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Inner circles | Africa
Saadé family's CMA CGM entrusts military and diplomatic veterans with its Africa ops

Rodolphe Saadé, chief executive of CMA CGM, in Marseille in September 2019. © Boris Horvat/AFP

Rodolphe Saadé and his sister Tanya run the world's third-largest shipping firm from Marseille with an iron fist. For CMA CGM's African operations, the siblings rely on former diplomats, ex-military, and merchant navy veterans. [...]

Published on 29/11/2024 at 05:40 GMT Reading time 6 minutes Antoine Galindo

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