Mr. Ayad currently serves as the Lead Procurement Policy Officer in the African Development Bank responsible for the development of various procurement tools and policy documents

Biography

Ashraf Ayad, an Egyptian Citizen accumulates over 25 years of experience in procurement and project management. He possesses extensive experience in designing efficient procurement arrangements and monitoring of procurement performance within projects of various sizes and with different complexity levels.
Mr. Ayad currently serves as the Lead Procurement Policy Officer in the African Development Bank responsible for the development of various procurement tools and policy documents. He was also selected as a member of the High-Level Panel responsible for the review of the Islamic Development Bank’s Procurement Policy. Before joining the Bank, Mr. Ayad worked as a business development and procurement expert in Egypt, Namibia and Swaziland where he assumed many roles.
During this period he developed bidding strategies and market analysis for private sector firms, prepared technical & financial proposals and represented firms in contract negotiations. He also served as a Member of various high level committees assigned to approve high value procurement, claims, contract amendments and complaints.
Mr. Ayad holds an MBA from the American University in Cairo, he was also certified by the Project Management Institute, Pennsylvania, USA as a Project Manager Professional (PMP), in June 2002. He also acquired a B.Sc. In Civil engineering from Cairo University in 1992.