Hanane Taidi

Director General, TIC Council

Hanane Taidi was appointed Director General of TIC Council in June 2019, having been Director General of IFIA since July 2016. She currently represents the Testing, Inspection and Certification Industry, a sector that provides independent conformity assessment around the world with a combined revenue of over €30 billion euros and over 400,000 employees.

Previously, Ms Taidi worked at DuPont de Nemours International as Marketing Communications Director for the Performance Polymers business. During this time, Ms Taidi led, developed and directed integrated marketing communications strategies and was a member of the regional leadership team.

Before joining DuPont, Ms Taidi was Director of Communications at PlasticsEurope, from where she led PlasticsEurope’s communications efforts in Europe together with a team of regional Communications Managers. In addition to her role as Director of Communications, in 2014, Ms Taidi has been appointed by The European Commission, DG Research & Innovation, as Rapporteur for the Expert Group who developed recommendations on Systemic Eco-innovation and is a visiting lecturer on public affairs, crisis communications and change management at the Institute of European Studies (ULB) and Quadriga University (Berlin).