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Abdeslam El-Idrissi
Deputy CEO & Secretary General of Arab British Chamber of CommerceMr Abdeslam El-Idrissi is proud to have served the best part of over 36 years with the Arab British Chamber of Commerce, serving both as Director of Trade Services, Acting General Manager and now his present position as Deputy CEO and Secretary General. During this time, he has cultivated strong relationships with British Chambers, Government bodies, educational institutions, NGOs across both the Arab world and the UK regions, as well as the UK-Arab business communities as a whole.
To this end, Mr El-Idrissi is in much demand across the regions as a keynote speaker and as one of the UK’s leading experts on UK-Arab trade relations.
He is also a key member of the Institute of Export where in the past he has held the position of Vice Chair of the Institute of Export, London Branch for a period of 7 years.
Mr Bandar Reda
Secretary General & CEO of ABCCMr Bandar Ali Reda joined the Arab British Chamber of Commerce, on 1st March 2019, as Secretary General and CEO, becoming the fourth person to lead the Chamber since its foundation almost five decades ago.
As CEO, Mr Reda contributes his expertise by drawing on his wealth of experience as a diplomat and extensive time spent in the private sector to ensure the Chamber moves to the next level.
Mr Reda has a distinguished professional career of more than a decade in banking and corporate industry at SABB HSBC Saudi Arabia, prior to senior positions in the diplomatic service of his country, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, where he served as Commercial Attaché in the UK & Europe, based in London, and in Italy and as part of the Saudi delegation to the Bureau International des Expositions (BIE) in Paris.
Mr Reda holds a BA in Economics and Business Administration from Orlando, USA. He has been an Executive Member of the Saudi-Italian Business Council, the Council of Saudi Chambers; a Member of the Business Youth Committee, Jeddah Chamber of Commerce; a Member of the Saudi Economy Association; and a Member of the Saudi Arabian legal accountants. Mr Reda has demonstrated his experience and abilities in his roles in both public and private sectors.
Since taking up his post, Mr Reda has successfully steered the Chamber throughout the difficult months of the pandemic and lockdown, a period which presented unprecedented challenges for international trade and the business community. Under Mr Bandar Reda’s guidance and leadership, the Chamber not only continued all its activities uninterrupted but extended its services during this period and has reinforced its reputation as the leading strategic business services organisation in the UK dedicated to strengthening Arab-British trade and building closer business co-operation.
Mr Nasser Seddiqi
Director of Corporate Finance and Markets at Autorité Marocaine du Marché des CapitauxNasser Seddiqi is the Director of Corporate Finance and Markets at “Autorité Marocaine du Marché des Capitaux”, the Moroccan capital market authority. As such, he supervises the authorization of offerings on the capital market, the monitoring of issuers’ ongoing disclosure, as well as the oversight of market participants and infrastructures. He is also in charge of other cross-sectoral activities to support the development of the Moroccan market, such as various initiatives in the field of sustainable finance.
Nasser Seddiqi has a French diploma of Chartered Public Accountant, as well as an extensive international professional experience of more than 20 years. He is Chairman of the Moroccan Board for the Coordination of the Derivatives market and a member of many national bodies such as the National Accounting Council and the National Commission for Corporate Governance. He has also been a member of the National Unit for Financial Intelligence, and took part in the work of various international regulation bodies such as the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) and the Francophone Institute for Financial Regulation (IFREFI).
Mr Tarik Senhaji
Managing Director of Casablanca Stock ExchangeMr. Tarik SENHAJI is graduated from the Ecole Polytechnique de Paris and the National School of Statistics and Economic Administration (ENSAE) in Paris. He began his career as a finance manager at the International Finance Corporation (World Bank Group) in Washington DC. Then he held various management positions in the capital markets in London at Société Générale, Dresdner Kleinwort Benson, Calyon CIB and Natixis CIB.
Mr. Tarik SENHAJI has accumulated over 23 years of experience in the financial sector on the Moroccan and international markets. Before his new position as chief executive officer of Casablanca Stock Exchange, he was Managing Director of Ithmar Capital, Strategic Investment Fund and Chairman of the Moroccan Society for Tourist Engineering.
Mr Sekkat Younes
President at Moroccan Stockbrokers AssociationYounes has more than 20 years experience in capital markets as a trader in forex and money market then as head of treasury of Société Générale in Morocco supervising forex, money market and fixed income markets.
He is actually managing director of Sogecapital Bourse, brokerage firm specialized in the moroccan equity market, President of the APSB, the Moroccan Stockbrokers Association and member of the ASSDA, African Stockbrokers and Securities Dealers Association. He also is a former member of the board of directors of the Casablanca Stock Exchange.