Having been awarded the “One of The Top 100 Most Influential Characters in the Arab Region” award by The Arab Entrepreneurs Union for his contribution in supporting entrepreneurship and innovation in the region, Nezar has been always recognized for his contributions in the area of startups, entrepreneurship, and innovation Nezar has 20+ years of experience in managing multi-million projects nation-wide projects in sectors such as Banking, ICT, Education, FMCG, and Healthcare. Nezar is the co-founder and Vice President, IEEE Technology Engineering and Management Society (TEMS) – Egypt Chapter.

Also, he is the co-founder and vice president of the EgyMOT: Egypt Chapter of the International Association of Management of Technology (IAMOT). Nezar mentored new technology-based and FinTech startup companies and entrepreneurs participating in international business plan competitions such as Hajj Hackathon, MIT Arab Startup Competition, Valeo Innovation Challenge, Idea-to-Product (I2P), Made In Egypt (MIE), and others through different incubators in Egypt, such as Start IT, Falak Incubator, Intelaq Incubation Program