With André Azoulay, history meets the present and embraces the future. Born in Essaouira when it was called Mogador, André Azoulay has not forgotten a childhood when Jews and Muslims lived with exceptional and resilient closeness. With Katia, his wife, he made the resurrection of Essaouira the challenge of his life. Thanks to the power of their common dream, the City of the Trade Winds became the flagship of a Judeo-Muslim revival. In 1974, André Azoulay created in Paris, “Identity and Dialogue”, a movement of Sephardic Jewish intellectuals in which for the first time Jewish voices were raised to call for a just and lasting peace between the Israeli and Palestinian peoples, living side by side in two states equal in rights and dignity. After a long and brilliant career in Paris with Banque Paribas (1967-1990), this commitment reached its peak with the appointment of André Azoulay as Advisor to Kings Hassan II (1991-1999) and Mohammed VI since 1999. In charge of Economic and Financial Affairs, André Azoulay notably contributed to the implementation of the liberal reform program successfully applied by the Kingdom of Morocco since the beginning of the 90s to promote the international influence of Morocco and to promote national and international private investment, the engine of growth of the Moroccan economy. Deeply involved in the consolidation and expansion of the Euro-Mediterranean partnership, he has made his contribution whenever necessary to the monitoring of peace processes in the Middle East and to the consolidation of a culture of mutual respect and trust between Islam and Judaism. Founding member of the United Nations High Level Group for the Alliance of Civilizations, André Azoulay chaired the Anna Lindh Euro-Mediterranean Foundation (2008-2015), the Foundation of Three Cultures and Three Religions (Seville), as well as the Pierre Mendès France Institute (Paris) and the Edmond Amran El Maleh Foundation (Rabat). He was a founding member of the C-100 Davos Forum for the Dialogue of Civilizations and Religions and Chairman of the International Advisory Board of the Shimon Peres Center for Peace. He also serves as President of Project ALADDIN’s Committee on Conscience and Honorary President of Association Mimouna. André Azoulay received an honorary doctorate from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev “as a Jew whose roots lie in Morocco, who has devoted his time and energy to a life-long quest for coexistence between Jews and Arabs in the Middle East and Northern Africa.” In 2017, at the 20th New York Sephardic Jewish Film Festival, André Azoulay was honored with the American Sephardi Federation’s Pomegranate Award for Lifetime Achievement in recognition of his remarkable life’s work bridging religious divides through artistic and other cultural endeavors. More recently, André Azoulay was awarded the Medallas de Oro de Andalucía (“Gold Medal of Andalusia”), presented in recognition of his “exemplary commitment to solidarity and harmony and for his pioneering approach at the head of the Foundation of Three Cultures, through which Morocco, Spain and Andalusia have been telling the world, for over twenty years, the art of living together.” Mr. Azoulay, a fervent supporter of the revival of his hometown which has a specific place in the historical, cultural and spiritual heritage of Morocco, is the founding President of the Essaouira-Mogador Foundation for Arts, Culture and Heritage, as well as the President of the Association Essaouira-Mogador, which has established an original approach to the durable development of the city based on its cultural and spiritual legacy. A member of the Royal Academy of Morocco and of the Royal Academy of Spain for Economic and Financial Sciences, André Azoulay is a Commander in the Order of the Throne (Morocco). He also holds the highest honors bestowed on him by France, Spain, Italy, Germany, Great Britain, Portugal, Brazil, Argentina, and