What we’ve done
Selected projects, mandates and client relationships across decades.
ITD’s portfolio spans culture, healthcare, water, energy, oil & gas, telecommunications, banking and other sectors. These engagements should be presented not as unrelated industries, but as evidence of the role ITD has played around international organisations operating in Egypt.
DIFFERENT INDUSTRIES. THE SAME ROLE.
Over the decades, ITD has supported international organisations across very different sectors. The industries changed. The underlying requirement was often the same: understand the Egyptian market, build the right relationships, maintain a dependable local presence and move commercial or project opportunities forward.
How we work
Grand Egyptian
Museum
Role Lens: Market Entry / Local Representation / Business Development
CULTURE, TOURISM & INFRASTRUCTURE
The Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) is a major cultural and tourism landmark located in Giza beside the Pyramids. Fully inaugurated in November 2025, it is the world's largest museum dedicated to a single civilisation and brings together collections spanning thousands of years of ancient Egyptian history, including the complete Tutankhamun galleries and the Khufu Boats Museum.
The development extends across more than 116 acres, with approximately 168,000 square metres of built-up area. In addition to the main museum, the complex includes a conference centre, restaurants, parking facilities, extensive external works and supporting visitor infrastructure. Its architecture was designed around the relationship between the museum and the nearby Giza pyramid complex.
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) played a central role in the museum's development, providing two Official Development Assistance loans totalling JPY 84.2 billion, approximately US$800 million, covering construction, exhibitions, information and communications infrastructure and consulting services. JICA also provided technical cooperation for the conservation, restoration, packing and transportation of artefacts, museum management and exhibitions, and the excavation and conservation of the second Khufu Ship.
Hill International provided programme, project and construction-management services for the development. Beyond its scale as a museum, GEM has become a long-term platform for heritage conservation, archaeological research, education and international cultural cooperation, with further Egyptian-Japanese cooperation continuing around conservation and scientific research.
The New Kasr Al Ainy Educational Hospital is one of Cairo University's principal teaching hospitals and forms part of the historic Kasr Al Ainy medical institution, whose origins stretch back to the nineteenth century. The modern hospital was developed to provide a large-scale teaching, diagnostic and treatment facility capable of supporting both patient care and medical education.
The hospital consists of 12 floors and approximately 1,200 beds, with the eighth and ninth floors allocated to paid-treatment services. Its clinical facilities include eight general internal-medicine departments, six surgical departments, five specialised surgical departments, intensive-care facilities, a blood bank, endoscopy services, central laboratories and diagnostic-radiology departments.
A major surgical complex incorporates 18 operating rooms, together with sterilisation, anaesthesia and recovery facilities and specialised surgical and diagnostic equipment. The hospital also contains 27 elevators designed to handle the movement of patients, visitors, staff, food, equipment and medical supplies throughout the building.
The construction contract for the new hospital was awarded in 1984 to a French consortium involving Sogea, Setec and Assistance Publique Hopitaux de Paris. The new buildings were completed during the 1990s, creating a modern teaching-hospital complex that remains an important part of Cairo University's medical and academic infrastructure.
Kasr Al Ainy Hospitals
Sector: Healthcare & Institutional Infrastructure
Sogea · Setec · AP HP
ITD Role Lens: Market Entry/ Business Development
Wastewater Facilities & Industrial Projects
AECOM · Metcalf & Eddy
Sector: Water, Wastewater & Environmental Infrastructure
ITD role lens: Local Representation / Business Development / Employer of Record
Alexandria's wastewater modernisation programme was developed in response to serious pressures on the city's ageing sewerage system, including deteriorating networks, sewer failures and the discharge of untreated wastewater affecting streets, beaches and the Mediterranean coastline. Beginning in the early 1980s, the programme became one of Egypt's major long-term urban sanitation initiatives.
Under the USAID-funded Alexandria Wastewater Facilities Improvement and Expansion Program, Metcalf & Eddy worked alongside CH2M HILL and Egyptian engineering partners on a multi-phase programme covering wastewater collection, pumping, treatment and sludge management. The initial programme extended over approximately 14 years and included around 130 miles of sewer pipelines, six major pumping stations, two major treatment plants and a sludge-disposal facility.
