Dr. Christiane Abou-Lehaf, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Edge Rise Advisory “ERA,” a specialized, strategic consultancy established to catalyze and secure high-value commercial corridors between African countries.

For more than three decades, Dr. Abou -Lehaf, a pioneer staff of the African Export-Import Bank “Afreximbank,”, led the International Cooperation at the Bank undertaking the responsibility of assisting the Bank in creating and enhancing partnership with international and regional institutions/entities to leverage international finance, enhance capacity building in Africa, and raise awareness and understanding about the Bank for the attainment of its mission. Afreximbank is an international financial institution with shareholders of 53 African member countries, African entities, and international entities.

Dr. Abou Lehaf managed partnerships with more than 200 international, regional, and local African institutions from the financial, governmental, academic, private, and public sectors and led the “Egypt-Africa Trade Promotion Program.”