LOUKIL Bassem, Sfax-born Tunisian businessman, is CEO of UADH/LOUKIL Group (35 companies, 4,300 employees across automotive, tech, industry, services). Georgia State BBA & MBA holder, he presides over the Tunisian African Business Council.
Growing the Loukil group was not an easy task, of course, and lots of strategic thinking had to be done so as to choose the right products and services that would be the source of growth not only in the local market (size of only 11 million people), but also at the international level.
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