Corporate Governance

The Company is managed by a Chief Executive Officer appointed by the Board of Directors.

The CEO manages the Company and represents it in its dealings with third parties. To this end, he/she is vested with full powers, with the exception of those expressly conferred by law on the Administrative Board or the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders. 

Mr. Tarik EL AROUSSI was appointed Chief Executive Officer by the Administrative Board at its meeting of June, 25^th 2024.

Mr. Tarik EL AROUSSI began his professional career working internationally for an oil and gas group, after which he joined the Agence pour la Promotion et le Développement du Nord (Agency for the Promotion and Development of the North), where he held the position of Strategy and Planning Director. In 2012, he became Head of Asset Management at the Fonds Marocain de Développement Touristique (Moroccan Tourism Development Fund), before holding a similar position at sovereign wealth fund Ithmar Capital. 

In 2017, Mr. Tarik EL AROUSSI joined the Tanger Med Group, initially as CEO of Tanger Med International (TMI), and in 2020 became a member of the Tanger Med Executive Board, in charge of the Services Division (Engineering, Industrial Zone Development and Energy Transition), CSR and International Affairs, and Director of International Development.

In May 2023, HM King Mohammed VI appointed Tarik EL AROUSSI as Chairman of the Executive Board of Société d’Exploitation des Ports.

An engineer by training from the Institut Supérieur Industriel de l’Etat, Mr. Tarik EL AROUSSI holds a Master’s degree in innovation and technology management from Dauphine University, co-accredited with Mines Paris. He also holds a Master’s degree in corporate finance and capital markets from the Institut des Etudes Politiques de Paris.

Rachid HADI holds a Engineering degree from the Ecole Nationale Supérieure d'Electricité et de Mécanique and a Higher Management Cycle from ISCAE as well as an MBA from the Ecole Hassania des Travaux Publics (ENPC & EHTP).
 

Rachid Hadi has held, since 1992, various positions of operational and technical responsibility, notably as Head of the Cranes Department at the port of Agadir and Casablanca, then Head of the Container Terminal and Ro-Ro Division at the Operations Department at the port of Casablanca, then Director of Operations at the ports of Safi and Essaouira and finally Director of the Commercial Department at the port of Casablanca.
 

Rachid HADI has also held the positions of Sales and Marketing Director at Marsa Maroc, Interim Strategy and Development Director and Director of Operations at the Port of Casablanca.

Rachid HADI has been Director of Operational Performance since September 2023.

Said ASBAAI holds an engineering degree from the Hassania School of Public Works and a Master's degree in transport and logistics from the Higher School of Logistics and Transport of Rennes Bretagne.

Since 1990, Said ASBAAI had held various positions of operational and technical responsibility within ODEP and Marsa Maroc, notably as Head of the Port Development Department at the port of Tangier; Head of the Infrastructure Division at the port of Tangier; Head of the Operation Division at the port of Essaouira; Director of Operation at the port of Dakhla and Director of Operation at the port of Mohammedia.
 

Since August 2021, Said ASBAAI is Director of Human Resources.

Abdelhak BEN DAHMANE holds a diploma from ISCAE as well as a degree in private law from the University of Mohammedia and a diploma of advanced studies in business law from the Faculty of Law of Casablanca. He is currently a doctoral student in business law..
 

Abdelhak BEN DAHMANE started his career in the financial department of ODEP. In 1999, he was appointed Head of the Cash Management Department. In 2003, he became head of the contractual affairs division, then head of the contractual affairs and risk management division in the legal affairs department and finally, in 2007, director in charge of mission.
 

Mr. BEN DAHMANE is currently Director of Legal Affairs, Corporate and Governance of Marsa Maroc since 2009.  

Lahcen OUJJA holds an engineering degree from the National School of Mineral Industry Electromechanics.
 

He began his career at ODEP in 1990 as head of the studies and methods department at DEPN before becoming head of the equipement division at the port of Nador and then Safi where he also held the position of head of the sulfur terminal division. In 2003, he was head of the technical department at the port of Tangier.
 

In 2006, he was appointed Director of Operations at the Port of Tangier, then Safi and finally Mohammedia.
 

Lahcen OUJJA has also held the positions of Director of Operations at the Ports of Tangier, Safi and Mohammedia, and was also Director of Operational Performance.

Since September 2023, Lahcen OUJJA has held the position of Special Advisor to the President of the Executive Board - Operations.

Said BENJELLOUN TOUIMY holds a Master's degree in Computer Science and a DESS in Applied Mathematics from the University of Pau.
 

He started his career in 1989 at ODEP in the IT department where he held various positions. In 1994, he became Head of the IT Division and then Head of the Management Information and Computer Science Department at the port of Casablanca.
 

Said BENJELLOUN has also held the positions of Director of Organization and Information Systems at ODEP and Director of Information Systems at Marsa Maroc.

Since September 2023, Said BENJELLOUN has held the position of Special Advisor to the President of the Executive Board.