SUPPLY CHAIN Manager in 2015 , prior to which I was Chief Commercial and Operations Manager for six years ,” Hussein says . Hussein is also the CEO of ETAL , one of Egytrans ’ sister companies . “ I ’ ve worked with Abir for 10 years on many projects and tasks , even before she became Chairman ,” he tells us . “ I find us to be the perfect team . We had a wonderful year in 2016 , full of successes and achievements !”
These achievements include an increase of 522.78 percent in Egytrans ’ consolidated net profits , which climbed to EGP 62 million in 2016 from EGP 9.9 million the previous year . We ask Leheta how Egytrans plans to top 2016 ’ s wild success . “ We ’ re involved in a lot of projects , particularly power stations , which have really been booming in Egypt ,” she says . Egytrans is handling the logistics and transportation for two large Siemens power projects – the Beni Suef and New
Capital stations . “ The power stations will be the world ’ s biggest gas-fired combined-cycle power plant complexes , with total capacities of 4800 MW ,” Hussein adds . Egytrans is also working with the Hitachi and Mitsubishi Alliance on its South Helwan power project .
Leheta adds : “ We ’ re also working on transporting wind farms , because it ’ s part of the Egyptian government ’ s strategy to raise the amount of renewable energy to 20 percent of the energy that ’ s generated . A large part of that is windfarms .” One windfarm project is with Spanish company Gamesa , Gabal El Zeit 2 . It consists of 130 towers and turbines , comprising imported components , alongside locally manufactured ones .
Siemens , Hitachi , Mitsubishi and Gamesa are high-profile , multinational companies . How does Egytrans build and maintain relationships with such clients ? “ Well , we call ourselves a customer intimate company ,” Leheta explains . “ We really study each customer ’ s requirements . We act as their consultants , always trying to find the most cost effective and time efficient
www . egytrans . com 91