Feb 2026–present
Senior Manager, Fraud Risk Product Advisory, Africa
Network International
Group risk solutions, safety and security products, enterprise fraud management and advisory across African markets.
Experience
A career built from banking operations to fraud-risk product leadership.
Ahmed El-Shamy has more than seven years of documented experience across banking operations, issuer fraud, cyber and security product management, enterprise fraud advisory and AI education. His progression from CIB Egypt to Mastercard and Network International gives him a transaction-to-portfolio view of financial risk products.
Career chronology
Financial services and product leadership
Jun 2025–Feb 2026
Senior Manager, Enterprise Fraud and Advisory VAS Products, North Africa
Network International
Fraud and advisory value-added products, portfolio development and regional commercial enablement.
Mar 2025–Jun 2025
Senior Manager, Strategic and Transactional VAS Products, North Africa
Network International
Strategic and transactional value-added product ownership across the North Africa portfolio.
Dec 2023–Mar 2025
Senior AI & Fraud Specialist, Product Management
Mastercard · Cyber & Security Products
Global product work spanning AI, fraud, issuer security, decisioning and product adoption.
Aug 2021–Dec 2023
E-Payment Fraud Monitoring Officer
CIB Egypt · Fraud Risk Management
Issuer fraud monitoring, investigation, transaction controls and payment-fraud operations.
Nov 2018–Aug 2021
Senior Universal Teller
CIB Egypt · Operations & Retail Management
Frontline banking operations and customer service. This became the operational base for later fraud and product work.
Education practice
AI in finance and executive learning
Nov 2025–present
Dean of AI Education
Digisoul
Academic strategy and curriculum architecture for AI4X and Skills4X learning pathways.
Jul 2026–present
Practical AI in Finance & FP&A Trainer
My-Communications
Applied finance and FP&A learning for professional audiences.
Dec 2025–present
Practical AI in Finance & FP&A Trainer
Investment Academy · Riyadh
Practical GenAI, FP&A, XP&A and strategic-finance education.
2023–present
Practical AI in Finance & FP&A Trainer
Lighthouse Training & Consultancy
Applied programmes for finance and business audiences.
Oct 2023–present
GenAI Instructor
E3mel Business Academy
Practical GenAI learning for professional audiences.
Capability map
What the chronology adds up to
Fraud and risk
Enterprise fraud management
Detection and prevention, investigations, transaction monitoring, rule design and fraud analytics.
Product
Portfolio and lifecycle
Strategy, roadmap, GTM, pricing, commercial enablement and cross-functional product leadership.
Decisioning
AI and control systems
AI/ML fraud detection, predictive analytics, GenAI, model governance, 3DS and authentication.
Finance
FP&A and business analytics
Forecasting, scenario analysis, performance narratives and governed decision support.
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