Mehdi El Idrissi
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Mehdi El Idrissi | |
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المهدي الإدريسي | |
 Mehdi El Idrissi in 2015 | |
| Born | 1977 (age 46–47) |
| Nationality | Moroccan |
| Occupation | Businessman |
| Years active | 2002 – present |
Mehdi El Idrissi (Arabic: المهدي الإدريسي; born 1977 in Casablanca) is a Moroccan businessman.
Career
[edit]Mehdi started his career in 2002 within the Family Group Kettani in Morocco, as the CEO of the newly created Ekman Converting Group, a joint venture with the Swedish Ekman & Co. He then accompanied the restructuring of the Kettani Group (a company involved in processing and paper wadding of cellulose and real estate), serving as CFO and operating in North and West Africa (including Algeria, Morocco, Ivory Coast, Mali and Senegal).
In 2007, he became General Secretary of the Moroccan Business Association (CGEM).[1] In 2008 he was promoted to Chief Executive of CGEM, contributing to the various national strategies Morocco was putting in place as the Pacte national pour l'émergence industrielle.[2]
From 2010 to 2015, Mehdi was CEO of MEDI BUSINESS JET,[3] a jet company operating from Morocco and covering Africa, Europe and the Middle East.
At Eurosearch & Associés, from 2015 to 2019 he was the Partner in charge of Africa and Middle East[4][5] In this role, he supported the development of businesses[6] in all sectors[7] and investment funds in Morocco,[8] in sub-Saharan Africa and more generally in the MENA region.
He is now the Managing Director of ALIDES Africa a member of ECI Group.[9]
Other roles
[edit]He has been a member of the Board of Moroccan Business Association.[10] As head of the Offset Commission[11] he worked on the law implementing the Public Private Partnerships in Morocco.[12]
Mehdi is member of the board of the National Council for Foreign Trade (CNCE), a joint body bringing together public and private stakeholders directly or indirectly involved in foreign trade.
He is also a member of the Confluence Club of CEPS, an independent think tank founded in 1985.
In the humanitarian field, Mehdi El Idrissi is a member of the associations "Coup de pouce humanitaire", "Autremonde" and "#Leplusimportant".[13]
Awards and education
[edit]In 2010, he received the Chevalier de l’Ordre du Mérite from the King of Morocco[14]
Mehdi is an International Visitor Leadership Program alumni, having been selected for the Entrepreneurship and Business Management program following President Barack Obama's A New Beginning speech in Cairo.
References
[edit]- ^ "Un nouveau secrétaire général à la CGEM". Lavieeco (in French). Retrieved 2019-01-31.
- ^ "Un bilan positif pour la première année du Pacte Emergence". Aujourd'hui le Maroc (in French). 10 April 2010. Retrieved 2019-01-31.
- ^ "Ils veulent tous voler en avion privé : 15 000 à 50 000 DH pour une heure de vol". Lavieeco (in French). Retrieved 2019-01-31.
- ^ "Mehdi El Idrissi, nouveau visage d'Eurosearch au Maroc et en..." Medias24 - Site d'information (in French). 2015-09-11. Retrieved 2019-01-31.
- ^ "Casablanca Finance City, un hub économique et financier dynamique au service de l'Afrique". Eurosearch & Associés (in French). 2019-01-28. Retrieved 2020-07-16.
- ^ "Moroccan companies and banks support king's push into Africa". Financial Times. 24 January 2019. Retrieved 2019-01-31.
- ^ "Au Maroc, Renault a ouvert la voie aux autres constructeurs". FIGARO. 2016-12-21. Retrieved 2019-01-31.
- ^ "Carmakers drive northern Morocco's manufacturing industry". Financial Times. 23 March 2016. Retrieved 2019-02-01.
- ^ "Coopération - Le groupe ECI s'allie au cabinet casablancais "Alides Africa"". Article19.ma (in French). 2021-01-22. Retrieved 2021-02-19.
- ^ "CGEM: Bensalah repense l'instance patronale". L'Economiste (in French). 2012-06-29. Retrieved 2019-01-31.
- ^ "Les illusions de la préférence nationale 1/4". Challenge.ma (in French). 2013-01-18. Retrieved 2019-02-01.
- ^ Kettani, Mounia Kabiri (2013-03-27). "Entretien avec Mehdi El Idrissi de la CGEM". L'Observateur du Maroc & d'Afrique (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 2019-04-22. Retrieved 2019-01-31.
- ^ Giraut, Chloe (2018-04-09). "Mehdi El Idrissi". Leplusimportant (in French). Retrieved 2019-02-13.
- ^ "Le Matin - S.M. le Roi préside à Casablanca la cérémonie d'ouverture des premières assises de l'industrie". Le Matin (in French). Retrieved 2019-04-10.