Mr. Abdou is currently Chief Executive Officer of Weather Investments II, which was formed in 2005 as the majority owner of Weather Investments, a global telecom company owning and controlling Orascom Telecom, Wind Telecommunications in Italy and most recently TIM Hellas in Greece. Mr. Abdou is an active board member in Weather, Wind and OT and in addition, sits on the board and executive committees of several IT, telecom and media companies in Europe, Egypt and the Middle East.

Prior to his involvement with the Orascom Group which started in 2003, he was Chief Investment Officer of EFG-Hermes Private Equity and the Horus Private Equity Fund where he was Fund Manager since 1997. In 1995 and until returning to Egypt, he was a consultant in the New York office of the Boston Consulting Group where he worked with Fortune 500 companies in such areas as Telecommunications, Media & Entertainment, Energy and Pharmaceuticals. Mr. Abdou had begun his career with Exxon Company where he worked for several years as a Project Controls Engineer.

In addition to his activities in the region, Mr. Abdou is a member of the Advisory Board of the New York Private Placement Exchange (”NYPPE”).

Mr. Abdou received his Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania and a Bachelor of Science in conomics from the Wharton Business School. In addition, he received his MBA from the Harvard Business School.