Salah Khalil is the founder and CEO Macat International Ltd and the founder of The Alexandria Trust, a London-based charity dedicated to restoring world-class education in the Arab region

Salah is a social entrepreneur with a specific interest in education, employability, the future of work and 21st-century skills and the founder of Macat International. Under his steerage, Macat has worked closely with universities, such as the London School of Economics, and the Ministries of Higher Education across the Arab world including Morocco and Egypt to deliver industry-leading critical thinking assessments and development. Salah is also the founder of The Alexandria Trust, a London-based charity dedicated to restoring world-class education in the Arab region. Underpinning this work is his vision for a new era of philanthropy in the Arab world – catalytic philanthropy to support a step-change in education – that grew out of his extensive experience in the areas of business, political reform, institutional change, and philanthropy.