Dr. Aliaa Soliman served as an Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurial Finance and Strategy in the School of Business at Nile University. She has participated in the design and delivery of graduate courses in Entrepreneurship, Competitive Strategy, Corporate Strategy & International Competitiveness and Private Equity and SME Finance for the Executive Master of Business Administration in Nile University (NU).

Dr. Soliman is also a lecture in the Egyptian Banking Institute, EBI (the training arm of the Central Bank of Egypt) and the Egyptian Institute of Directors, EIOD, (She is also a certified Master Trainer by the International Finance Corporation (IFC) (member of the World Bank Group) in the area Corporate Governance.

Aliaa started her professional career as a banker where she gained hands-on experience in the field of banking and finance as well as dealing with enterprises. She then joined AIT Consulting, an Egyptian financial and managerial consulting firm that provides a wide range of financial and business advisory services to local and international institutions focusing on services related to SME development and finance.

Dr.  Soliman obtained her master’s degree in public administration from the American University in Cairo and her Doctoral Degree from Maastricht University, The Netherland.

She is the co-author of several publications including the First "SME Access to Finance Guide", published by the Egyptian Junior Business Association in association with PWC and Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE). This publication provides an easy-to-read financing awareness tool, which would serve SMEs as a guide to access appropriate venues and means of funds.