Mohamed Ben Driss Alami

Mohamed Ben Driss Alami is a Moroccan-born executive and CFA charterholder who competed for Morocco at the International Mathematical Olympiad in 2002 and 2003 and was admitted to École Polytechnique in 2004. He began his career in banking with a 2007 quantitative finance internship at Lehman Brothers in London and a 2008-2009 structured products analyst role at HSBC in Paris, then moved into corporate finance at Holcim in 2009. Over roughly 16 years at Holcim he held roles across France, the US and Algeria - including CFO of Holcim Algeria (2020-2025) - and was appointed Managing Director of Holcim UK's Cement Division in 2025. He also taught economics and statistics as an adjunct professor at Sciences Po (2011-2014).

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• Appointed Managing Director of Holcim UK's Cement Division (announced Nov 2025), leading the low-carbon cement drive; the role replaced a prior cement MD and reports into Holcim's UK leadership.Nov 19, 2025
• Quant employment verification: CONFIRMED. Employment evidence: LinkedIn-derived enrichment records a 2007 'Quantitative Finance Analyst (Intern)' role at Lehman Brothers in London and a 2008-2009 'Structured Products Analyst' role at HSBC in Paris; the identity is supported by IMO 2002/2003 (Morocco) appearing under the same name, admission to École Polytechnique in the 2004 admitted list, and 2025 Holcim UK press coverage. Employer classification: Lehman Brothers was a global investment bank whose London desk hosted quantitative finance work; HSBC is a global bank and structured products sit in its markets division, so both are genuine quantitative-finance employers. Caveat: the two roles are recorded only in the LinkedIn-derived index (self-reported profile) and were not independently confirmed in a primary source, so this is index-only evidence rather than primary-source confirmation.
• Career began in banking: Lehman Brothers quantitative finance internship (London, 2007) and HSBC structured products analyst role (Paris, 2008-2009) preceded his move into corporate finance at Holcim in 2009, a shift from sell-side markets into industry.
• Had worked at Holcim for 16 years by Nov 2025, with prior roles across France and the US and, most recently, as CFO of Holcim Algeria - a multi-geography operational and finance trajectory within one group rather than a finance-sector career.Nov 18, 2025
• Taught as an adjunct professor of economics and statistics at Sciences Po (Paris, 2011-2014) while working at Holcim, suggesting a continuing academic/quantitative teaching thread after his degree.2011
• Named in the published list of candidates admitted to École Polytechnique in 2004 (lesmajorsfrancais.fr), the year after his second IMO appearance, which places his entry into the French grande école system immediately after his Olympiad years.2004
• Competed for Morocco at the International Mathematical Olympiad in 2002 (score 8/42, Honourable Mention) and 2003 (score 11/42), per the official IMO participant record.2003
• Is a CFA charterholder (Chartered Financial Analyst, CFA Institute), the credential most consistent with his early sell-side and corporate-finance roles.
• UK Companies House officer record (via idcrawl index) links him to HOLCIM UK CEMENT LIMITED (09326237) and PEAK CLUSTER LIMITED (15286950), matching his Holcim UK cement leadership role. Source is an aggregator/index of Companies House filings, not the filings themselves.
• Holds a Master's in Applied Mathematics & Statistics from ENSAE ParisTech and an École Polytechnique engineering degree in Applied Mathematics & Physics, i.e. a quantitative-mathematics education that predates and overlaps his finance roles.
• Writes practitioner finance articles (e.g. 'Paralysis by Analysis', Apr 2019; a Zero-Based Budgeting piece, Sep 2018) on finance-gestion.com, indicating he publishes on financial management topics under his own name.Apr 22, 2019
• Earlier executive roles include General Manager of Aggregate Industries' Asphalt & Construction subsidiary in the US Mid-Atlantic (2017-2020) with full P&L ownership and a seat on the Maryland Asphalt Association board, and Director of Integration/Strategy at Holcim US Cement (2015-2017) covering post-merger integration and SAP ERP transformation.