Mr. Sherif Saadallah
Mr. Saadallah is Executive Director, Office of Strategic Use of Intellectual Property for
Development (OSUIPD), World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). He supervises the work of
five Divisions in WIPO, including the Creative Industries Division. He joined WIPO in April 1991,
as Special Assistant, Office of the Director General and subsequently worked in the Development
Cooperation and External Relations Bureau for Arab Countries. Before joining WIPO, he served as a
diplomat with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and worked in the Permanent Mission of Egypt in
Geneva. He has a B.A. in Economics and Political Sciences from the American University in Cairo,
Egypt, and has studied at the Diplomatic Institute for International Studies in Cairo and at the
Institut Universitaire des Hautes Études Internationales in Geneva.