Asma Ashry

As the Head of Board Affairs & Governance at EBC, I bring a wealth of expertise in corporate governance, strategic planning, and board operations. A Certified Corporate Governance Specialist and accomplished Board Secretary, I am passionate about fostering strong governance frameworks and ensuring seamless board functionality. My role involves collaborating closely with executive leadership and board members to enhance decision-making processes, maintain compliance with regulatory standards, and uphold organizational integrity. I excel in facilitating transparent communication, preparing comprehensive board reports, and implementing best practices that align with corporate goals. With a proven track record of driving governance excellence, I am committed to supporting sustainable growth, enhancing stakeholder trust, and contributing to organizational success.

A Committed Corporate Secretary with 7+years’ progressive experience in Corporate Governance arena. Acknowledged for being capable to maintain a systematized office. A competent individual who efficiently manages General Assemblies & Board meetings and translates governance theory into appropriate frameworks and processes. A general understanding of strategic goals and plans of the organization. Accountable and transparent for actions/decisions and providing valuable feedback and advice.

Head of Board & Committees Management Secretariat/Board Secretary/Corporate Governance Specialist/ Chairman’s Office Manger at ALEXBANK

• Perform diverse secretarial duties and administrative functions requiring confidentiality, initiative and sound decision-making. • Achieved a full review, assessment and development of the Bank’s Corporate Governance framework to meet the highest standards by leading professional bodies and regulatory authorities enabling the organization to weather tough economic storms and supports its sustainability. • Support the Chairman to ensure effective Board functioning including; • Managing Bank’s General Assembly, Board meetings and committees thereto (EXCO, Audit, Risk, Governance & Nominations, Remunerations. Managing also the Bank’s Management Committees meetings (ALCO, PAC, CRGC, CC, etc). • Arrange meetings (keeping related calendars) for the Chairperson, Members of the Board and Shareholders, and to manage related administrative activities: • Support the Chairman and MD in the analysis of the legal framework related to corporate governance issues. • Support shareholders, responding to inquiries and providing necessary information, according to legal requirements. • Manage tasks related to the register of Bank shares, in coordination with the competent government institutions (Central Depository and Clearing Company, Financial Services Supervisory Auth, etc.). • Keep a record of the Board members and their terms of mandate, to liaise with the Parent Company and external authorities. • Perform tasks related to Corporate Governance bodies communication to external professional and supervisory authorities (GAFI, Egyptian Financial Supervisory Authority, Central Bank of Egypt). • Provide research and coordination support to strategic policy and legislative initiatives, including drafting and reviewing materials. • Research Board management issues and prepare reports or briefing materials, undertaking confidential projects for the Board or Committees to support policy development; • Participate in bylaw reviews and ensures bylaws are current and available;

 Deliver high quality translations of many complex financial materials, i.e. Tax Documents, Financial Budgets and Financial Statements.  Ensure that any financial documents are translated accurately to meet with the country’s financial reporting standards and other business regulations.  Ensure that the complexities of the documents are translated without any margin of error. Took part in translating many SEC Reports, Financial Related Websites, Investment Documents and other official documents  Translate Balance Sheets, Cash Flow Statements, Auditor’s Reports and news.  Translate Investment Documents and Business Plans  Translate Bank Statements, Credit Reports and Auditor’s Reports.

• Translate formal and informal documents for Sahara Petrochemicals Co. in Saudi Arabia like the company’s news and annual reports. • Translate contents of FAHR website (Federal Authority For Government Human Resources) UAE and its Monthly Magazine. • Translate and proofread Memorandums of Understanding (MOU), Memorandums of Associations (MOAs) • Translate different types of written material like correspondence, reports, legal documents, technical requirements and textbooks, preserving the content, context and style of the original text to the maximum extent possible • Localize (confining) software and related technical documents to make them get adapted to another language and culture • Revise and edit translated materials. • Translate press releases, descriptions of software, marketing articles, newsletters, business correspondence, user manuals and legal documents. • Translate technical engineering papers for an engineering motor component manufacturer. • Translate marketing promotional material for advertising agencies. • Translate commercial report on property market trends. • Translate academic papers for Suez Canal University. • Translate religious documents for The Institute of the preparation of preachers in Ismailia. • Translate military and legal documents for the institute of Second Field Army.

• Translating business correspondence and legal documents. • Teaching ICDL course. • Responsible for planning and coordinating educational program activities.

• Teaching English as a foreign language. • Translating messages simultaneously or consecutively into specified languages, orally or by using hand signs, maintaining message content, context, and style as much as possible.

• Teaching ICDL course.

An intensive program emphasizing the rules governing legal drafting in both Arabic and English. The course of study is primarily given in light of a systematic contrastive study of legal and documentary discourse. A linguistic approach is adopted guiding learners through a hierarchy of inter-lingual difficulties as well as pitfalls resulting from both linguistic and cultural barriers.