UKABC - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Member of the Management Board
- Senior Partner / Founder of Pagefield
Having devised and delivered some of the most successful corporate campaigns of recent years, Mark founded Pagefield as an agency that reflects his own commitment to clear-sighted strategic thinking and flawless campaign execution.
He brings more than 20 years of experience in public and regulatory affairs, corporate public relations and campaigning to clients including the Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant, Camelot and Discovery.
As a corporate client himself for nearly two decades, Mark has a crystal clear understanding of what makes a good communications agency: delivering intelligent, integrated and energetic campaigns, providing considered political and media counsel, and specialising only in those disciplines in which you and your people excel. Pagefield operates within this simple and transparent framework.
Mark was the main Board Director responsible for Camelot Group plc's campaign for the £50 billion third lottery licence, transforming the company's reputation from one of Britain's most unpopular corporations to the world's most respected lottery operator. He also led Camelot's negotiations for the new licence, working with a team of legal, commercial, technology and regulatory experts to nail down a 10-year deal.
As Public Affairs Director for ITN, Europe's largest commercial news operator, Mark ran the company's successful campaign to win the ITV News contract, together with a raft of lobbies to protect freedom of expression in broadcast journalism. His press teams - embedded in each ITN newsroom - promoted ITV News, Channel 4 News, 5 News, LBC, News Direct, EuroNews, the ITN News Channel and IRN. Mark's deep understanding of modern newsroom culture has allowed him to build and manage some of the best in-house press teams in the country, generating hundreds of millions of pounds-worth of positive media coverage for ITN, Camelot and ITV plc.
Mark honed his knowledge of government at the Industry and Parliament Trust, working to educate business leaders about Westminster, Whitehall and the European Union institutions and parliamentarians about the commercial world. Having closely observed the relationship between business and government at first hand, Mark began his commercial career as a corporate lobbyist for the Independent Television trade association, cutting his teeth on successful campaigns to deregulate the commercial broadcasting sector.
Mark graduated in Philosophy, Politics and Economics (PPE) from St Anne's College, Oxford.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Management Board
- Partner
- EMPC CEO
Mr Hassan Hafiz is an Algerian entrepreneur who having grown up in London moved to Algeria where he has created and developed several businesses.
Mr Hafiz started his career as an analyst in the UK for a well know international engineering company called Black & Veatch. After two years gaining valuable experience in the water and wastewater sectors with B & V, he moved to his natural territories and created in 2006 with other partners a company called Development Capital Management Algeria focussed in real estate investments in Algeria. In 2011 he started a new venture in Algeria, EMPC, importing and distributing chemicals.
Hassan Hafiz is also an active partner in CSEE Alger, an engineering contracting company based in Algiers specialising in electrical installation and in the supply and installation of signals equipment in new and existing railway projects
Mr Hafiz achieved his Bachelor degree in History from University College London in 2003. He is fluent in English, French and Arabic.
Job Titles:
- Coach
- Member of the Management Board
Job Titles:
- CEO
- Member of the Management Board
- President
Having devised and delivered some of the most successful campaigns for the Commonwealth Business Council. Abderrezzak Osmani co-founded UKABC as a platform that reflects his own commitment to clear-sighted strategic thinking to promote trade and investment between the UK and Algeria
Job Titles:
- Member of the Management Board
- Chief Global Strategist at City Index Ltd / FX Solutions
- Chief Global Strategist City Index
Mr. Ashraf Laidi is Chief Global Strategist at City Index Ltd / FX Solutions, focusing on foreign exchange and global macro developments pertaining to central bank policies, sovereign debt and commodities. His primary role is to provide expert market analysis to City Index' global client base, the media and the company's key stakeholders.
Previously Mr. Laidi served as Chief Strategist at CMC Markets, where his insights on currencies and commodities won him several #1 rankings with FXWeek and Reuters.He had previously worked as FX Analyst at MG Financial Group and analyst at the United Nations, monitoring multi-currency global bond and equity portfolios.
He also pioneered online FX analysis by creating the first 24-hour currency portal, coinciding with the inception of the euro in January 1999. Other experiences include bond analysis at Reuters and sovereign risk with the World Bank. Mr. Laidi is widely considered to be one of the leading foreign exchange strategists, recognized for his unique intermarket approach to commodities and equity indices.
Mr. Laidi is author of "Currency Trading & Intermarket Analysis". He is fluent in English, Arabic, French, and Spanish. His insights can be found regularly on CNBC TV, Bloomberg, Financial Times, and the Wall Street Journal.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Management Board
- Algeria Country Manager
Mr. Moncef Zemmouchi, is a professional individual well known and respected in Algeria. He studied in Algeria and the United Kingdom.
He worked for well-known organisations in Algeria including Sonatrach, the Algerian National Energy Company. He has many years of experience in business consultancy and in organising investments and business events in Algeria.
He has gained a good experience from working and interacting with public bodies and Algerian institutions.
He provides high quality and first-hand advice to bridge cultures for clients looking to explore and enter the Algerian market.
Mr. Zemmouchi, is fluent in Arabic, English, and French.
· He is a good communicator, both verbally and in writing.
· He has The Ability to lead and motivate a team
· He is reliable/good at hitting deadlines
· He is able to use own initiative
· He is a Multi-t asker and good networker
· He is good with budgets
Job Titles:
- Member of the Management Board
- Head of Middle East & Africa Markets
- Head of Middle East and Africa Markets at British Arab Commercial Bank
Nabil Frik is acting as Head of Middle East and Africa Markets at British Arab Commercial Bank's (BACB) in London. He is responsible for directing sales and executing the bank's marketing strategy in Africa and the Middle East.
Nabil has over 20 years of experience in Africa (including Maghreb) and the Middle East in the fields of Export/Trade (commodities) and Project Finance (infrastructure projects).
He previously worked for Qatar National Bank, where he was the regional transaction banking Head for Europe in London. He has also held positions at Arab Bank, ING Barings and Siemens Financial Services in Germany.
Nabil has a degree in Power Generation and Distribution and a postgraduate in Economics (Bielefeld/Germany University of Applied Sciences).