Leadership
Meet our people.
Academic excellence and entrepreneurial leadership guiding Future Minds Global Education.
Chairman
Dr. Sherif Fathy
Egyptian entrepreneur, academic, and business leader
Dr. Sherif Fathy is an Egyptian entrepreneur, academic, and business leader with more than 20 years of experience in establishing, developing, and managing companies in Egypt. He combines an academic background in economics with extensive practical experience in entrepreneurship, corporate management, strategic development, and business expansion.
Dr. Fathy is an Assistant Professor of Economics, with an academic and professional interest in economics, business development, and the application of economic principles to organisational and commercial decision-making. His academic experience complements his extensive entrepreneurial career, enabling him to bring both theoretical knowledge and practical business insight to the organisations he leads.
Throughout his career, Dr. Fathy has been involved in building and developing businesses across different sectors, gaining substantial experience in strategic planning, corporate governance, business operations, investment, organisational development, and long-term growth.
He currently serves as Chairman of three companies operating in different sectors:
- Future Minds Global Education – an education and educational services organisation focusing on postgraduate and executive education as well as innovative international online schooling.
- The United Company for Bottled Water – a company operating in the bottled-water sector.
- The International Company for Textile – a company operating in the textile industry.
As Chairman, Dr. Fathy provides strategic leadership and oversight, working with management teams to establish organisational direction, identify growth opportunities, strengthen operations, and support sustainable business development.
His leadership approach brings together academic knowledge, entrepreneurial experience, and cross-sector business management. His experience in developing companies from the ground up has provided him with a broad understanding of the challenges and opportunities associated with entrepreneurship and business growth in the Egyptian market.
Dr. Fathy is particularly interested in education, entrepreneurship, economics, business development, executive education, and the creation of sustainable organisations that contribute to professional and economic development.
Co-founder & Chief Executive Officer
Dr. walid El Leithy
Academic leader, management scholar, and business executive
Dr. walid El Leithy is an accomplished academic leader, management scholar, and business executive with extensive experience spanning higher education, executive education, research, and industry. He currently serves as Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Future Minds Global Education, while also working as an Adjunct Associate Professor of Management at several universities.
With a career that combines more than three decades of professional experience with extensive academic and managerial responsibilities, Dr. El Leithy has developed a distinctive profile at the intersection of business, management education, executive development, and academic leadership.
Prior to his current roles, Dr. El Leithy served as Dean of the School of Business at the University of East London – European Universities in Egypt, where he provided academic and strategic leadership for the School of Business.
From 2020 to 2024, he served as Associate Professor of Management and Business Administration Program Director at the University of Hertfordshire – Egypt Branch. In this capacity, he was involved in academic leadership, programme development, teaching, student development, and the delivery of management and business education.
Since 2010, Dr. El Leithy has also served as an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Management at Maastricht School of Management – Maastricht University, the Netherlands. His teaching portfolio has included Research Methods, Organizational Behavior, and Change Management. In addition to teaching, he has supervised more than 150 MBA theses, supporting postgraduate students in developing their research capabilities and completing applied business research projects.
Between 2015 and 2019, Dr. El Leithy was a full-time Assistant Professor of Management and MBA Program Director at the School of Business, Canadian International College, Cape Breton Cairo Campus. His teaching responsibilities included Research Methods, Organizational Behavior, Leadership in Organizations, Human Resources Management, and Change Management.
Dr. El Leithy is an active researcher and has published numerous academic papers in international journals. His academic interests encompass a range of management and business-related areas, reflecting his multidisciplinary experience in management education, organisational behavior, leadership, human resources, and organisational change.
His extensive experience supervising MBA research has also enabled him to contribute to the development of postgraduate researchers and business professionals, particularly in the areas of research methodology and applied management research.
Dr. El Leithy's academic career is strongly complemented by extensive experience in the corporate sector. He began his professional career in 1992 and, before moving extensively into academia, held a variety of senior executive positions in both multinational and local companies.
His industry career, which continued until 2015, provided him with substantial practical experience in business management, corporate leadership, organisational development, strategic decision-making, and the management of people and organisations.
This combination of corporate leadership and academic experience has shaped his approach to management education, with a strong emphasis on connecting academic concepts with real-world business practice.
As Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Future Minds Global Education, Dr. El Leithy is currently involved in developing and leading an education organisation focused on innovative educational and professional learning opportunities.
His current work reflects his broader professional vision of creating stronger connections between higher education, professional development, executive education, and the evolving needs of the business community.
