Ali Metwally is an award-wining economist specialized in the Middle East and North Africa. He has been working at local and multinational consulting firms for the last 10 years, providing economic and financial analysis to Fortune 500 companies as well as former senior economic advisors to the Cabinet of Egypt. Ali attained an MSc in management and finance from Birmingham City University and a BSc in economics from Loughborough University. He has lived and worked in the UK, Saudi Arabia and Egypt.