THE MIDDLE EAST’S

21. Miriem Bensalah Chaqroun

Company: Les Eaux Minérales d’Oulmès (LEMO); Holmarcom Group
Title: Vice-Chair & CEO; Director & Administrator
Nationality: Moroccan
Residence: Morocco
Sector: Consumer Goods

Chaqroun joined Holmarcom Group in 1989 and assumed her current role at LEMO in 2010. The Holmarcom Group is present in five African countries and operates in finance, agro-industry, logistics, and real estate. LEMO has 12 distribution centers serving 120,000 points of sale. It made $230 million in revenues during the first nine months of 2024. Chaqroun has been appointed by the UN Secretary-General as a member of the Global Investors for Sustainable Development Alliance and is also a board member at the Renault Group, a board of trustees member at Al Akhawayn University in Ifrane, and an international advisory board member at IE University in Madrid.