Sherif advises governments and space agencies on institutional strategy, drawing on his experience running Egypt’s national space programme.
Sherif is Senior Advisor at Access Partnership, working with governments and agencies across the Middle East and Africa to build national space capability.
Sherif’s understanding of space policy and institutional strategy comes from a career of over three decades in executive and academic leadership across Africa, the Middle East, Europe, and the United States. He served as Chief Executive Officer of the Egyptian Space Agency, where he led the completion of the Egyptian Space City and one of the largest satellite Assembly, Integration and Testing facilities in Africa and the Middle East, and oversaw the launch of two Earth observation satellite missions. He also served as Chair of the 67th Session of the UN Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (UN COPUOS), the first African representative to hold the role, and as Chair of the Arab Space Cooperation Group.
Sherif holds a PhD from KU Leuven and is a Professor at The American University in Cairo.