Moroccan Business Leaders Dominate Forbes’ Middle East Women’s Ranking

In its latest edition, Jeune Afrique presents a list of seven of the most influential women in the business world in Morocco.

Nezha Hayat (7th in the ranking), 57 years old, head of the Moroccan Capital Market Authority (AMMC) since 2016. President of the Club of Women Company Directors in Morocco.

Laila Mamou (20th), Director of Subsidiaries and Participations of Crédit agricole consumer finance and Chairwoman of the Executive Board of Wafasalaf. CEO of Injaz Al-Maghrib, a Moroccan NGO recognized as a public utility that works to raise young people’s awareness of entrepreneurship.

Salwa Idrissi Akhannouch (22nd), Owner of the Aksal group, behind the country’s largest shopping center - the Morocco Mall -. Her group is the leading distributor of high-end products in the Kingdom (Fendi, Ralph Lauren, La Martina, Zara, ...). She also launched her own cosmetics brand, Yan&One, at the end of 2017.

Rita Maria Zniber (32nd), CEO of the Diana Holding group (370 million dollars in annual turnover in 2018). Diana Holding holds 11% of the French group Marie Brizard Wine & Spirits.

Nadia Fassi Fehri (36th), CEO of the telecommunications group Inwi since 2015.

Lamia Tazi (57th), Managing Director of the pharmaceutical group, Sothema, since 2000. She has also just been appointed to head its board of directors, after the resignation of her father, in mid-January.

Miriem Bensalah Chaqroun (58th), CEO of Eaux minérales d’Oulmès, the flagship of the Holmarcom family group.