Hakim Hajoui (born 10 February 1983) is a Moroccan diplomat. He was appointed
ambassador of Morocco to the United Kingdom in 2020.
Biography
Education
He is a graduate of
Concordia University
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in
Montreal, where he gained a
Bachelor of Computer Engineering, and
Telecom Paris
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* Telecommunications
** A telephone company (or ''telecommunications service provider'')
** The telecommunications industry
* Telecom Animation Film, a Japanese studio
See also
* Telcom (disambiguation)
* Telekom (disambi ...
, studying a
Master of Science in Networked Computer Systems.
Career
Hajoui began his career in 2008 in strategy and organizational consulting at
Capgemini Consulting in
Paris. During his five years there, he worked on the transformation of large industrial and financial companies.
He joined OCP in 2012 as project officer in the Chairman's office, before taking on positions focused on the company's strategy and corporate development. He led OCP's expansion in Africa and oversaw, in particular, the development of
South-South cooperation partnerships in several countries such as
Côte d'Ivoire
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,
Senegal and
Ghana. In 2015, he worked on the creation of the OCP Africa subsidiary and led operations in
West Africa before being appointed chief of staff.
Previously, Hakim Hajoui held the position of the
OCP Group
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’s chief of staff for the company's Chairman & CEO
Mostafa Terrab from 2016. In this role, he also managed the public affairs of the
phosphate mining
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and
fertilizer world leader.
Hakim Hajoui was appointed ambassador of Morocco to the United Kingdom by King
Mohammed VI Muhammad VI may refer to:
* Muhammad Imaaduddeen VI (1868–1932), sultan of the Maldives from 1893 to 1902
* Mehmed VI (1861–1926), sultan of Ottoman Empire, from 1918 to 1922
* Mohammed VI of Morocco
Mohammed VI ( ar, محمد السادس ...
of Morocco on July 6, 2020.
Personal life
Born in 1983 in Rabat, Hajoui is married and a father of 3 children.
References
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Ambassadors of Morocco to the United Kingdom
People from Rabat
Concordia University alumni
Télécom Paris alumni
1983 births
Living people
21st-century Moroccan people