Ghannouchi International Business Consulting

Safuene Ghannouchi: CEO and Managing Director

Mr. Safouene Ghannouchi is a legal and business consultant. During his experience with an international consulting firm in Germany, Mr. Ghannouchi has been involved in a number of projects in the field of business development. Mr. Ghannouchi's mission used to advise small and medium sized companies in their foreign investments. He also assisted them in negotiations to find a business partner in order to invest or to participate in international tenders. In his former capacity as project manager with a German Non-Governmental Organization, he implemented strategies for the consolidation of economic relations between Germany and the MENA region and developed a broad network with politicians, businessmen and other stakeholders

As a former lecturer assistant at the University of Law and Political Science in Sousse (Tunisia), he has taught political science, constitutional law, human rights and international law.

He also worked at the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime in Dakar, Senegal, where he was responsible for managing projects in West African countries. He was also responsible for the legal and institutional analysis of the social and economic situation in ECOWAS countries as well as the amendment and finalization of laws under the recommendation of the governments of several countries at the same region. During the period he spent as Assistant to the Consul General at the Consulate General of Denmark in Tunis (Tunisia), he led negotiations with political figures and investors on new investment opportunities in Tunisia.

Mr. Patrick Morris : Attorney at law and Business Consultant

After receiving his MA in Political Science at l’université Laval in Quebec City, Mr. Patrick Morris took his LLB at the l’Université d’Ottawa specialising in Corporate and Tax law. He received an LLM in U.S. Taxation at Wayne State University, Detroit.

Mr. Morris has represented clients in Tax Court on disputes in excess of 100 million dollars and has acted as counsel to a multi-national consortium engaged in infrastructure development internationally (ongoing). He worked for the Privy Council Office in Ottawa as a research officer (secret security clearance), and consulted for the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime in Dakar, Senegal, on security issues involving drug trafficking, money laundering and terrorism.

Whilst at UNODC, Mr. Morris also delivered workshops to law enforcement officers on intelligence analysis as well as on the analytical use of financial statements to detect money laundering.