Mehdi El Idrissi
Mehdi El Idrissi | |
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المهدي الإدريسي | |
Mehdi El Idrissi in 2015 | |
| Born | 1977 (age 48–49) |
| Occupation | Businessman |
| Years active | 2002 – present |
Mehdi El Idrissi (Arabic: المهدي الإدريسي; born 1977 in Casablanca) is a Moroccan business executive active in industry, economic policy and leadership advisory. Since 2002, he has held roles in private-sector management, national business institutions and international consulting.
Career
Mehdi began his career in 2002 within the Kettani Family Group in Morocco, serving as CEO of the newly created Ekman Converting Group, a joint venture with the Swedish Ekman & Co. He then contributed to the restructuring of the Kettani Group — a company operating in cellulose processing, paper wadding and real estate — serving as CFO and working across 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 several national industrial strategies, including the Pacte national pour l'émergence industrielle.[2]
From 2010 to 2015, Mehdi served as CEO of MEDI BUSINESS JET,[3] an aviation company operating from Morocco and covering Africa, Europe and the Middle East.
From 2015 to 2019, he was Partner for Africa and the Middle East at Eurosearch & Associés.[4][5] He supported the development of companies[6] across sectors[7] and advised investment funds in Morocco,[8] sub-Saharan Africa and the wider MENA region.
He is currently Managing Director of ALIDES, part of the ECI Group.[9]
Other roles
He has served as a board member of the Moroccan Business Association.[10] As head of the Offset Commission,[11] he worked on the legislative framework governing Public–Private Partnerships in Morocco.[12]
Mehdi is a board member of the National Council for Foreign Trade (CNCE), a body gathering public and private actors 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, he is involved with the associations "Coup de pouce humanitaire", "Autremonde" and "#Leplusimportant".[13]
Awards and education
In 2010, he was awarded the title of Chevalier de l’Ordre du Mérite by the King of Morocco.[14]
Mehdi is an International Visitor Leadership Program alumnus, selected for the Entrepreneurship and Business Management track following President Barack Obama's A New Beginning speech in Cairo.
References
- ^ "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.