Mona Yousuf Almoayyed

• Managing Director

Company: Y.K. Almoayyed & Sons

Nationality: Bahraini Sector: Diversified

Almoayyed assumed her current role at her family business in 2000. The diversified group focuses on automobiles, electronics, and luxury goods. It represents over 300 international brands, including Infiniti, Nissan, Renault, Ford, Sony, Nikon, Westpoint, and Toshiba. Almoayyed is also chairwoman and head of the Audit Committee for Ebdaa Bank, and she sits on the board of the Arab International Women’s Forum, which aims to support and enhance the role of women in the social and economic development of their countries across the Middle East.

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Salwa Idrissi Akhannouch

• Founder & CEO

Company: AKSAL Group

Nationality: Moroccan Sector: Retail

Akhannouch founded AKSAL Group in 2004. The group employs more than 1,130 people and is the sole franchisee for 45 leading brands in Morocco, including Emporio Armani, Fendi, Gucci, Oysho, Ralph Lauren, Zara, Banana Republic, Massimo Dutti, Pull & Bear, Bershka, and Gap. In 2011, the group launched the Morocco Mall, which covers 10 hectares with 70,000 square meters of commercial space. In 2017, she launched her cosmetics and beauty brand Yan&One. The group also created the AKSAL Academy for careers in retail and the AKSAL Social Initiative to support social, cultural, educational, and health projects.

• Group CEO & Managing Director

Company: Multiply Group

Nationality: Lebanese Sector: Diversified Bouazza founded Multiply Group as the Multiply Marketing Consultancy (MMC) in 2003. In 2020, MMC was acquired by the International Holding Company and turned its focus to media and communications, energy and utilities, mobility, wellness and beauty, and the digital economy. The Multiply Group debuted on the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange in December 2021. In May 2022, the company announced its intention to invest $50 million in Borouge’s IPO. In Q3 2022, the group acquired a 7.3% stake in the Abu Dhabi National Energy Company (TAQA) for $2.7 billion and acquired 80% of International Energy Holding.

19 Miriem Bensalah Chaqroun

• Vice-Chairwoman & CEO; Director & Administrator

Company: Les Eaux Minérales d’Oulmes; Holmarcom Group

Nationality: Moroccan Sector: Consumer Goods

Chaqroun joined her family business, the Holmarcom Group, in 1989. She is also the vice-chairwomen and CEO of Les Eaux Minerales d’Oulmes, which is listed on the Casablanca Stock Exchange. In 2021, Les Eaux Minerales d’Oulmes recorded revenues of $178 million. In the same year, the Holmarcom Group recorded revenues of $1.3 billion. The group employs more than 6,400 employees, of which nearly 2,000 work at Les Eaux Minérales d’Oulmès. Chaqroun is a member of the Global Investors for Sustainable Development Alliance and sits on several national and international boards, including Al Akhawayn University and the Renault-Nissan Group.

21 Pakinam Kafafi

• CEO

Company: TAQA Arabia

Nationality: Egyptian Sector: Oil and Gas

Kafafi has more than 18 years of industry experience. She has been with TAQA Arabia since 2006 and was appointed to her current role in 2013. In May 2022, the company acquired Rosetta Energy’s LNG arm. In December 2022, it signed an MoU with the Egyptian government in cooperation with France’s Voltalia for a green hydrogen production facility in the Suez Canal zone. Kafafi is also a board member of the British Egyptian Business Association.

20 Henadi Al-Saleh

• Chairperson

Company: Agility Nationality: Kuwaiti

Sector: Logistics

Al-Saleh has been leading Agility since 2014. In 2021, the company recorded revenues of $1.6 billion. In August 2022, Agility acquired U.K.based John Menzies PLC for around $930 million in enterprise value. It will combine the business with its National Aviation Services business. In October 2022, the company signed an agreement with the Suez Canal Economic Zone to develop and operate a customs and logistics center in the Suez Canal Economic Zone with an investment of around $60 million. Al-Saleh also sits on the board of the Gulf Warehousing Company in Qatar. Before joining Agility, she was the head of debt/equity capital markets at NBK Capital in Kuwait.