General Director of a Foundation
"My
role is to translate the strategic objectives of the “Caisse de Dépôt and
Gestion Foundation” in a concrete and operational manner, with essential
components: social and sustainable development as well as philanthropy. The
foundation is the corporate citizenship arm of the group”, explains Dina Naciri,
who evoked with her usual enthusiasm her activity that has opened to her two
worlds, that of art and humanitarianism that she loves with the same fervor. She joined the foundation in 2000 and remembers
amused: "We were discussing gender equity with my supervisor. He kept saying, "For women, we should do
this …or we should that “, as if he were talking to a man! When I reminded him that I was a woman, he replied:
"No, you, you
are not a woman!".
Nonetheless, there is nothing masculine in Dina Naciri’s look that is very
feminine. Dina was appointed Executive Director in 2007. In addition, the ardor
and tenacity in the workplace are not only masculine qualities. "I always fully involve myself in what I
do," confesses the woman who was born in Fes but admits having a special
tenderness for Rabat and Salé. Being a discrete person, Dina Naciri mentions nevertheless her attachment
to the “Zawwya Naciria” Sufi order and for the native town of her father,
Tamegroute: "There is there a magnificent library containing archives on
the history of Morocco”, she says.
It is especially within the Foundation
that Dina Naciri satisfied her interest in art: "The beautiful books that we
publish as well as the exhibitions we organize are a contribution to the
enrichment of the heritage and of the cultural dynamism of the country”, says
Dina who is proud of the events proposed as well as of the carte blanche
given to great artists such as Dounia Oualit who particularly touched her:
"She is a model in contemporary art in Morocco and has left her mark on
the work of many Moroccan artists . "