Doctor in International Economics and Graduate of the Grenoble Institute of Political Studies, Fathallah Sijilmassi, born August 21, 1966 in Rabat (Morocco) is an economist and a former career Moroccan diplomat.

He is currently founding President of Positive Agenda Advisory, a strategy and development consulting company. He is also a senior advisor and/or administrator to economic, financial and academic institutions.

During his career in public service (1992-2019), he was notably Ambassador of Morocco to the European Union (2003-2004) and in France (2004-2009), Director General of the Moroccan Agency for Development of Investments (2009-2012) and Secretary General of the Union for the Mediterranean (2012-2018).

Throughout his career, Fathallah Sijilmassi has led numerous negotiations of international economic agreements and managed the implementation of several investment and development projects.

In 2019, he published a book “The Future of Europe is in the South” co-published by two Think Tanks (CEPS - Brussels and EMEA-Barcelona). This work received the French-speaking economic book prize in 2020.

Fathallah Sijilmassi speaks 4 languages: Arabic, French, English and Spanish

He is married and the father of two boys.