Abdessamad Kasri

Abdessamad Kasri is a Moroccan electrical engineer (Ingenieur d'etat, ENSIEG / INP Grenoble, 2003) based in Casablanca. As a secondary-school student he represented Morocco at the 1997 International Mathematical Olympiad in Mar del Plata, Argentina, earning an Honourable Mention with 10 points. His verified professional career is in electrical engineering and real-estate/project development: electrical-studies engineer at Cegelec Maroc (2003-2006), head of the tertiary-electricity activity at SPIE Maroc/ELECAM (2006-2010), projects director at AOS Maroc, the AOS Studley / FinanceCom real-estate joint venture (2010-2011), and development director at the Moroccan luxury real-estate group Sienna Investment Group (2011-2015). Since the mid-2010s he has led PROJECTIA, a Casablanca technical-works contractor, and PTOJECTIA TCE. No quantitative-finance, trading, market-making, hedge-fund or systematic-trading role appears anywhere in his public record.

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• Quant employment verification: NOT CONFIRMED. His complete verified career timeline (LinkedIn + Viadeo + Projectia company page) is electrical engineering and real-estate/project development: Cegelec Maroc electrical-studies engineer (2003-2006), SPIE Maroc/ELECAM head of tertiary-electricity activity (2006-2010), AOS Maroc projects director (2010-2011), Sienna Investment Group development director (2011-2015), then PROJECTIA/PTOJECTIA director. Employer classification: 'AOS MAROC' is a real-estate project-management JV of AOS Studley and Othman Benjelloun's FinanceCom (not a trading firm), and 'SIENNA INVESTMENT GROUP' is a Moroccan luxury real-estate/hotel developer controlled by Yassir and Samir Zenagui (Casablanca) — the name contains 'Investment' but the Morocco entity is a property developer, distinct from the European asset manager 'Sienna Investment Managers' (sienna-im.com). Student internships were at CEDRAT, the Laboratoire d'Electrotechnique de Grenoble and ALCATEL CIT (all electrical engineering). No quantitative-investment, trading, market-making, hedge-fund, bank, asset-manager or energy/crypto-trading role or internship appears anywhere. Identity is well supported, so the finding is a negative employment result, not an identity gap.Sep 17, 2026
• Identity link established: the LinkedIn profile for Abdessamad Kasri lists education 'Olympiades Internationales de Mathematiques en Argentine', and IMO 1997 was held in Mar del Plata, Argentina — matching the IMO official record for Abdessamad Kasri (Morocco, 1997), which ties the Casablanca engineer to the Olympiad contestant.
• Founded/leads PROJECTIA, a Casablanca technical-works contractor doing industrial and tertiary electricity, BT/MT networks and on-grid/off-grid solar, and has also been Directeur General of PTOJECTIA TCE (all-trades works) since ~2022 — his current operating base is construction/electrical contracting, not finance.2022
• Employer-name trap: 'Sienna Investment Group' (Casablanca) is a Moroccan luxury real-estate/hotel group owned by Yassir and Samir Zenagui — it is NOT the European asset manager 'Sienna Investment Managers' (sienna-im.com, a Groupe Bruxelles Lambert affiliate). A finance-looking name here masks a property developer; the two are unrelated entities.Jul 25, 2019
• Sienna Investment Group (2011-2015) role: Development Director guiding luxury tourism/residential real estate, including the Ritz-Carlton Tamuda Bay resort on 140 hectares (5-star hotel, villas, Jack Nicklaus-designed 18-hole golf). The function was property development, not asset or portfolio management.2011
• IMO 1997 (Mar del Plata, Argentina): represented Morocco, awarded an Honourable Mention with 10 points (P1=1, P2=7, P3=0, P4=0, P5=2, P6=0), rank 285 (~38th percentile); the Morocco team scored 48 points in total.1997
• AOS Maroc (2010-2011) as Projects Director: this was a real-estate project-management venture — a subsidiary/JV of AOS Studley and Othman Benjelloun's FinanceCom group — covering MOD/AMO/OPC for office and HQ projects (RMA Watanya HQ, Technopolis fit-outs for AXA France and Devoteam). Real-estate advisory, not trading.Jun 27, 2019
• SPIE ELECAM / SPIE Maroc (2006-2010): head of the tertiary-electricity activity (later Engie Maroc branding), on references including Morocco Mall, Anfa Place, Port Tanger Med, Technopolis, Casanearshore and the Maroc Telecom HQ.2006
• Education: Ingénieur d'état in electrical engineering from ENSIEG (Ecole Nationale d'Ingenieurs Electriciens de Grenoble), part of the Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble, 2000-2003.2003
• Self-reported on Viadeo: '1er sur les marocains et les arabes' at the 1997 IMO. The official IMO record shows him tied on 10 points with Moroccan teammates Ahmed Assalih and Mohamed Tahiri (both also HM), so the '1st among Moroccans/Arabs' claim is his own and is not corroborated by the official results.
• Cegelec Maroc (2003-2006) as Ingénieur Responsable d'Etudes (Cegelec later became Vinci Energies): HV/MV electrical substations — new builds, extensions and upgrades (Khouribga, Tensift, Agadir, Tiznit, Oujda, Tit Mellil, Toulal, Taliouine).2003
• Student internships, all electrical-engineering: CEDRAT (Grenoble), the Laboratoire d'Electrotechnique de Grenoble, and an ouvrier internship at ALCATEL CIT (Cherbourg-Tourlaville) — no finance or trading internship anywhere in his record.2001