The works also involved collectors and force mains, major tunnelling and under-crossings, treatment-plant rehabilitation, sea-outfall infrastructure and mechanical sludge-dewatering systems. Later phases substantially expanded treatment capacity. The eastern primary treatment plant increased from approximately 410,000 to 607,000 m³/day, while the western plant increased from approximately 186,000 to 460,000 m³/day, alongside expanded sludge handling and supporting facilities.
The programme combined physical infrastructure with construction management, technical assistance, staff training and institutional development. Its long-term significance lies not only in expanding Alexandria's wastewater capacity, but also in improving urban sanitation, environmental protection, coastal water quality and the management capability of the city's wastewater system.
Cairo West Power Station
Sector: Power & Energy
Marubeni
ITD role lens: Market Entry / Business Development
The Cairo West Power Station Expansion was a major power-generation project undertaken to increase electricity supply to Greater Cairo and strengthen Egypt’s national grid. Developed for the Egyptian Electricity Authority, the expansion was carried out by Marubeni Corporation of Japan alongside international engineering and construction partners and formed part of Egypt’s wider programme of investment in large-scale generation infrastructure during the early 1990s.
The project was originally designed around two 350 MW steam-generating units, approximately 700 MW of additional capacity, while Egyptian Electricity Holding Company operating records subsequently identify the completed Cairo West Extension as 2 × 330 MW, or 660 MW of installed capacity. The units were designed to operate on natural gas and heavy fuel oil (mazout), providing the plant with dual-fuel capability and greater operational flexibility.
The development included the steam-generation and turbine systems, boilers, mechanical and electrical works, instrumentation and control systems, water-treatment facilities, critical piping and integration with a 500 kV switchyard connecting the station to Egypt’s unified electricity network. African Development Bank records place the overall project cost at approximately USD 344.3 million, with financing provided by the AfDB, co-financiers and the Egyptian government.
Commissioned in the 1990s, the expansion substantially increased the generating capacity of the existing Cairo West complex and contributed to meeting the rapidly growing electricity requirements of Cairo’s residential, commercial and industrial sectors. The project represented a significant international infrastructure undertaking and an important stage in the long-term development of Egypt’s national power-generation system.
Oil Well & Gas Drill Sites
Sector: Oil & Gas
Vegas Oil & Gas · Motor Oil · Avin
ITD role lens: Market Entry / Local Representation / Business Development
Vegas Oil & Gas developed a substantial exploration and production business in Egypt, with its involvement in the country's upstream sector beginning in 1990 through the affiliated Kriti Oil & Gas. The business subsequently expanded by acquiring additional Egyptian exploration concessions through competitive licensing and bid rounds.
Its growth strategy centred on acquiring exploration acreage, applying detailed geological and technical analysis, drilling extensively and moving successful discoveries rapidly toward appraisal and development. Over the course of its Egyptian operations, Vegas drilled approximately 75 wells as operator, including 24 exploration wells, with the remainder comprising appraisal and development drilling.
Those activities resulted in 14 discoveries and 10 development leases, producing a historical 2P (proven and probable) reserves base of approximately 445 million barrels of oil equivalent. At the end of 2013, the company reported production of approximately 15,340 barrels per day of liquids and 71.3 million standard cubic feet per day of gas.
The company's Egyptian operations illustrate the long-term nature of upstream oil and gas development, where exploration concessions progress through seismic and geological assessment, drilling, appraisal, development and ultimately production. Vegas's record demonstrates the scale of international private-sector participation that has historically supported exploration and hydrocarbon development in Egypt.
Power, Telecom & Landlines
Sector: Telecommunications & Utility Infrastructure
Alcatel-Lucent · Siette S.p.A.
ITD role lens: Market Entry / Business Development / Consulting
Alcatel and its associated Italian operations, including Siette S.p.A., participated in major telecommunications-infrastructure programmes during an important period of expansion for Egypt's national fixed-line network. One of the most significant was Nile Vision, launched with Telecom Egypt in the late 1990s as part of a large-scale programme to increase telephone capacity and develop the country's fibre-optic backbone.
The original programme was designed to help substantially expand Egypt's telephone network, with an ambition to add approximately 4.5 million new fixed lines while strengthening the fibre infrastructure linking new and existing exchanges. In Alexandria, project activity included exchanges serving areas such as Agamy, Hanoville, Betash and 6th October City, supporting the expansion of telecommunications capacity across rapidly developing urban areas.
