ABDERRAHMANE EL AOUFIR

About ABDERRAHMANE EL AOUFIR

Abderrahmane El Aoufir is a Franco-Moroccan executive in the industrial and services sectors, best known today as Chief Executive Officer of Derichebourg SA and as a board director of Elior Group representing Derichebourg SA. Elior’s governance materials identify him as the Derichebourg-appointed director on Elior’s Board of Directors, reflecting his role in the strategic relationship between the two groups. He holds a master’s degree in economics, with a specialization in management, from the University of Clermont-Ferrand. He began his career in 1984 in the finance department of Compagnie Française des Ferrailles, where he built a strong foundation in financial control, operational discipline, and business management. Over time, he moved into operational roles and then senior management positions in Spain, the United States, and southeastern France, giving him broad international exposure and a practical understanding of industrial and service businesses. A defining chapter in his career came in 2006, when Daniel Derichebourg asked him to turn around Servisair, Derichebourg’s airport services subsidiary. Over a six-year period, he helped raise Servisair’s EBITDA from €5 million to €73 million, a result that demonstrates his ability to improve profitability, sharpen execution, and lead complex operational transformations. That achievement is one of the most notable markers of his professional reputation. Following the sale of Servisair in December 2013, he was appointed Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the Derichebourg Group and later became Chief Executive Officer on April 18, 2023. His career therefore combines finance, operations, turnaround management, and executive governance. In a listed-company context, he is associated with long-term strategic oversight, disciplined performance management, and the ability to support large-scale corporate integration. At Elior Group, his presence on the board also underlines the importance of governance alignment between the company and its reference shareholder, Derichebourg SA, particularly in a period marked by operational improvement and profitability-focused execution.