Corporate Governance Reform in Egypt: Achievements and challenges ahead

In the recent years, Egypt has committed itself to reform corporate governance, this was urged to increase investors’ confidence in the Egyptian business environment and accordingly attract more foreign investment. So far many developments have taken place regarding corporate governance reform but still many challenges do exist. This paper offers an analytical account of evolution of corporate governance in Egypt, and identifies the main deriving forces of this reform and the challenges ahead. Overall, this paper contributes to literature on international corporate governance, and offers policy makers the understanding that can better guide corporate governance reform in the future.