Casablanca, Morocco. Zahira Bouaouda was recently appointed President of MATIS Aerospace, a 50/50 joint venture between Safran Electrical & Power and Boeing, specializing in electrical wiring interconnection systems. She thus became the first woman to manage an aerospace company in Morocco, announced Safran August 8th.
Zahira Bouaouda began her career in 1997 as an auditor with Dorlian & Associés and then MCA & Associés. She joined KPMG Morocco in 2001 as a Senior Manager and joined MATIS Aerospace in 2006 as Finance Director, before becoming Operations Director in 2017.
Zahira Bouaouda, 43, holds two degrees (Business Administration and Management and Chartered Accountancy) from the Institut Supérieur de Commerce et d’Administration des Entreprises (1997 and 2005).
