VIP INTERVIEWS
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Mohamed Benchaâboun
Morocco
Minister, Ministry of Economy and Finance
"Morocco has strongly boosted its reform process by launching large-scale projects accelerating the process of structural transformation of our economy."
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Javier E. Gutiérrez Alzate
Panama
General Manager Central America, Celsia
“We have in place many contingency measures implemented to protect employees and customers.”
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Ahmad El Tannir
UAE, Abu Dhabi
General Manager, Al Masaood Oil & Gas
“To mitigate the risk of the effect of this wave of the pandemic, we have to consider business practices before the pandemic and after as completely different.”
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Martín Toscano
Mexico
President & General Manager, Evonik
“The chemicals industry is growing in Mexico,though production has not caught up due to local constraints.”
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Riad Laissaoui
Morocco
CEO, Retail Holding
“Looking at the last 10 days, our turnover is about 25% to 30% superior to that of last year at the same period despite the restrictions and obstacles we face in the supply chain.”
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