Mehdi began his career in 2002 within the Kettani Family Group in Morocco, serving as CEO of the newly created Ekman Converting Group, a joint venture with the Swedish Ekman & Co. He then contributed to the restructuring of the Kettani Group — a company operating in cellulose processing, paper wadding and real estate — serving as CFO and working across North and West Africa (including Algeria, Morocco, Ivory Coast, Mali and Senegal).
In 2007, he became General Secretary of the Moroccan Business Association (CGEM) [fr].[1] In 2008, he was promoted to Chief Executive of CGEM, contributing to several national industrial strategies, including the Pacte national pour l'émergence industrielle [fr].[2]
From 2010 to 2015, Mehdi served as CEO of MEDI BUSINESS JET,[3] an aviation company operating from Morocco and covering Africa, Europe and the Middle East.
From 2015 to 2019, he was Partner for Africa and the Middle East at Eurosearch & Associés.[4][5] He supported the development of companies[6] across sectors[7] and advised investment funds in Morocco,[8] sub-Saharan Africa and the wider MENA region.
He is currently Managing Director of ALIDES, part of the ECI Group.[9]
He has served as a board member of the Moroccan Business Association.[10] As head of the Offset Commission,[11] he worked on the legislative framework governing Public–Private Partnerships in Morocco.[12]
Mehdi is a board member of the National Council for Foreign Trade (CNCE) [fr], a body gathering public and private actors involved in foreign trade.
He is also a member of the Confluence Club of CEPS, an independent think tank founded in 1985.
In the humanitarian field, he is involved with the associations "Coup de pouce humanitaire", "Autremonde" and "#Leplusimportant".[13]