In 2002, Alcatel signed the five-year Nile Vision Plus agreement to continue modernising Telecom Egypt's national infrastructure. The programme was designed to enable approximately 1.5 million additional lines across the Delta and Alexandria regions, with an initial order covering 340,000 lines. Alcatel's responsibilities included demand analysis, network planning, design, deployment, integration, project management and network-operation support.
The technology also extended beyond ordinary fixed-line telecommunications. Alcatel/Siette activity included fibre-optic and transmission systems associated with electricity-grid control infrastructure in the West Delta, connecting substations and regional control facilities. The combined programmes contributed to the modernisation of both Egypt's public telecommunications network and the communications infrastructure supporting essential utilities.
Gabal El-Asfar Wastewater Treatment Project
Thames Water International
Sector: Water & Wastewater
ITD role lens: Consulting / Market Entry / Business Development
Gabal El-Asfar is one of Greater Cairo’s largest and most important wastewater-treatment complexes, serving a substantial part of eastern Greater Cairo. Developed through successive expansion phases over several decades, the facility today has a treatment capacity of approximately 2.5 million cubic metres per day, with further expansion planned to increase total capacity to around 3.5 million cubic metres per day.
The complex forms a critical part of Cairo’s sanitation infrastructure and incorporates preliminary, primary and secondary wastewater treatment, sludge treatment and energy recovery systems. Methane produced through anaerobic sludge digestion is captured and used to generate electricity, helping supply a significant proportion of the plant’s own energy requirements.
Thames Water International, working alongside Ansaldo Industria, participated in a five-year cooperation involving the commissioning, start-up, operation and maintenance of the wastewater-treatment project, bringing international operational and technical expertise to the facility during an important stage of its development.
The continued expansion of Gabal El-Asfar reflects the scale of Greater Cairo’s wastewater requirements and the long-term importance of water treatment, environmental protection, resource recovery and sustainable urban infrastructure in Egypt.
BHF-BANK Representative Office in Egypt
BHF-BANK · now ODDO BHF
Sector: Banking & Finance
ITD role lens: Local Representation / EOR
BHF-BANK maintained a representative office in Cairo as part of its international banking network, with a focus on corporate finance, trade finance and cross-border banking relationships.
In Egypt, the office developed relationships with local corporations and financial institutions, identified financing and investment opportunities, supported international business flows, fostered local partnerships, facilitated deal introductions and brokering, and connected Egyptian counterparties with BHF-BANK’s wider international banking capabilities. Over time, it established a strong local network supporting the bank’s activities across Egypt and the wider region.
BHF-BANK was particularly active in export finance, letters of credit, guarantees, forfaiting, working-capital and other trade-finance solutions, supported by an extensive global correspondent-banking network.
Following its acquisition by Oddo & Cie in 2016, BHF-BANK became part of ODDO BHF, which continues to provide corporate, international, trade and export-finance services today.
WEEM, Magawish and South Belayim Oil & Gas Sites
Occidental Petroleom
Sector: Oil & Gas
ITD role lens: Market Entry, Business Development
Occidental Petroleum participated in a series of oil and gas exploration and development projects in Egypt during the 1990s, with activities concentrated around the Gulf of Suez and the Eastern Desert.
One of its principal exploration projects was the West Esh El Mallaha (WEEM) Concession, located in Egypt’s Eastern Desert near Hurghada. Covering approximately 1,583 km², the concession formed part of the hydrocarbon-rich Gulf of Suez basin. In 1994, Occidental drilled the WEEM-1 exploration well to approximately 4,060 feet and carried out a 166 km² 3D seismic survey over the concession. Occidental subsequently withdrew before the commercial discoveries at Rabeh and Rabeh East occurred, meaning the later oil production from WEEM cannot be directly attributed to Occidental.
