Dr. Mahmoud Mostafa Esmat has served as Egypt’s Minister of Electricity and Renewable
Energy since July 2024. Before his ministerial appointments, Dr. Esmat built an extensive career in engineering, infrastructure management, and public enterprise development, including serving as Chairman of the Cairo Airport Company. Under his leadership, the Ministry of Electricity and Renewable Energy is accelerating the modernisation of the national unified power grid and expanding battery storage systems, steering the nation toward a target of 45% renewable energy in the country’s total energy mix by 2028.