Syensqo CEO Ilham Kadri shares how her humble beginnings in Casablanca and a passion for science shaped her journey to the C-suite. She reflects on the tough choices behind a global career, why embracing discomfort fuels transformation and how she navigates leadership’s loneliest moments.
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Raised in a humble home in Casablanca, Morocco, without running water or electricity, Ilham Kadri’s journey to becoming CEO of Syensqo
is a story of strength.
“I was abandoned by my father. My mother left the country, so my grandmother raised me,” Kadri told CNBC’s Steve Sedgwick on the “Executive Decisions” podcast.
“She was told she had two exits in her life: the first to her husband’s home and the second to the grave,” Kadri explained.
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