Abdellah Mansouri

Founder & CEO at SEARULEA | Building Morocco’s first integrated offshore aquaculture hub | Columbia MBA · Ex-McKinsey

Ras Kebdana, Oriental, Morocco

About

I'm building SEARULEA — Morocco's first integrated industrial aquaculture hub. A 375-hectare government concession at Ras El Ma, offshore production of sea bream, sea bass and meagre, onshore processing, and EU-certified export. Target: 2,790 tonnes per year by 2031 and 71 direct jobs anchored in the region. Morocco has 3,500 kilometres of coastline and direct access to the European market — yet still imports its fingerlings and buys its fish feed abroad. We're building the infrastructure that changes this. Before SEARULEA: seven years in strategy and financial services — McKinsey (New York) and Wavestone (Paris), leading transformation engagements for European banks. Columbia MBA Certifications: AWS Cloud Practitioner | Microsoft Azure AZ-900 | Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt

Experience

  • Founder & Chief Executive Officer at SEARULEA
    Nov 2025 - Present · 9 mos

    SEARULEA is building Morocco's first integrated industrial aquaculture hub. We farm sea bream, sea bass and meagre in offshore cages on a 375-hectare government concession at Ras El Ma, with onshore processing at the port and EU export via the Nador West Med free zone. Target capacity: 2,790 tonnes per year by 2031 across 32 cages. 71 direct jobs anchored in the Nador region. Built to ONSSA, ANDA and European Union standards. Phase 2 will add a hatchery and nursery on 113 hectares — targeting juvenile self-sufficiency. Morocco has 3,500 km of coastline and direct access to the European market, yet still imports its fingerlings. Biosecurity, solar power and IoT traceability are in the CAPEX from day one. At least 40% of onshore processing roles are reserved for women. From our sea, to your port. www.searulea.com

  • Strategy Manager at Early-Stage startup focused on mental well-being and access to inclusive care
    Jan 2025 - Jul 2025 · 7 mos

  • Summer Associate at McKinsey & Company
    Jun 2023 - Sep 2023 · 4 mos

  • Wavestone (3 yrs 10 mos)
    • Senior Consultant - Financial Services
      Feb 2022 - Jul 2022 · 6 mos

    • Consultant - Financial Services
      Feb 2020 - Jan 2022 · 2 yrs

    • Analyst - Financial Services
      Oct 2018 - Jan 2020 · 1 yr 4 mos

  • Equity Research Intern at Al Rayan Bank
    Aug 2016 - Dec 2016 · 5 mos

    • Performed competitive analysis of selected cement and retail companies in the GCC area, working directly with investment managers and equity analysts • Researched and analysed GCC companies’ income statements, balance sheets and cash flow statements and presented the relevant findings to portfolio managers • Performed valuation analysis on selected companies via discounted cash flow method and method of comparable using the data gathered from the investment meetings • Communicated key sector developments and findings to portfolio managers and prepared clients’ presentations