Ahmed Abdelkefi (born 1 March 1941) is a Tunisian economist and businessman. He is the founder, president, and director of Tuninvest Finance Group as well as the founder and former chairman of Tunisie Leasing Group and Tunisie Valeurs.
Early life
Abdelkefi was born in
Tunis on 1 March 1941; his father was a farmer and merchant, originally from
Sfax, and his mother was of
Turkish
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origin.
He spent his childhood in the
medina of Tunis and, after studying at primary
Sadiki College
Sadiki College, also known as ''Collège Sadiki'' ( aeb, المدرسة الصادقية, "El-Sadqiya High School"), is a '' lycée'' (high school) in Tunis, Tunisia. It was established in 1875. Associations formed by its alumni played a major rol ...
, he enrolled at the
Lycee Carnot where he earned a Bachelor of Science. In 1959 he left for France to attend the
University of Paris I where he graduated with degree in economics in 1963. The following year he was admitted to the
Ecole Nationale d'Administration.
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Career
In 1967, Abdelkefi returned to Tunisia and began a career in administration, the governorate of Sidi Bouzid at first and then in a second step, the Ministry of Economy and Finance, where he heads the department of foreign investment. Appointed in 1973 as the first CEO of the Society for the Study and Development of North-Sousse, he immediately took care of the development of Port El Kantaoui
Port El Kantaoui ( ar, مرسى القنطاوي) is a tourist complex 10 kilometres north of Sousse city in central Tunisia. It was built in 1979 specifically as a tourist center, around a large artificial harbour that provides mooring with 340 ...
which became the cornerstone of the first integrated resort
A resort (North American English) is a self-contained commercial establishment that tries to provide most of a vacationer's wants, such as food, drink, swimming, lodging, sports, entertainment, and shopping, on the premises. The term ''resort ...
in Tunisia. He left his post in 1978 to go work, for five years, within the Abu Dhabi Fund for Arab Economic Development as an advisor to the chairman.[
Abdelkefi launched the first ]leasing
A lease is a contractual arrangement calling for the user (referred to as the ''lessee'') to pay the owner (referred to as the ''lessor'') for the use of an asset. Property, buildings and vehicles are common assets that are leased. Industrial ...
company based in Tunisia in 1984.[ In 1994 he founded the Tuninvest Finance Group (TFG), the first Tunisian company specialized in private equity. The fund Tuninvest is also present in Morocco since 2000 under the name Marocinvest and since 2006 in Algeria under the name Maghrebinvest. The fund is also present through its subsidiary Capital Partners Africinvest Saharan Africa, where he partnered with Cauris in West Africa, Fidelity in Ghana, and Africa and Central CENAINVEST IBTC in Nigeria. By 2005 Abdelkefi created the Tunisia LLD, which is the first company specialized in fleet management. Furthermore, he is currently president of TLG Financial Group and the Integra Partners grouping Tunisie Valeurs Tuninvest and Finance Group.][
He joined the board of directors of the Central Bank of Tunisia in September 2012.
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Personal life
Abdelkefi is married and has two children.[
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References
1941 births
Tunisian people of Turkish descent
Alumni of Sadiki College
20th-century Tunisian businesspeople
Tunisian economists
Living people
21st-century Tunisian businesspeople
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