Doha – Four Moroccan women have secured prominent positions in the Mena region for 2025 prominent positions in Forbes Middle East’s latest ranking of the most powerful. Three managers in the top 100 business -women list and a manager who are recognized in the government in the first 20 Arab women.
Miriem Bensalah Chaqroun, deputy chairman and CEO of Les Eaux Minérales d’Ulmès (Lemo), leads the Moroccan at the 21st position. Forbes Report That she came to the Holmarcom Group in 1989 and took on her current role in Lemo in 2010.
The publication found that “LEMO 12 sales centers with 120,000 sales points. In the first nine months of 2024 it achieved sales of $ 230 million. “
“Chaqroun was appointed as a member of the global investors for an alliance for sustainable development and is also a member of the board of IE University in Madrid,” added the magazine.
Salwa Idrissi Akhannouch, founder and CEO of Absal Holding, is on the list of the list. According to Forbes, Akhannouch founded Holding in 2004 and built up in her company in 1994, Espacia.
The group has completed franchise agreements with luxury individual trading stamps such as Fendi, Gucci, Off-White and Balenciaga and at the same time operated the Morocco mall in the Morocco Mall.
In the 33rd position, Lamia Tazi, chair and CEO of Sothema, represents the Moroccan health sector.
Forbes pointed out: “In the first nine months of 2024, Sotthema achieved sales of 203.7 million dollars. In November 2024, the company opened a new 20 million dollar storage facility that was equipped with the latest technologies. “
In the new launched Top 20 Arab women in the government list, Nezha Hayat, chair and CEO of the Moroccan capital market authority (AMMC), secured the 13th position.
The publication found that AMMC has signed a cooperation agreement with the French securities regulatory authority in October 2024 since 2016.
Hayat is also chairman of the Africa Committee and the Middle East of the International Organization for Securities Commissions and Co -founded Afem, the association of business leaders in Morocco.
The Ranking were determined by a comprehensive methodology, taking into account factors such as regional effects, corporate performance, company size and sustainability initiatives.
For state positions, the criteria included leadership roles in state institutions, except for ministerial and parliamentary positions, effects and initiatives in 2024.
The total list contains women from 32 sectors and 29 nationalities, with the VAE 46 entries, followed by Egypt with 18 and Saudi Arabia with 9.
Hana Al Rostamani, CEO of First Abu Dhabi Bank, leads the business women ranking for the third time in a row.
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