Senior Advisor and Consultant

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Madani Said is currently Managing Partner and Board Member of COCHEPA, a privately-held industrial packaging company based in Casablanca, Morocco. At COCHEPA, Mr. Said is responsible for IT and export sales -almost exclusively to other African countries - which currently represent 50% of the company’s revenues, up from less than 20% 5 years ago. He also manages a 300-acre citrus farm in the province of Beni-Mellal, east of Marrakech, which produces 4000 tons per year and is one of the top 25 citrus producers in Morocco. Previously, Mr. Said was a Consultant to various multinational companies interested in entering the Moroccan market. He helped the Chase Manhattan Bank to develop a debt for export goods program with the Moroccan government. He also assisted the Makrogroup design its retailing distribution (“cash and carry”) strategy for the Moroccan market. Madani Said is Honorary President of the Alumni Association of the Lycée Descartes of Rabat, from which he graduated in 1971. Furthermore, he is a co-founder of the Global French Lycées Alumni Association (ALFM) together with Paris-based Agency for French Schools Abroad (AEFE) , together with the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He is a current board member of the organization. In addition, he is a member of Morocco’s MotorSportsFederation. 

Mr. Said is a graduate of the Belgium’s Faculté of Agronomic Sciences of Gembloux. He also obtained a Masters degree in management and finance from the Solvay School of Business. Moreover, he is a co-founder of Club France-Maroc, which was established to assist the reintegration of Moroccan Graduates of French schools into Morocco. 

He speaks French, English, and Moroccan Arabic fluently.