Karim Bennis

Dr. Bennis was appointed as Chief Financial Officer of Etisalat Group in July 2020. Prior to this role, he was Vice President Financial Control and Planning of Etisalat Group since 2013. His previous positions include Deputy Managing Director and CFO at Tractafric Motors Corporation, Financial Controller, Strategic Planning, Subsidiaries Management and Investor Relations of Maroc Telecom - as a Secondee of Vivendi Group - as well as Financial Controller of Crown Holdings. Mr. Bennis serves on the Boards, Executive Committees and Audit Committees of Etisalat Egypt, PTCL and Ufone and is a Board member of Atlantique Telecom Holding. He holds a PhD in Economics and Technology from Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers, a Masters in Economics and Corporate Finance from Sciences-Po Paris, a Masters in Audit and Management Accounting from SKEMA Business School and an Executive MBA from École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées.

Experience

• Etisalat
  Group CFO
  Group Vice President Financial Control, Budgeting & Planning
  Acting Group CFO

• Non Executive Board Member and Chairman of the Audit Committee
  Ufone

• Non Executive Board Member and Chairman of the Audit committee
  PTCL.Official

• Non Executive Board Member and Audit Committee Member - Etisalat Egypt
  Etisalat Misr

• Non Executive Board Member and Audit Committee Member
  ATLANTIQUE TELECOM Holding

• CFO & Deputy Managing Director
  Tractafric Motors Corporation

• Director of Financial Restructuring & Performance Management
  ONA-SNI Group

• Group Financial Controller, Strategic Planning and Investor Relations Director
  Douja Promotion Groupe Addoha

• Vivendi
  Director of Strategic Plan, Subsidiaries Management & Investor Relations
  Director, Group Financial Controller
  Regional Financial Director

• Crown Cork & Seal (formerly CarnaudMetalbox)
  Financial Director Financial Controller Europe

• Financial Controller
  Canon France

Education

• London Business School
  Agility and Collaboration - Executive Education, Leadership

• École des Ponts ParisTech
  Master of Business Administration - MBA, Business Administration and Management, General, Honors

• SKEMA Business school (ESC Lille)
  Master’s Degree, Audit, Finance & Management Accounting, With Distinction

• Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers
  PhD (Doctorate), Science, Technology & Society

• Sciences Po
  Master Economics & Finance (IEP Paris), Applied Economics & Corporate Finance

• IFAG
  Bachelor in Business administration, Institut Français de Gestion

• Université Paul Sabatier Toulouse III
  Bachelor’s Degree in Business administration, Business Administration and Management, General