FAMILY COMPANY PRIZE

Leila Trabé-Chiha

Transporting goods, conveying a state of mind

A lawyer by training, specialising in business law and economics, she joined the family company created by her father: Monaco Logistique. The business founded in 1997 now has nearly 200 employees. “Dad was director of the Office Maritime Monégasque (the freight forwarding service in Monaco) and the Government had its warehouses built in Nice at that time. That was when he founded his organisation and applied to manage this concession,” recalls Leila Trabé-Chiha, who either went home or to the company premises when she came back from school. “It was already a member of the family that needed taking care of, like a little brother or sister.” When she arrived at Monaco Logistique in 1992, she created a legal department. The company, which handles goods for Monegasque clients in warehouses in Fontvieille, Nice Saint-Isidore and Carros, has since acquired the Office Maritime Monégasque, which deals with large-scale international events.

MAKING THE MOST OF SKILLS
“We start in July for the Yacht Show. These are very intense weeks. We have to transport goods from the United States, Japan, and Australia, take delivery, and install everything on the stands, so it is all impeccable on D-day at the end of September. Having to organise several events in a row, given that Luxe Pack at the Grimaldi Forum sometimes takes place a week after the yachting, can be the most challenging part,” says this director. Incidentally, she is also an ambassador for the Monte-Carlo Woman of the Year Award that showcases international talent. Transport, removals, logistics, customs, human resources, accounting, and maintenance: sectors that she and her team have to deal with simultaneously. “The majority of our managers have been with us for about 15 years. We do not differentiate, and there are as many men as women on the management board”, enthuses this mother of a small boy, who is keen to uphold the sense of family that makes her company so warm and remain attentive to the needs of her employees. As head of the Association Monaco-Tunisia, she has also just set up a small limited company to distribute the olive oil she produces there. She is a woman who cultivates openness.

Localisation : Nice

Activité : entreposage et stockage de marchandises

Capital social : 700 000 €

Dirigeant : Ameur Chiha

Collaborateurs : près de 200

Monaco Logistique

An independent Monegasque company, specialising in international transport. It carries out both office removals for companies and individuals, as well as the international transit of goods in sectors such as industry, mail-order luxury goods, pharmaceutical and healthcare products, perfumes, mass distribution, and drinks. In charge of urban goods distribution in Monaco, it manages several platforms: 1,500 m² of warehouses in Fontvieille, 20,000 m² in Nice Saint-Isidore, and 6,100 m² in Carros, thanks to a more than 20-year partnership with the Monegasque Government, which has enabled a reduction in the number of vehicles circulating in the Principality. The company transported masks for the Government to the inhabitants and administrative services at the beginning of the COVID pandemic, which earned its employees’ hero status. The values that the company stands for, namely passion, work, innovation, and family, have led to it being awarded the Trophées de l’Eco de Monaco in 2021.