Dr. Osama Khalifa, is a founding member of Egypt’s International Economic Forum, and Chairman of the Office for Studies and Finance, S.A.E (OSAF).He was a key founder and Chairman of Bechtel Egypt, S.A.E. and has served as the Near East Advisor for Bechtel Overseas. He was appointed to the Board of Directors of the Social Fund for Development of Egypt and its Executive Committee, the General Assembly of the Public Enterprise Sector Egyptian Holding Company for Transport, Services and Trade, and to the Board of Directors of Public Enterprise Sector Holding Company for Housing, Tourism, and Cinema. He was recently appointed as a member of the National Council for Production and Economic Affairs under the auspices of the Specialized National Councils. He was a key founder of the Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development in Kuwait. He is also a member of the Egyptian Syndicate of Engineers, the American Management Association, the American Society of Civil Engineers, the Asphalt Paving Technologies Society of the USA, the American Chamber of Commerce in Egypt, and the Planetary Society of the USA. He received his Ph.D. in Transportation Engineering from the University of Illinois, USA, and his MBA from San Diego State University and M.Sc, in Civil Engineering from the University of Maryland, USA; and a B.Sc. in Civil Engineering from Cairo University.