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= Mohamed Loutfi = Mohamed Loutfi (Arabic: محمد لطفى) is currently the President and Vice-Chancellor of The British University in Egypt. Prior to this, he held the post of the Vice-Chancellor’s Special Envoy at Coventry University, and served as the inaugural President of the Knowledge Hub, Coventry University’s branch campus in Egypt. Throughout his career, he held a number of leadership roles as the Pro-Vice-Chancellor of Cardiff Metropolitan University and at the University of Sunderland, UK.

Education
Professor Loutfi was born in Alexandria and holds a Bachelor of Science in Economics and Political Science and a Master of Science in Information Technology from Alexandria University.

He also studied System Dynamics at the University of Bergen, Norway before attaining his PhD in Systems Thinking from the University of Sunderland, UK. His passion for blending innovation and systems led to his research in Modelling and Simulation of Social Systems, and Nonlinear, Dynamic Feedback Systems.

Career and Research
Professor Loutfi, a renowned Professor of Internationalisation from Cardiff Metropolitan University, UK, is also a visiting Professor of Innovation and Globalisation at Eurasia University in China and has extensive experience in universities' leadership and management.

His expertise has led him to initiate many “firsts” in the field of higher education.


 * He was the first British/Egyptian academician to be a council member at the Observatory of Magna Charta Universitatum of Fundamental University Values and Rights in Bologna.
 * The first professional in Europe to take part in a global education think tank, set up by the Ministry of Education in China to promote innovation, entrepreneurship and start-up education.
 * He is also the Founder and Vice President of the Board of the Arab European Leadership Network in Higher Education (ARELEN) . He was heavily involved with the Leadership Foundation for Higher Education as an International Associate and member of the reference group for the Global Leadership Programme for Higher Education.

Awards and Honours

 * Winter 2023: Professor Mohamed Loutfi received an Honorary Doctorate of Education by the University of Sunderland during the Winter Graduation Ceremonies at the Stadium of Light, for his outstanding commitment to education.

Selected Publications

 * Loutfi, M., Moscardini, A. O., & Lawler, K. (2000). Using system dynamics to analyse the economic impact of tourism multipliers. Proceedings of the 18th International Conference of the System Dynamics Society, 132–232. https://proceedings.systemdynamics.org/2000/PDFs/loutfi35.pdf