Meeting on November 1, the Board of Directors of Banque Centrale Populaire endorsed the appointment of Mohamed Karim Mounir as CEO.
The new CEO was installed on the sidelines of a ceremony chaired by his predecessor and current Minister of Economy and Finance, Mohamed Benchaaboun. The opportunity for the latter to congratulate the newcomer for the royal trust placed in him and to say reassured about the development prospects of the institution. Officiant at the BCP since 1997, Mohamed Karim Mounir is laureate of the Mohammadia School of Engineers of Rabat (super major of the class of 1982) and the National Conservatory of Arts and Crafts of Paris.
Chief Executive Officer of the Banque Centrale Populaire (BCP) since October 2011, a position he combines with the General Management of Upline Group and BP Shore Group Mohamed Karim Mounir began his professional career in 1982 as an engineer within the Groupe Office Cherifien Phosphates (OCP) where he worked at different levels of responsibility and led the activities related to the Group Information System from 1987 to 1997.
Karim MOUNIR joined BCP in 1997 and has progressively held various positions of responsibility in Information Systems, Global Risk Management and Support Activities before being appointed Chief Executive Officer in 2011.
He has been actively involved alongside President BENCHAABOUN in the expansion of the Banque Populaire Group internationally and in the diversification of the Group’s activities with the creation and development of subsidiaries specializing in para-banking and services activities.
One of the major challenges of the new BCP president will be to complete the announced resumption of French BPCE subsidiaries in Africa and the continued growth of African subsidiaries.
