The Mansour Voice

We transport listeners to Sharm El Sheikh in Egypt, host of the COP27 UN Climate Conference. Mohamed Mansour reflects on his participation at the event and discusses his investments in renewable energy and electric vehicles. He is joined by Ankush Arora, CEO of Mansour Automotive Company, the Exclusive Mobility Partner of COP27, who discusses the company’s aim of making Egypt a regional hub for electric vehicles.

We all sometimes need a second chance. Dr Mohamed Mansour, Chairman of the Mansour Group, reveals a turning point he had as an undergraduate of North Carolina State University in the 1960s, and the impact it had on his and thousands of others’ lives. Dr Mansour is joined in the 10th episode of the Mansour Voice podcast by special guest Dr Randy Woodson, Chancellor of NC State University, and host Dominic Tonner of ManCapital LLP.

The ninth episode of The Mansour Voice featuring Mr Mohamed Mansour, Founder and Chairman of Man Capital, Mr Loutfy Mansour, the CEO of Man Capital, Mr Tom Vernon, the CEO of Right to Dream, and James C Nortey, Character Development Coach at FC Nordsjaelland. This episode of The Mansour Voice discusses how Right to Dream has enabled so many young people to realise their full potential. Mr Mohamed Mansour, Founder and Chairman of Man Capital, is joined again by Loutfy Mansour, CEO of Man Capital, and Tom Vernon, the CEO of Right to Dream, as well as special guest, James ‘C’ Nortey, Character Development Coach at FC Nordsjaelland. This episode explores the theme of ‘pursuing your dreams’ and how Right to Dream has produced “more than just footballers” by enabling people like C to achieve their footballing ambitions whilst pursuing alternative passions and personal development. Mr Mansour, Loutfy Mansour, and Tom Vernon also discuss their ambitions to continue to uncover emergent excellence through football, education, and character development.

For the latest episode of The Mansour Voice, our podcast series, Mr Mohamed Mansour, Founder and Chairman of Man Capital, is joined once again by Loutfy Mansour, the CEO of Man Capital, and Mr Tom Vernon, the CEO of Right to Dream, to explain the unique business model of Right to Dream and what it means to be a not-for-dividend organisation. Following Man Capital’s recent partnership with the organisation, the three also discuss its upcoming plans and ambitions. Mr Tom Vernon explains in the podcast: “The model is to vigorously pursue the standard revenue streams for football in addition to some unique revenue streams. We’re very commercially orientated in the way that we think, behave and generate revenues to provide the opportunities that we do for our children. The difference in our model, since I founded Right to Dream and since Mr Mansour and Loutfy have come on board as well, is that the intention is always for all the profits that are generated to be invested back into the provision of more opportunities and the creation of new opportunities for children. Those opportunities are through football at the moment, and perhaps other things in the future.”

In the seventh episode of The Mansour Voice, our podcast series, Mr. Mohamed Mansour, Founder and Chairman of Man Capital, is joined by Mr Loutfy Mansour, the CEO of Man Capital, and Mr Tom Vernon, the CEO of Right to Dream, for a discussion of the foundational values that unite their organisations. Man Capital recently unveiled a partnership with Right to Dream which enables greater access to education, opportunity and equality through football.  In the podcast, Mr Tom Vernon said: While we will directly impact the lives of many people through this partnership, the inspiration and the evidence that it’s possible to achieve is something we’re passionate about communicating to a far wider audience, especially children who face barriers that keep them from reaching their potential. I genuinely believe that the greatest outcome for Right to Dream will be children around the world seeing how the development of their character, skills and purpose can change the direction of their lives.  Mr Loutfy Mansour added: As a family, we have a passion for football. But I realised what Tom was building is more than just an academy; he wanted to transform people’s lives. From my perspective, it was a question of how Man Capital could support Tom in his mission, and we could see the potential that Right to Dream has. I felt that if we gave Tom the support that he needed, then he could take Right to Dream to another level. Mr Mohamed Mansour continued: We feel that we have a responsibility to the communities around us, and immediately we could see how the Mansour Group’s values aligned with what Tom was doing with Right to Dream. 

In the latest episode of The Mansour Voice, our podcast series, Mr. Mohamed Mansour, Founder and Chairman of Man Capital, talks about his technology investments, how Man Capital has performed in 2020, and the outlook for the tech sector with Ramy Adeeb of 1984 Ventures, the Man Capital-backed venture capital firm. “We are constantly looking for theses for changes in consumer behaviour, such as the adoption of e-commerce, or the adoption of mobile, or the adoption of telemedicine, and invest around those changes. Our investment criteria is simple – we invest in team, market, product, in that order. A strong team will iterate and pivot until they find success within a particular market,” says Mr Adeeb in the podcast. Mr. Mansour adds: “The challenge for long-term investors like ourselves is to identify the trends that are short-term and those which reflect permanent shifts.”

In the fifth episode of The Mansour Voice, the Mansour Group’s podcast, Mr. Mohamed Mansour, Founder and Chairman of Man Capital, considers the impact of the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic. “I always try to be optimistic, but there is a lot of uncertainty around at the moment,” he says in the interview. Mr Mansour also reports continued strong performance at a number of units of the Mansour Group, including its businesses in the automotive and heavy equipment and machinery sectors, Al-Mansour Automotive and Mantrac.

Episode four will conclude a successful first series of The Mansour Voice, which has shone a light on the Mansour Group, how it came to be built and the decisions that were made along the way that turned a family business with its origins in the Egyptian cotton trade into a global conglomerate with over 60,000 employees across more than 100 countries. In this episode, “ultimate optimist” Mr. Mansour shares his reassurances that the global economy will make a recovery in spite of the challenges it has faced this year, and that with the right management and leadership, we will be able to navigate the post-pandemic economic landscape and respond effectively to a possible second wave of the virus.

The Mansour Group is pleased to present the latest episode of its podcast series, The Mansour Voice. The series shines a light on the Mansour Group, telling the story of how a family business with its origins in the Egyptian cotton trade grew into the global conglomerate with over 60,000 employees across more than 100 countries that it is today. In this new episode, which was recorded in July 2020, Mr. Mohamed Mansour, Founder and Chairman of Man Capital, speaks about the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the Mansour Group and the global economy, as well as discussing 1984 Ventures, the tech-focused venture capital fund that Man Capital seeded.

The Mansour Group is pleased to present the second episode of its podcast series, The Mansour Voice. The series will shine a light on the Mansour Group, how it came to be built and the decisions that were made along the way that turned a family business with its origins in the Egyptian cotton trade into a global conglomerate with over 60,000 employees across more than 100 countries. In this episode, Mr. Mohamed Mansour, Founder and Chairman of Man Capital, speaks about the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the Mansour Group and the global economy, as well as outlining his predictions on what shape a recovery might take.