Our People
Our team at Foresight is comprised of eighteen professionals, notably:
Hatem Zaazou
Hatem is Founder and Managing Director of Foresight Consulting. With over twenty years of experience in marketing and commercial management, Hatem has worked with a diverse range of clients, including major FMCG brands, private equity clients, healthcare providers, government entities, real estate developers and household durables. Hatem’s brand roster includes Carrier, Ofok Properties, Enjoy, Al Borg Labs, Beltone Financial, Egypt Foods, Regina and Rich Bake amongst others.
Prior to founding Foresight Consulting (then Concepts International) in 1997, Hatem spent eight years at Nestle Egypt, where he held a number of key marketing and sales divisions. These included launching Nescafe to the Egyptian market and heading Nestle’s yoghurt division.
He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from the American University in Cairo.
Ahmed Farag
Ahmed joined Foresight in 1999 and has been a key growth driver to the firm’s success. He currently serves as Senior Consultant – Strategic Planning where his role is to identify, set and implement client’s business strategy. Ahmed’s experience covers a wide range of industries, from consumer durables, juice and dairy products, and packed bread, to real estate and tourism.
He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from the American University in Cairo.
Alya Barakat
Alya joined Foresight Consulting in 2004 and currently serves as Consultant. She leads her team in serving clients across a range of industries, with a particular focus on fast-moving consumer goods.
Prior to joining Foresight, Alya served as Assistant Product Manager at LinkDotNet and at Oriflame Egypt.
She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Integrated Marketing Communications from the American University in Cairo and holds a certification from the International Advertising Association.
Amr Rizk
Amr currently serves as Consultant/Partner, a post he has held since 2008. He provides marketing, sales and general management consulting. Amr’s career in marketing, sales and advertising started in 1992. He has worked at a number of prestigious multinational and local industry leaders, with a decided focus on FMCGs. These include, Gillette, Colgate-Palmolives, Vitrac-Hero, BBDO and Arab Dairy. Prior to joining Foresight, Amr worked at TetraPak Egypt, where he was responsible for key accounts.
Amrholds a Bachelor’s degree from Cairo University, Faculty of Commerce, in 1992.
Hisham ShehabEldin
Hisham joined Foresight Consulting in 2007 and currently serves as Consultant. Hisham has over ten years of experience in marketing in a range of industries from fast-moving consumer goods to automotive and white goods. His areas of expertise are client management, coordinating interdepartmental and cross-functional teams.
He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business Management from the University of the District of Columbia.
Khalid Ragab
Khalid joined Foresight Consulting in 2004 and is currently Consultant. His experience at Foresight has ranged across a number of fields including strategic planning, commercial due diligence, sales and distribution consulting and turnarounds.
Khalid is also co-founder and board member of Sage Foods, a pioneering virtual food chain. He is a member of the Egyptian Junior Business Association.
He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Political Economy from the American University in Cairo.