Three operators with a combined four decades of experience building, financing, and developing businesses across the US, Egypt, and the wider MENA region.
Hussein Madkour
Founder and Managing Partner
- 18+ yrs
- Experience
- $30M+
- US RE Portfolio Built
- 13
- Retail Locations Scaled
Hussein Madkour is a founding partner of Makdan Investments, leading investment strategy, development, and operations across the firm's portfolio in Egypt and Saudi Arabia. An operator and investor with more than eighteen years of experience in retail, distribution, and commercial real estate, Hussein has founded and scaled businesses in both the United States and the MENA region, growing a U.S. real estate portfolio from a single asset to more than USD 30 million in seven years, and building a distribution company that became a regional brand supplying publicly traded U.S. real estate companies.
Nour Elebiary
Founder and Managing Partner
- 15+ yrs
- Finance Experience
- $200M+
- Bank Facilities Secured
- $10M+
- VC Raised
Nour Elebiary is a founding partner of Makdan Investments, where he leads financial strategy, capital structuring, and investor relations across the firm's portfolio in Egypt and Saudi Arabia. A finance executive with more than fifteen years of experience across the MENA region, Nour has established nine companies in three countries over the past five years, secured over USD 200 million in bank facilities, and raised over USD 10 million in venture capital.
Mourad El Kerdany
Founder and Managing Partner
- 13+ yrs
- Experience
- 2012
- Entered Egypt Real Estate
- 2
- AUC Diplomas
Mourad El Kerdany is a founding partner of Makdan Investments, executing full-cycle developments from land banking through construction and exit while structuring high-net-worth partnerships. A real estate developer and investment principal with more than thirteen years of experience across Egypt's real estate market, Mourad has overseen projects from acquisition and regulatory approval to delivery and disposition, and holds dual diplomas from the American University in Cairo in Real Estate Development & Finance and Private Equity.
