Awad has been in his current role since 2013, having joined EFG Holding in 1998. In the first nine months of 2023, EFG Holding reported revenues of $338 million and a profit of $67.6 million. In November 2023, EFG Hermes’ investment banking division completed advisory for Orascom Development Egypt’s subsidiary Orascom for Real Estate for a syndicated 10-year loan agreement of $193.8 million to finance its leading project in Cairo. Awad is also the chairman of the company’s Executive Committee.