Mohamed Horani
CEO of HIGHTECH PAYMENT SYSTEMS (HPS)
President of CGEM, the General Confederation of Employers in Morocco (June 2009-June 2011)
Born on December 8, 1953
Married and father of 3 children
Professional Career:
Engineer graduated from the National Institute of Statistics and Applied Economy, Rabat. (1974). Founder (1995), Chairman and CEO of HPS (Hightech Payment Systems)
2003 : Opening of HPS Dubai in Dubai Internet City
2006 : HPS IPO into Casablanca Stock Exchange
2008 : Opening of HPS Europe in Paris
Works:
Mr Horani is the architect of PowerCARD, multi-channel payment software, developed by HPS and used by more than 300 banks in 51 countries in Africa, Europe, the Middle East, North of America and Asia.
Awards:
- Trophy for Innovative Enterprises by the WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organisation) in 2006
- Recipient for the MENA-OECD Investor of the Year Award (2006)
Associations:
Mr Horani is the President of CGEM, the General Confederation of Employers in Morocco (June 2009-June 2011)
And also belongs to many associations as:
- resigning President of Apebi, the Moroccan Federation of Information Technologies, Telecommunications and Offshoring (january 2008 – june 2009)
- President of the Morocco Export Leaders Club (MELClub) that includes the Moroccan companies that have won the exportation trophy organised by the National Council for Foreign trade (2004-2009).
- Vice President of IMRI (Moroccan Institute for International Relations)
- Member of the think tank team working on defining a new identity of Casablanca.
- Member of the Board of Al Akhawayn University of Ifrane
- Member of the advisory committee in charge of the «Citibank & PlaNet Finance Morocco Microentreprenorship Awards» program (from 2006)
- Member of the eMaroc reflexion group under the the supervision of the Moroccan Ministry of Industry, Trade and NTIC
- Member of a Strategy Group created by the CESEM research center to think about problematics of Moroccan economy and management
- President of Rotary Club Casablanca Nord
Mr Horani is among the pioneers into the payment industry and HPS become within 10 years part of the Top 10 payment solution vendors.