Ramy George Yacoub

ECCSCO - Climathon Egypt Series - Head of Business and FundraisingFull Time

• Job Details:I possess extensive knowledge in collaborating with renowned funding bodies such as the World Bank and UN Offices due to my work with diplomatic organisations and governmental institutes. My most recent experience in proposal writing and business negotiations was as the Head of Business and Fundraising Team in the Climathon Giza 2021 climate action conference. I was able to write tailored business proposals to over 50 international and local orgnizations in less than a month. My proposals resulted in a number of strategic partnerships and sponsorships with high-profile organisations and funding bodies. I was also able, with the help of an outstanding team, to successfully raise over 400,000 EGP for the 2-day conference. I have experience working in different regions globally such as Europe, the Gulf, and MENA, and I'm confident I can bring value to any team as a purpose-driven and highly motivated young professional.

APSEY - Arab Program for Sustainable Energy YouthFull Time

• Job Details:RCREEE is an intergovernmental organization with diplomatic status that aims to enable and increase the adoption of renewable energy and energy efficiency practices across Pan-Arab countries. RCREEE is the official technical arm institution of both the League of Arab States (LAS) – Energy Department and The Arab Ministerial Council for Electricity (AMCE). RCREEE teams-up with governments, international organizations, IFIs and Private Sector via several forms of partnerships to initiate and lead clean energy policy dialogues, strategies, technologies, managing the facilitation of RE investment platforms and capacity development in order to increase Arab states’ share of tomorrow’s modern energy solutions. APSEY is one of the most sophisticated capacity building programmes in the MENA Region with a very competitive candidate selection process and a large pool of brilliant young applicants. I was chosen for APSEY as one of the top 7 sustainable energy young professionals in the region. I worked with the business development department as well as the environment and climate change department. I gained experience in green economy, sustainability, climate action, climate neutrality and resilience in green investment strategies, policies and programs. I also gained experience in climate change adaptation and mitigation, environment and climate mainstreaming as well as gender, youth and social inclusion. I worked in several regional renewable energy and energy efficiency projects. I created two interactive databases/dashboards for facilitating RCREEE’s opportunity search and proposal/tender preparations. I was responsible for hunting new business opportunities and I was in direct contact with government officials as well as high-profile personnel. I gained an abundance of experience in communicating with well-recognised funding organisations (UN, WB, EBRD, EU, etc.) as well as preparing technical reports. I helped the business development team in constructing solicited and unsolicited business proposals as well as analyzing relevant projects and potential partners.

Head of Operations and Sustainable Strategy Team LeaderFull Time

• Job Details:Sastemni is a start-up educational services company where I worked with the co-founders since the very early stages of business. My main duty was managing daily business operations and their outcomes and impact through a variety of tasks including planning, scheduling, and attending calls/meetings/events. Some work was done online due to COVID- 19. I was responsible, with the help of a very impressive multi-cultural team, for creating and maintaining a sustainable business strategy for the company. We worked closely in a diverse, team-based environment. We took a holistic ‘system thinking’ approach and were able to educate the stakeholders on basic socio-economic principles and the importance of sustainable development in achieving a strategy that benefits the business on both the short and the long term. I was also responsible for managing the operations budget. This was a very challenging task due to COVID-19. We had to adapt by massively cutting down costs while keeping competitive prices and adding more value to our customers for the business to survive. My colleagues and I were able to achieve a satisfactory rise in our financial KPIs (Revenue Growth Rate and Net profit) during the second quarter of 2020. We were also able to maintain a strong relationship with our mentors back in England (mostly our university professors). They helped us massively in having an overseas office based in the UK and in closing deals with universities and high-profile professionals from all over Europe. We worked with Ministries and Embassies to ensure legal procedures were strictly followed throughout all of our services. Occasionally, I was responsible for a number of daily counselling sessions guiding high school and university students about travelling and studying abroad.