Education

Mostafa Terrab graduated in engineering from the Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées in France in 1979, and went on to complete a Masters in Engineering in 1982 at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) after which he pursued a PhD in Operations Research at the same institution. His Doctorate was awarded in 1990.^{[10][11][12][13][14]}

Teaching

While studying for his PhD, Terrab held the position of Assistant Professor and Researcher.^[15] He was a Professor in the departments of decision sciences and engineering systems, and civil and environmental engineering at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York from 1990 to 1992.^[16][17]

Career

Returning to Morocco in 1992, Terrab was appointed Chargé de Mission to the Royal Cabinet of the late King Hassan II^[18][19] before joining in 1995, as Secretary General, the Executive Secretariat of the Economic Summit for the Middle East and North Africa.^[3][20]

From 1998, he led the National Agency for Telecommunications Regulation (ANRT), before joining The World Bank^[21][22] as Lead Regulatory Specialist, where he directed the "Information for Development" (InfoDev) program for the support of entrepreneurs with strong growth in emerging economies.

Terrab was appointed chief executive officer of OCP in 2006, and then chairman and chief executive officer of the OCP Group when it became a Public Limited Company in June 2008. He is also Chairman of the Mohammed VI Polytechnic University.^{[23][24][25][26][27]}

In June 2019, Terrab became President of the IFA (International Fertilizer Association), a global organization bringing together 480 members of the fertilizer industry in 68 countries. He is the first African executive to chair this Association, and is also a member of the Executive Board.^[1]

In late 2019, Terrab was appointed to a 35-member committee for Moroccan Development, made up of a diverse cross-section of the most respected people in Morocco. The committee will deliver a report to King Mohammed VI on the impacts of the reform programs initiated in the Kingdom, across education, society, environment, infrastructure and the economy. The report will also deliver recommendations on best practice and future initiatives.^[28]