Banking operations
Grounded in the transaction
Ahmed began in frontline banking operations before moving into issuer fraud monitoring and investigations at CIB Egypt.
About Ahmed El-Shamy · أحمد الشامي
A product leader connecting fraud risk, AI and financial decisions.
Ahmed El-Shamy is a New Cairo-based leader in fraud-risk products and AI education. He serves as Senior Manager, Fraud Risk Product Advisory, Africa at Network International and Dean of AI Education at Digisoul, with prior roles at Mastercard and CIB Egypt.
The through-line
Decisions first. Technology in context.
Across banking operations, fraud monitoring, cyber and security products, risk-product advisory and executive education, the constant is decision quality. Ahmed works where commercial value, control design and adoption must coexist, especially in regulated financial services.
Professional perspective
Built across three connected vantage points
Product leadership
From control to product
At Mastercard and Network International, his work expanded into AI, fraud and value-added risk products across global, Middle East and African contexts.
Education
From practice to capability
His teaching turns GenAI, FP&A, analytics and AI governance into practical learning paths for executives, professionals and students.
How Ahmed works
Five operating principles
Start with the decision
Clarify the decision, owner and consequence before discussing a tool.
Treat controls as product requirements
Governance, evidence and human review belong in the design, not in an appendix.
Make complexity teachable
A useful framework must survive the boardroom, the product backlog and the classroom.
Adapt to regional reality
MENA markets share patterns, but regulation, infrastructure and adoption context differ.
Protect trust
No invented certainty, no confidential client stories and no performance theatre.
Study and research
Continuing the work through doctoral research.
Ahmed completed an MBA programme at Royale Business College UK and is a DBA candidate. His research explores practical GenAI and agentic decisioning in banking and financial institutions. He also holds professional credentials across GRC, AI, analytics, finance and fraud examination.
Start with the decision
Bring the context. We can define the right next question.
For advisory, executive education, media or academic enquiries, share the decision you are facing, the audience involved and the outcome you need.