Fatiha Charradi, CEO of Mohammed VI Polytechnic University (UM6P) Canada is an experienced leader and a passionate advocate for entrepreneurs and farmers. Her mission is to development new and innovative business models, approaches, solutions and services for farming in line with her company’s mission and ambition of “Farmer Intimacy.” Charradi graduated as an ICT Engineer from Ecole Mohammadia des Ingénieurs. She holds an MBA from École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées in Paris, a Certificate in Strategic Management and Geopolitics from HEC Paris, and Certificates in Executive Management and Leadership from MIT in 2014 and 2018. In 2014, Fatiha was identified by the Choiseul Institute among Young African leaders of 40 years and under, who will play a major role in the development of Africa in the near future. In 2016, Fatiha was selected to participate in the Regional Entrepreneurship Acceleration Program (REAP) of the prestigious MIT University to contribute to the emergence of strong entrepreneurial ecosystems in different regions of Morocco. As an intrapreneur, Fatiha spent 19 years in major Moroccan and multinational companies. In 2011, she was appointed Chief Executive Officer of the OCP Fund for Agricultural Innovation. Fatiha Charradi is also a board member of many national and international institutions, a board member of H-Seven, an African Accelerator (https://www.hseven.co/), a Non Executive Director of iSDA (Innovation solutions for Decision Agriculture, https://www.isda-africa.com) and an active member in many local NGOs and social initiatives.
CEO, Mohammed VI Polytechnic University (UM6P) Canada