The founder's journey

The road to AREJ

From training as an agricultural engineer to founding the Academy : forty-three years of working life, thirty of them in banking, and a complete turn towards young graduates.

Hachem Jamal, founder of AREJ Academy
1983 Education

Agricultural Engineer

Hassan II Institute of Agronomy and Veterinary Medicine — Rabat

1989 Career

Crédit Agricole du Maroc

A succession of management roles — close to thirty years financing and advising the country's economic players.

2007 Education

MBA

École des Ponts et Chaussées — Paris

2021 Commitment

Vice-President

Edukaskills Solidarity Foundation

2022 Advisory

Consultant

Supporting young graduates into employment

2023 Advisory

Startup support

Entrepreneurship and business creation

2024 Education

Head of Training

Univers Advice

2026 Founding

AREJ® is founded

Launch of the Academy for the Success and Employability of Young Graduates, and of its first cohort in Kénitra.

43years of working life (1983 → 2026)
30years in the banking sector
5years working with young graduates
After thirty years spent assessing projects, I kept seeing the same thing : capable young graduates whom no one prepares for that first job. AREJ grew out of that observation. Hachem Jamal — Founder & Chief Executive, AREJ Academy