Occidental was also involved in the Magawish Block, an offshore concession in the Gulf of Suez covering approximately 7,000 acres, or 28.3 km², in which a 90% working interest was acquired in 1994. Commercial production began in 1995, initially at approximately 180 barrels per day, equivalent to roughly 28,600 litres of crude oil per day. Development of the field subsequently increased production significantly, with the EEMM-1A well producing approximately 2,500 barrels per day, equivalent to nearly 397,500 litres per day. Over the wider life of the Magawish development, cumulative production exceeded 22 million barrels of crude oil by 2015, equivalent to approximately 3.5 billion litres of oil. This figure represents the cumulative production of the Magawish project under successive operators rather than solely Occidental’s production.
Another major area of activity was the South Belayim Offshore Exploration Permit in the Gulf of Suez. The concession covered approximately 343 km² of offshore acreage and was part of an international exploration programme targeting additional petroleum resources around the established Belayim producing area. The production-sharing agreement carried a minimum exploration expenditure commitment of approximately US$16 million over seven years, including exploratory drilling and geological and geophysical work.
Together, the West Esh El Mallaha, Magawish and South Belayim projects represented significant Occidental-related exploration and development activity in Egypt. The programmes collectively covered approximately 1,950 km² of Egyptian petroleum acreage and involved offshore and onshore exploration, seismic surveying, exploratory and development drilling, reservoir evaluation and commercial oil production in one of Egypt’s most important hydrocarbon-producing regions.
Railway Infrastructure &
Track Systems Modernisation
Maculan Holding Group · MABA
Sector: Transport & Railways
ITD role lens: Consulting / Business Development
Hofman & Maculan, part of the Austrian Maculan Holding Group, together with the MABA sleeper manufacturing operation, engaged with Egyptian National Railways in 1991 through an international railway engineering and investment programme focused on the modernisation of track infrastructure, maintenance systems and railway manufacturing capabilities.
At the time, Egyptian National Railways was expanding the use of mechanised track maintenance and renewal, with elements of this work already involving joint ventures and foreign contractors. The Egyptian delegation, which included Eng. Ahmed Ali Hassan, Vice Chairman of Egyptian National Railways, participated in technical discussions covering track renewal, railway maintenance, sleeper production, turnout systems, rail welding, ballast cleaning and mechanised track works.
A central part of the programme was the visit to the MABA manufacturing plant at Wöllersdorf, Austria, a subsidiary of Maculan’s Holding Group and a key operational partner of Hofman & Maculan. The facility specialised in producing prestressed concrete sleepers for standard-gauge railway track and turnout systems, using industrial manufacturing technology designed for large-scale railway applications.
The programme extended beyond technical production and examined the economics of railway infrastructure investment, including plant and equipment requirements, production costs, installation, operating expenditure, alternative systems and return-on-investment analysis. This placed the engagement within the broader context of evaluating modern railway technology, local manufacturing potential and more efficient methods of maintaining and renewing Egypt’s rail network.
Overall, the engagement encompassed prestressed concrete sleeper manufacturing, standard-gauge track systems, turnout sleepers, mechanised track renewal, railway maintenance technology, production planning and infrastructure investment assessment, reflecting Egypt’s wider programme to modernise its railway network through international engineering and industrial cooperation.
How the portfolio has evolved
The historical cases above show the market-entry, local-representation and business-development foundation of ITD. Today, that same local operating role extends into two additional areas that should also appear on the WHAT page, but visually separated from the legacy infrastructure case studies.
BPO, EOR & Dedicated Teams
International companies can build teams in Egypt through Employer of Record arrangements, dedicated professionals and managed BPO structures. This is a modern extension of ITD’s local operating role: helping an international company establish people and capability in Egypt without requiring every function to be built internally from day one.
EDA & Medical Representation
For medical-device and IVD manufacturers, ITD supports local regulatory representation, documentation coordination and liaison with the Egyptian Drug Authority and related stakeholders. The manufacturer retains its technical product expertise; ITD provides the structured Egyptian regulatory and local-representation interface.
Clients & organisations
Use a visual logo wall directly after the projects. Label it clearly as historical and current relationships rather than implying every organisation is an active client today.
Suggested first-row logos: Sogea Satom · Setec · Kasr Al Ainy · AECOM · Metcalf & Eddy · Thames Water · Marubeni · BHF-BANK / ODDO BHF.
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Additional historical organisations referenced in ITD company materials include Occidental Petroleum, Texaco and other international partners. Add these only where the approved archive confirms the relationship and the correct brand treatment.