{"id":3443,"date":"2026-05-10T19:02:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-10T19:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theredconference.me\/predavaci\/\/"},"modified":"2026-05-10T19:02:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-10T19:02:09","slug":"amine-omar-tazi-riffi","status":"publish","type":"speakers","link":"https:\/\/theredconference.me\/en\/speakers\/amine-omar-tazi-riffi\/","title":{"rendered":"Amine Omar Tazi-Riffi"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Amine Omar Tazi-Riffi<\/h1>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3444\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3444\" style=\"width: 523px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3444 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/theredconference.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Amine-Omar-Tazi-Riffi-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"523\" height=\"674\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3444\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Amine Omar Tazi-Riffi<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<article class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full\" dir=\"auto\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-102\" data-scroll-anchor=\"true\">\n<div class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto py-5 [--thread-content-margin:--spacing(4)] @[37rem]:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(6)] @[70rem]:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(12)] px-(--thread-content-margin)\">\n<div class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:32rem] @[34rem]:[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @[64rem]:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto flex max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 text-base gap-4 md:gap-5 lg:gap-6 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n<div class=\"group\/conversation-turn relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\">\n<div class=\"relative flex-col gap-1 md:gap-3\">\n<div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col grow\">\n<div class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-5\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"8bab2b39-ff7c-4082-aea3-29a77984d158\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-4o\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden first:pt-[3px]\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert w-full break-words light\">\n<h2 class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">Board Member, Orascom Development<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\" data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">\n<div data-test-render-count=\"1\">\n<div class=\"group\">\n<div class=\"contents\">\n<div class=\"group relative relative pb-3\" data-is-streaming=\"false\">\n<div class=\"font-claude-response relative leading-[1.65rem] [&amp;_pre&gt;div]:bg-bg-000\/50 [&amp;_pre&gt;div]:border-0.5 [&amp;_pre&gt;div]:border-border-400 [&amp;_.ignore-pre-bg&gt;div]:bg-transparent [&amp;_.standard-markdown_:is(p,blockquote,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6)]:pl-2 [&amp;_.standard-markdown_:is(p,blockquote,ul,ol,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6)]:pr-8 [&amp;_.progressive-markdown_:is(p,blockquote,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6)]:pl-2 [&amp;_.progressive-markdown_:is(p,blockquote,ul,ol,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6)]:pr-8\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"standard-markdown grid-cols-1 grid [&amp;_&gt;_*]:min-w-0 gap-3 standard-markdown\">\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">Amine Tazi-Riffi is a former Senior Partner at McKinsey &amp; Company, based in the Geneva and Zurich offices. He currently acts as an independent Advisor, Private Equity Investor, and Board Member.<br \/>\nOver the course of his approximately 25-year career at McKinsey, Amine advised leading institutions and governments across more than 30 countries, with a strong focus on emerging economies \u2014 primarily in the Middle East, Africa, and Central &amp; Eastern Europe. He is the co-founder of McKinsey&#8217;s Economic Development practice and served as Regional Leader for the Public &amp; Social Sector Practices across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. He is widely regarded as McKinsey&#8217;s leading expert in economic development and sector development strategies, having led over 100 engagements. His core areas of expertise include industrial policy and foreign direct investment, tourism, infrastructure and public-private partnerships, and SME development.<br \/>\nHe currently serves as a Senior Advisor and collaborates with private equity platforms across the Euromed and MENA regions. He has previously served on the Board of Directors of Lonrho (UK\/South Africa), Orascom Development (Switzerland), and Axian\/Togo Telecom.<br \/>\nHe is a Board Member of Orascom Development, with a specific focus on Hospitality and Montenegro.<br \/>\nAmine holds a BSc and MSc from the \u00c9cole Polytechnique F\u00e9d\u00e9rale de Lausanne (EPFL), an MSc in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from MIT, and an MBA from INSEAD.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Board Member, Orascom Development<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":3444,"menu_order":35,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3443","speakers","type-speakers","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theredconference.me\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/speakers\/3443","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theredconference.me\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/speakers"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theredconference.me\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/speakers"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theredconference.me\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/theredconference.me\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/speakers\/3443\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3445,"href":"https:\/\/theredconference.me\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/speakers\/3443\/revisions\/3445"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theredconference.me\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3444"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theredconference.me\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3443"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}