Professor Essam Elkordi is the President of AlAlamein International University and professor of Structural Analysis at Faculty of Engineering at Alexandria University. He is Former President of Alexandria University (2016-2020) and Former Consul and Director of Cultural and Educational Affairs at the Consulate General of Egypt in Montreal, Canada (2014-2015). Over the course of his career, he assumed many leadership posts including: Vice President of Community Service and Environment Development (2015-2016); supervising the Cultural and Educational Affairs Office at the Egyptian Embassy in Washington D.C., U.S. (2014); Secretary General of the Education Development Fund, Cabinet of Ministers (2009-2012); Dean of the Faculty of Engineering at Alexandria University (2008-2009); and Executive Manager of the Project Management Unit at Alexandria University (2006-2009); and member of the Board of Trustees of the Egypt-Japan University of Science and Technology (E-JUST) (2017-sep-2020). and the Bibliotheca Alexandria (2016-sep-2020). He is currently a member of the Council of Private Universities.