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Kamel Ghribi

Kamel Ghribi is a Tunisian entrepreneur and philanthropist. Born in the industrial hub of Sfax in 1962, he first found success in the petroleum sector across the Middle East, United States, and Europe. He spent the 1990s building up his career in the oil business until he founded his own family holding, GK Investment Holding Group, in Switzerland. His passion for investing across numerous sectors led to him founding GKSD Investment Holding Italy, of which he is now President. A diverse holding company with a far-reaching presence across multiple sectors, GKSD became a pivotal figure in the healthcare sector when Kamel Ghribi was nominated Vice President of Italy’s biggest private Healthcare group GSD (Gruppo San Donato). Through his visionary leadership, pragmatic approach and profound understanding of realistic, effective, and enduring investment solutions that foster growth and connectivity throughout Africa and the MENA region, Kamel propelled GKSD to new heights.

Success in business comes with social responsibility and throughout his prestigious career Kamel has used his global network and business acumen to engage in philanthropic projects that promote peace and stability through investment. He founded the non-profit European Council on Africa and the Middle East (ECAM) to develop feasible, effective and lasting solutions for more sustainable partnerships throughout Africa and the MENA region.

Wisdom

Leadership is defined by many subtle characteristics, but the one that defines our destiny is wisdom. Wisdom gives us the courage to know when to correct our course along the way.

Balance

Objectivity is a quality we should always strive to attain across all aspects of life. Objectivity is not impartiality; it is our attempt to be balanced in our view of society.

Commitment

Commitment must be unconditional if we want to overcome the many obstacles that block our path to success, no matter what direction we choose to follow in life.

Social Responsibility

A strong sense of social responsibility encompasses everything we undertake whether civic, corporate, philanthropic or employment diversity practices.

At ECAM we gather to explore how international cooperation can address global challenges in line with the resolutions of the United Nations.

We are living in hugely uncertain times and the challenges of leadership are many but we have faith that the ECAM way is the new way and that peace can be reached only through political and interreligious dialogue, shortening the social, cultural, political and ethnic divides between Europe, Africa and the MENA region.

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I am proud of the work I do during public events and with private audiences because it allows me to interact with a huge network of wonderful visionaries who wish to make the world a better place.

    Promoting universal healthcare

    The ECAM Council was born with the primary objective of promoting constructive dialogue, new partnerships and strong cooperation between Europe, Africa and the MENA region.

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    Limitations are psychological barriers that live only in our mind.
    Imagination, determination and commitment to excellence allow possibilities to become limitless.

    • If we cannot learn from history, we are doomed to repeat it

      In the 5th Century B.C., a Greek geographer wrote a monumental piece of...
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    • Kamel Ghribi Success

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    • لا للموتِ غرقًا.. لا للهجرةِ سرًّا.. عشْ بحلمك ولكن!

      تعدّ الهجرة ظاهرة تاريخيّة في حياة البشر والمجتمعات، دأب عليها الأفراد...
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    • GHRIBI: NEVER GET USED TO WAR, NEVER RESIGN YOURSELF TO WAR

      A little over six months have now passed since fighting began in the...
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    • عالـم اليوم تُدميه الصراعات والعدل هو الحل | جريدة الشروق التونسية

      بقلم كمال الغريبي رئيس مجلس إدارة «مجلس الشركات الأوروبي لإفريقيا والشرق...
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      • Inspiring others is not difficult. All it takes is being tuned into those around you and finding a way to say the right word at the right moment. Even the smallest of gestures carried out at the right time will have the potential to turn a life around.

        — Kamel Ghribi

      • The capacity to care about what you do and how much you want to make a difference in the world is what makes a life deeply significant. The true meaning of life is to sow the seeds and reap the fruits of which you expect to enjoy.

        — Kamel Ghribi

      • Mortality defines the human condition. All that we achieve for ourselves alone during this life is destined to end with us. As the great homeric hero Achilles understood, immortality is only possible through the actions we carry out for the greater good.

        — Kamel Ghribi

      • Sometimes you need to find the courage in business to take a giant step – you can’t cross to the riverbank in a few small jumps. Wherever you see a successful business, then you also see the result of some courageous and difficult decisions.

        — Kamel Ghribi

      • Just as mistakes teach you how to be better, so failure let's the world see that you have tried. We should remember our failures with fondness as they are testimony to the courage we had to try something new and uncharted.

        — Kamel Ghribi