t20 member · Dubai
Shehab Mohamed
Co-founder and CEO, Gainz
About
Shehab, in brief.
Serial entrepreneur, investor and fintech executive who has built and scaled businesses across the MENA region. Founder and CEO of Gainz, a lending platform for small and medium businesses in the GCC (2025), after a stint as entrepreneur in residence at Antler in Riyadh and as Group CEO of Nomu Group. Earlier founder and CEO of Appetito, a quick-commerce grocery app in Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia sold to Nomu in 2022, and a founding member of EgySwiss Food. MBA from IE Business School (2014).
- Business schools
- IE Business School
- Based in
- Dubai
Founded
- Gainz Founder and CEO · Dubai · 2025 Lending platform for small and medium businesses in the GCC.
- Appetito Founder and CEO · Cairo · 2020 Exited 2022 Quick-commerce app delivering groceries and household essentials in Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia; acquired Tunisia's Lamma, raised a USD 2 million pre-Series A, and was sold to Nomu Group in 2022.
- EgySwiss Food Founding member · Cairo · 2010 2010 to 2017 Food processing group producing meat, chicken and fish products.