Member in the board of trustees and one of the stakeholders. He was appointed as Dean for Student Affairs in June 2022, where he established a 3-month plan to enhance the student information system along with the process, policies and procedures to be aligned with the University of Hertfordshire in the United Kingdom, and to maintain a reliable system to serve our academics and our students. Mr. Ghanem is currently the Vice President for Academic Affairs at UH-GAF and Higher Education Informatics.