Former Tunisian Minister of Tourism Joins Quebec Organization Specializing in Innovation and Digital Transformation
The former Tunisian Minister of Tourism has been appointed to a leadership role in a Quebec organization specializing in innovation and digital transformation in the manufacturing sector. This appointment crowns an atypical career path, woven between public governance, entrepreneurship, and technological consulting.
Kamel Gamra Appointed Deputy General Manager of Productique Québec
Kamel Gamra has been named Deputy General Manager of Productique Québec, a reference organization dedicated to supporting manufacturing companies in their digital transformation. This is an internal promotion, as the Tunisian expert has been working at Productique Québec since 2021 as a senior consultant in digital transformation.
A Profile Forged Between Tunis, Brussels, and Montreal
Kamel Gamra's curriculum vitae stands out for its density of experiences at the intersection of the public sector and the business world, across three continents. His time in the Tunisian government remains one of the most notable milestones in his career: between February 2013 and March 2014, he held the portfolio of Tourism in a post-revolutionary context, piloting a new national strategy and achieving a recovery in several international markets.
Prior Experience
Before entering public office, Gamra had served as CEO of the Tunisian Navigation Company (CTN), leading IT transformation projects and achieving record financial results. He also led MATISSE, a company specializing in data digitization and archiving, for over 13 years, while holding positions at Hewlett-Packard in Brussels and in the mining sector in Guinea.
Current Activities
Today, Gamra remains active in Tunisia, where he has been president of the National Chamber of Ship Consignees since 2017 and is a managing partner of SWYNG Logistics.
International Academic Background
Kamel Gamra's education reflects the breadth of his ambitions. Holding a Doctorate in Business Administration from the University of Sherbrooke, with a specialization in information systems and quantitative analysis, he is also a graduate of the Catholic University of Louvain with a Master's degree in Applied Sciences, and holds an MBA in Port Management from the University of Antwerp. Additionally, he is a graduate engineer in maritime transport from the Tunisian National School of Merchant Marine.
