Ayman Ismail is the Jameel Endowed Chair of Entrepreneurship and Assistant Professor at AUC School of Business and the founding Director of the AUC Venture Lab. Prior to that, he was a research fellow at Harvard Kennedy School of Government, a consultant in McKinsey & Company, and a managing director at Enovio Consulting. He received his PhD in International Economic Development from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). In 2012 he was selected as a Young Global Leader (YGL) by the World Economic Forum (WEF). He is also a cofounder of several fast-growing startups in digital payments, logistics and media.