. Farouk Abd El Baky El Okdah was the Governor of the Central Bank of Egypt "CBE"  from December 2003 to February 2013

 B.S. In Commerce Accounting Major from Ain Shams University 1965

 Master of Accounting (with honors) from Cairo University in 1975

 Master of Business Administration (Finance) from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania in 1981

 PhD. in Business and Applied Economics from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania