Chakib ALJ
President, CGEM
Elected President of the General Confederation of Moroccan Enterprises in January 2020 for a 3-year term and re-elected to the same position in May 2023, Chakib ALJ is a Moroccan industrial and business leader.
He is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Cap Holding, a group that employs more than 3500 people and has diversified activities in agri-food, poultry industry, plastics industry, tourism, distribution, civil engineering, among others.
After studying in the United States at Columbia University, Mr. ALJ began his career in Morocco in 1987 by managing the “Société Nouvelle des Moulins du Maghreb”, a century-old leading company in the flour milling sector. He developed this activity by launching “Le Moulin de Berrechid”, “Moony”, “Matahine Bab Mansour” and “GSB”.
Chakib ALJ has also founded “Multisacs”, a company operating in plastics industry and packaging, “Alf Mabrouk – Cicavi” in poultry farming, “ACTL” in transport and logistics and “Adiwatt Morocco” in renewable energy. As part of his civic activity, he chaired the National Federation of Flour Milling (FNM), the Interprofessional Federation of Cereal Activities (FIAC) and the Federation of Retail
Distribution of Consumer Goods (TIJARA 2020).