Edited by: Mai Ezz El-Din
Cairo – Mubasher: Nineteen Egyptian women made the Forbes’ most influential women in the Middle East in 2018, making up close to a quarter of the list.
Most of the women on the list hold top banking positions, but that’s not all as Vodafone Egypt’s CFO and the CEOs of Integrated Diagnostics Holdings and Raya Contact Center were among the non-banking powerful women according to Forbes.
Elham Mahfouz, CEO of the Commercial Bank of Kuwait (CBK), came in 16th on the list, while founding partner at Zulficar & Partners and EFG Hermes Mona Zulficar was ranked 18th, the New York-based media company’s list showed.
Meanwhile, deputy chair at the National Bank of Egypt (NBE) Dalia El Baz came in 20th on the list, while Sahar El Damati, managing director of Union Capital came in at the 23rd spot.
Nevine El-Messeery, CEO of Ahli United Bank-Egypt (AUB-Egypt), was ranked 30th among the Middle East’s most influential women this year, followed by CEO of Export Development Bank of Egypt Mervat Zohdy Soltan.
Moreover, Sahar Farahat, senior executive vice president of Egypt Kuwait Holding (EKH) came at the 43rd place.
Vodafone Egypt CFO Rasha El-Azhary was ranked 45th, followed by COO and executive director of HSBC Bank Egypt Hania Sadek and CFO of Orange Egypt Telecommunications Marwa El-Ayouti.
Hend El Sherbini, CEO of Integrated Diagnostics Holdings came in at 54th, while Raya Contact Center CEO Reem Asaad ranked 64th.
Managing director of Attijariwafa Bank-Egypt Halla Sakr came in the 66th spot, while managing director of SAP Egypt Hoda Mansour was ranked 78th.
Forbes ranked Nashwa Al Ruwaini, CEO of Pyramedia, in the 82nd place. Managing director and head of investment banking at Pharos Holding Banking and Financial Services Noha El Ghazaly and CEO vice chair at MZ Investments and Maridive Group Shahira Zeid ranked 85th and 86th, respectively.
Finally, Rana Adawi, managing director at Acumen Asset Management, was ranked the 89th and Banque du Caire CFO Soha El-Turky was 96th on the 100 most influential women in the Middle East list.
