Eng. Yassin Hamdy

An expert in vegetable oils and fats from 1993 to the present. Egypt’s first international judge and arbiter at the Istanbul 2025 competition; Executive Director of the Al-Ahram International Olive Competition in Egypt; former manager of the industrial complex at Al-Jouf Agricultural Company in Saudi Arabia; former olive oil plant manager at Al-Jameel International Company in Saudi Arabia. He has completed several oil-tasting courses from the International Olive Council and holds a sensory tasting expert certificate from Tunisia, Saudi Arabia and Italy. He writes articles for the Agriculture Gateway, the Egypt Gateway and the Al-Ard website, and is a member of the Scientific Society for Food Industries at Alexandria University.

• Developing solutions to olive oil problems
• From olive varieties through to oil storage and packaging
• Marketing and promoting products and positioning them in the global market
• The ideal conditions for producing high-quality olive oil, preserving it, and extending its shelf life
• Feasibility studies for olive mills and how to select them, the key requirements to consider in the mill and the infrastructure, the by-products from the pressing process waste, and the added value that can be derived from them

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