THE MIDDLE EAST’S

100 Most Powerful Businesswomen 2025

Hana Al Rostamani

1. Hana Al Rostamani

First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB)

Shaikha Khaled Al Bahar

2. Shaikha Khaled Al Bahar

National Bank of Kuwait Group (NBK Group)

Shaista Asif

3. Shaista Asif

PureHealth Holding

Wadha Ahmad Al-Khateeb

4. Wadha Ahmad Al-Khateeb

Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC)

Dana Nasser Al Sabah

5. Dana Nasser Al Sabah

Kuwait Projects Company (Holding) – KIPCO

Randa Sadik

6. Randa Sadik

Arab Bank

Sarah Al-Suhaimi

7. Sarah Al-Suhaimi

Saudi Tadawul Group

Tayba Al Hashemi

8. Tayba Al Hashemi

ADNOC Offshore

Alisha Moopen

9. Alisha Moopen

Aster DM Healthcare GCC

Suzanne Al Anani

10. Suzanne Al Anani

Dubai Aviation Engineering Projects (DAEP)

11. Huda Kattan

Huda Beauty

Dalia Khorshid

12. Dalia Khorshid

Beltone Holding

Elena Sorlini

13. Elena Sorlini

Abu Dhabi Airports

Sima Ganwani Ved

14. Sima Ganwani Ved

Apparel Group

Soha El-Turky

15. Soha El-Turky

National Bank of Egypt (NBE)

Kami Viswanathan

16. Kami Viswanathan

FedEx

Nadia Bader Al-Hajji

17. Nadia Bader Al-Hajji

Petrochemical Industries Company (PIC)

Samia Bouazza

18. Samia Bouazza

Multiply Group

Fouziyah Al-Jarallah

19. Fouziyah Al-Jarallah

Hayat National Hospitals Group

Ebru Pakcan

20. Ebru Pakcan

Citi

Miriem Bensalah Chaqroun

21. Miriem Bensalah Chaqroun

Les Eaux Minérales d’Oulmès (LEMO); Holmarcom Group

Henadi Al-Saleh

22. Henadi Al-Saleh

Agility

Salwa Idrissi Akhannouch

23. Salwa Idrissi Akhannouch

AKSAL Holding

Hind Bahwan

24. Hind Bahwan

Hind Bahwan Group

Jomana R. Alrashid

25. Jomana R. Alrashid

Saudi Research and Media Group (SRMG)

Raja Al Mazrouei

26. Raja Al Mazrouei

Etihad Credit Insurance (ECI)

Alison Rehill-Erguven

27. Alison Rehill-Erguven

Cenomi Centers

Mona Kattan

28. Mona Kattan

KAYALI

Shazia Syed

29. Shazia Syed

Unilever

Enji Ahmed AlEnji Ahmed Al Ghazzawi Ghazzawi

30. Enji Ahmed Al Ghazzawi

Riyad Bank

Adele Trombetta

31. Adele Trombetta

Cisco

Mira Al-Attiyah - QNB Capital

32. Mira Al-Attiyah

QNB Capital

Lamia Tazi

33. Lamia Tazi

SOTHEMA

Ghada Al Jarbou

34. Ghada Al Jarbou

Saudi Awwal Bank (SAB)

Jalila Mezni

35. Jalila Mezni

Societe d’Articles Hygieniques (SAH Group)

Saeeda Jaffar

36. Saeeda Jaffar

Visa Inc.

Leila Serhan

36. Leila Serhan

Visa Inc.

