Abdelmalek Alaoui is an economist, a best-selling author and the Founding CEO of Guepard Group. During his career, he has served over 100 missions for top African and European clients, including S&P 500 and CAC40 firms as well as Government leaders. Abdelmalek also elaborated several government sectorial strategies. He is featured weekly in Forbes as a columnist and has been featured in Le Monde, Le Figaro, Les Echos, and several other major newspapers.

The World Economic Forum (WEF) named Mr Alaoui one of its Young Global Leader (class of 2015). His latest book Le Temps du Maroc (2021), is the best-selling book in Morocco this year. His previous book Le Temps du Continent (2017), addressing the issue of Africa’s development, received the Turgot Award for best economics book of the year in March 2018.

Mr Alaoui is a graduate of Sciences Po in Political Sciences and holds an MBA from HEC Paris. Mr Alaoui is the Chairman of one of Morocco’s leading liberal think tanks, Institut Marocain d’Intelligence Stratégique. He is a member of the Strategy Group on Digital of the Africa-Europe Foundation.