About me
Mohamed Elsabban
Chief Innovation & Strategic Ventures Officer, Banque Misr
Mohamed Elsabban is a senior executive with over 33 years of diverse experience across leading local and international banks and companies. He currently serves as the Chief Innovation and Strategic Ventures Officer at Banque Misr, where he leads the bank’s transformation into a future-ready financial ecosystem.
In this role, Mohamed is driving a comprehensive innovation agenda that aligns with the bank’s 2030 North Star vision. His leadership focuses on open innovation, ecosystem orchestration, venture investment, and the incubation of new business models. Key initiatives under his mandate include the co-creation of Egypt’s first corporate venture platform, a captive insurance model, and an embedded finance framework for SMEs—developed in close collaboration with relevant business sectors across the bank. These efforts aim to position Banque Misr as the country’s most innovation-driven and ecosystem-oriented financial institution.
Mohamed has also led the launch of flagship programs such as TEQDAR, one of Egypt’s most impactful corporate accelerators, and BMV Studio, a venture-building platform empowering both startups and internal talent to co-create transformative solutions. His work is helping Banque Misr unlock new revenue streams, serve evolving customer needs, and build strategic partnerships across banking and beyond.