Irina Zaporozhets

38. Irina Zaporozhets

Eli Lilly and Company

Rola Abu Manneh

39. Rola Abu Manneh

Standard Chartered

Amnah Ajmal

40. Amnah Ajmal

Mastercard

Heike Harmgart

41. Heike Harmgart

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)

Hend El Sherbini

42. Hend El Sherbini

Integrated Diagnostics Holdings (IDH)

Noor Sweid

43. Noor Sweid

Global Ventures

Huda Buhumaid

44. Huda Buhumaid

Dubai Holding

Nadia Al Saeed

45. Nadia Al Saeed

Bank al Etihad

Olfat Sami Berro

46. Olfat Sami Berro

Roche

Amal Dokhan

47. Amal Dokhan

500 Global

Mona Zulficar

48. Mona Zulficar

Zulficar & Partners Law Firm; EFG Holding

49. Dalia Wahba

Hassan Allam Utilities

49. Merette Elsayed

Hassan Allam Holding; Legacy

51. Rita Huang Zhen

iMile Delivery

52. Rima Assi

McKinsey & Company

53. Nadia Zaal

Zaya; Al Barari Group

54. Elham Mahfouz

Commercial Bank of Kuwait (Al-Tijari)

55. Leila Hoteit

Boston Consulting Group (BCG)

55. Maya El Hachem

Boston Consulting Group (BCG)

57. Amel Chadli

Schneider Electric

58. Donna Sultan

KEO International Consultants

59. Iyabo Tinubu-Karch

Sidra Medicine

60. Rima Manna

Nokia

61. Mary (Meline) Gukasyan

Kraft Heinz

62. Hoda Mansour

IFS

63. Elda Choucair

Omnicom Media Group

64. Feryal Ahmadi

Dubai Multi Commodities Centre (DMCC)

65. Poonam Bhojani

Innoventures Education

66. Mirna Arif

Microsoft Egypt

66. Lana Khalaf

Microsoft Qatar

68. Nashwa Al Ruwaini

Pyramedia Group

69. Sabah Khalil Al Moayyed

Al Baraka Islamic Bank (AIB)

70. Khadija Al Bastaki

Dubai Design District (d3)

71. Huda Al-Lawati

Aliph Capital

72. Sahar Cooper

Aldar Education

73. Dalia Ibrahim

Nahdet Misr Publishing House

74. Leonie Lethbridge

Commercial Bank

75. Marloes Knippenberg

Kerten Hospitality

76. Sara Abdulhadi

Gulf International Bank (GIB)

77. Anwar bint Nawaf Al Thani

Al Faleh Educational Holding

78. Sheikha Yousuf Al Farsi

Bank Muscat

79. Rasha El-Azhary

Vodafone Egypt

80. Safa Sharif AbdulKhaleq

Export Bahrain

81. Kimberley Pierce

King’s College Hospital London – Dubai

82. Abir Leheta

Egytrans

83. Najla Al Shirawi

SICO BSC

84. Sharon Nishi

General Motors Egypt & North Africa

85. Pakinam Kafafi

TAQA Arabia

86. Ghada Kandil

Bank of New York Mellon

87. Luma Fawaz

Oasis500

88. Pia El Hachem

Uber

89. Hanane El Mir

Oracle

89. Susana Rodriguez Puerta

Oracle

91. Lubna Alwahaibi

Siemens Energy

92. Faten Al Baltaji

BISSELL

93. Sonia Weymuller

VentureSouq

93. Sonia Gokhale

VentureSouq

95. Nejoud Al Mulaik

Fitch Ratings

96. Heba Korra

Korra for Energy & Investment Projects

97. Omnia Kelig

Naeem Holding for Investments; Naeem Financial Investments

98. Abeer Saleh

Misr Life Insurance -Takaful

99. Eman Mojali

Bahrain National Insurance (bni)

100. Ahella El Saban

Exits MENA

Methodology

For this list, we considered:

• The impact that the leader has had on the region and the markets that she serves.
• The achievements and performance of the leader during the last year.
• Their role within the company.
• The size of the business in terms of revenues, assets, AUM, market capitalization, and number of employees.
• Sustainability and CSR initiatives.
• Years of industry experience and the time the leader has served in their current role.
• The other roles they currently hold.
• Leaders of family businesses were excluded.