Yassine Taib

Yassine serves as the Head of Upstream Business, Specialty Phosphates, overseeing the development of phosphate-based materials essential for energy transition and sustainability solutions such as high-purity phosphoric acid for LFP, soluble fertilizers, and food preservatives. He assumed this role after spending two years in the Chairman & CEO’s office at OCP, where he coordinated corporate strategy topics, green industrial development program, and sustainability initiatives.

Yassine's introduction to the professional world began in Pointe Noire, Republic of Congo, where he worked as a petroleum technologist for an American corporation. He later returned to Morocco to lead operations for a junior natural gas production firm before joining OCP Group in Strategy and Corporate Development, focusing on various aspects of corporate strategy, strategic planning, and green energy development. Yassine's career trajectory and life journey have brought him into close contact with the food security and sustainability paradigm, highlighting the crucial role Africa can play in providing viable solutions.

He holds a Master of Science in engineering with a major in energy from Ecole des Mines in Nancy, an EMBA from Africa Business School, and certificates in Business Excellence, Strategy, and Leadership from Columbia Business School.