The Egypt Financial Regulatory Authority announced that Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly has appointed Dr. Rehab Taha as assistant to the authority's chairperson, moving an existing senior adviser into a higher leadership role at the non-bank financial regulator. The appointment places a long-serving regulatory and market development specialist in the authority's senior management as it continues work on developing and supervising non-bank financial activities. Taha has served as adviser to the chairperson for research and development since June 2019 and has also overseen supervision of non-bank finance activities. Her work at the authority has included drafting executive rules for non-bank financial activities, contributing to trading and settlement rules for futures contracts, leading implementation of Basel III solvency standards, helping prepare valuation standards for real estate, machinery and intangible assets, and supporting delivery of the authority's 2023 to 2026 strategy. She also serves on technical licensing committees and on the technical secretariat of the financial stability committee formed by the Central Bank of Egypt, the Ministry of Finance and the Financial Regulatory Authority.