To accelerate its transformation, OCP overhauls its internal organization and reshapes its top leadership

After several years of growth driven by strategic investments in new areas of activity (customization of agricultural solutions, the knowledge economy, the development of phosphorus by-products, water, energy, and green hydrogen and ammonia), the OCP Group on April 11, 2026 undertook an internal reorganization, accompanied by a series of appointments to around half a dozen strategic positions, in order to support this new phase of structural transformation.

Indeed, the phosphate giant, which over the past two decades has steadily moved upmarket while deepening the integration of its value chain, has thoroughly reshaped its operating model into a structure built around Strategic Business Units (SBUs)—autonomous entities fully accountable for their business lines and end-to-end operations.

The effectiveness of this model rests on robust governance mechanisms designed to frame this autonomy and ensure overall strategic alignment. In this context, the recent reorganization focuses on restructuring the corporate layer through the creation of two main divisions: "Value Steering" and "Innovation & Learning", entrusted respectively to Iliass El Fali and Hicham El Habti.

An organization refocused around two core divisions

In practical terms, the "Value Steering" division will now bring together the group’s strategy, finance, and performance management functions. In other words, it will be responsible for defining OCP’s overall strategic direction, allocating resources across its various business units (SBUs), structuring partnerships and financing arrangements, and ensuring that targets are met both operationally and financially.

Meanwhile, the "Innovation & Learning" division will focus on OCP’s future growth drivers, bringing together research, innovation, education, venturing, digital, data, artificial intelligence, and talent development within a single framework, with the aim of supporting the group’s long-term transformation.

From OCP’s standpoint, Iliass El Fali and Hicham El Habti were natural choices for these roles, as both had already been overseeing responsibilities closely aligned with the scope of their respective divisions.

Thus, Iliass El Fali, a graduate of École des Mines de Paris and an OCP executive for nearly seventeen years, had for some time been overseeing cross-functional roles related to strategy, performance management, and coordination across the group’s different units.

As for Hicham El Habti, he is the president of Mohammed VI Polytechnic University (UM6P), an institution at the heart of OCP’s innovation ecosystem, playing a central role in research, education, entrepreneurship, and technology development, in close alignment with the industrial ambitions of the former Office Chérifien des Phosphates.

These two executives will therefore stand at the center of the next phase in OCP’s development, as the corporate headquarters becomes increasingly focused on ensuring alignment across the group’s various entities, structuring their interactions, and enforcing a common discipline in the execution of strategic priorities.

As part of this approach, three key levers will underpin this new framework: first, "hard-wiring", referring to the formalization of a shared set of rules, processes, and systems governing the group’s operations; second, "soft-wiring", aimed at transforming managerial practices, collaboration models, and corporate culture; and finally, an increased reliance on "taskforce" structures—cross-functional, temporary teams mobilized to address specific challenges or complex projects with speed and flexibility.

An operational and industrial extension

Last but not least, OCP’s reorganization also includes the creation of two dedicated entities, "Logistics" and "Sustainability & Green Utilities", aimed at strengthening the group’s operational competitiveness and resilience. According to our information, the former will centralize and optimize all logistics flows—from transportation to the management of export corridors—against a backdrop of mounting pressure on global supply chains, while the latter will integrate activities related to water, renewable energy, and green hydrogen, with the dual objective of securing critical inputs and supporting the group’s decarbonization trajectory.

Two appointments have also formalized this new organizational structure: Karim Lotfi Senhadji will head the "Logistics" entity, while Hanane Mouchrid will lead "Sustainability & Green Utilities". Both are long-serving OCP executives.

In addition, Mostafa Terrab, Chairman and CEO of the OCP Group, has appointed a new chief of staff, Mohamed El Harrak, a former International Monetary Fund (IMF) official who previously served as a special advisor. Nadia Fassi Fihri, the former head of telecom operator inwi who joined OCP at the turn of the decade, now serves as advisor to the Chairman.

Finally, Younès Kchia, previously chief of staff to Mostafa Terrab, has been appointed OCP’s new Chief Financial Officer.