Basma Rady Bio

Basma Rady is a highly accomplished professional currently serving as the Chief Data Scientist at Beltone Holding - one of the fastest growing financial institutions in the MENA region. With a strong background in data science and advanced analytics, Basma brings a wealth of expertise to her role in Beltone since early 2023. In addition to her role at Beltone, Basma is currently serving as an Adjunct Faculty of Data Science in the Mathematics and Actuarial Science Department at the American University in Cairo. Before joining Beltone Financial, Rady was the Founder and Head of the Data Science and Advanced Analytics Hub at the Central Bank of Egypt (2020-2023). In this capacity, she spearheaded the development of the hub’s strategy, vision, mission, and operating model to successfully launch the hub within six months. She led a cross-functional team that delivered data science and analytics projects that provided the Governor with near real time view of Egypt’s economy, leveraging state-of-the-art machine learning and natural language processing techniques. Prior to her work at the Central Bank, Rady served as a Data Science Manager in the Transaction Advisory Services division at Ernst & Young in Dubai (2016-2020). Her expertise in data analysis and machine learning led to the success of various projects for clients across the MENA region including conducting current state assessment of data and analytics maturity, designing organization-wide advanced analytics vision and roadmap of use cases, and leading the implementation of end-to-end data analytics projects. Rady holds a Master's degree in Operations Research and Information Engineering with a concentration in Financial Engineering from Cornell University and received a Bachelor's degree in Actuarial Science and Business Administration (Finance) from the American University in Cairo.