House of Rose Professional (HORP) has unveiled 2023’s most inspirational women in leadership in the Middle East.
The 2023 Break the ceiling touch the sky list of the Middle East’s Most Inspirational Women in Leadership is focused on the corporate world primarily. It was curated by House of Rose Professional from its review of female executives in over 600 Companies operating in the Middle East.
HORP aims to quintuple the number of female CEOs and double the number of male (advocates for diversity) CEOs in the World’s 500 largest Companies by 2029. The main factors used to determine the Middle East’s most inspiring women in leadership include:
- Career achievements
- Scale of influence
- Active and visible advocacy for gender equality
- Active support of other women in leadership within and outside of their own organisations/companies
- Sharing of their best practices for success across broader industry
MIDDLE EAST’S INSPIRING WOMEN
This year’s most inspirational women in leadership in the Middle East, ranked in alphabetical order (by first name) include:
- Abena Danso Allotey, Sandoz
- Afsaneh Yazdian, The Coca-Cola Company
- Agnes Lopez Cruz, CCI France UAE
- Alyson Henshaw, HSBC
- Amani Mansour, Pfizer
- Amany Elzayaty, Procter & Gamble
- Aminata Ndiaye, Orange
- Anja Petrovski, Volkswagen
- Ayaa Ridha, The Coca-Cola Company
- Aysha AlAli, RAKBANK
- Banali Luthra Malhotra, Network International/International Women Board of Directors(IWBD)
- Berna Yilmaz Ciğeroğlu, DHL Global Forwarding
- Bouchra Bensaoud, Danaher
- Candice D’Cruz, Marriott International
- Cara Nazari, AmCham Dubai
- Carmen Haddad, Citi
- Chantal Estephane, L’Oreal
- Chantal Schoombie, Aramex
- Christina Struller da Costa, UPS
- Cindy Chang, Xiaomi
- Dalia Fouad, Sanofi
- Darsana Nair, Mondelēz International
- Diana Szyszka-Pompei, Canadian Business Council
- Dima Haddadin, Nuqul Group/Fine Hygienic Holding
- Dima Kandalaft, Cisco
- Dina Abo-Onoq, Chamber of Commerce KSA
- Dina Ammar, MSD
- Dina Kadry, PepsiCo
- Doraliz E. Ortiz de Leon, ENOC
- Dr Karen Remo, New Perspective Media Group
- Dr. Aisha Bin Bishr, Emaar
- Dr. Amina AlRustamani, AW Rostamani Group
- Dr. Hannah Haikal, Etisalat UAE
- Dr. Raja Al Gurg, Easa Saleh Al Gurg Group LLC
- Dr. Reem Osman, Saudi German Hospitals
- Dr. Saeeda Jaffar, Visa
- Dr.Manal Jarrar, National Insurance Company
- Ebru Tuygun, Accenture
- Egemen Adiyaman, Audi Volkswagen
- Elham Yousry Mohamed Mahfouz, Commercial Bank of Kuwait
- Elisabetta Aiello, Starbucks
- Eman Abdulrazzaq, Emirates NBD
- Emma Norström – Dunn, Paramount
- Esra Olcay Aytac, Samsung
- Estelle Letang, Estee Lauder
- Eva Mattheeussen, DHL
- Farah Foustok, Lazard Asset Management
- Fatema Al Nuaimi, ADNOC LNG
- Femke Baudoin, Boeing
- Fida Kibbi, Ericsson
- Finali Fernando, HSBC
- Firdaus Shariff , Schneider Electric
- Florence Fontani, Engie
- Francesca Gori, Accenture
- Francesca Mills, Zurich
- Ghada Al Jarbou, SABB
- Ghada Othman Alrumayan, ROSHN
- Gina Petersen, Mastercard
- Haidi Nossair, Dell
- Haidy Kamel Saad, Novartis
- Haifa Al Khaifi, Omani British Friendship Association (OBFA)
- Haifa Al-Mubki, Saudi Space Commission
- Hana Al Rostamani, First Abu Dhabhi Bank (FAB)
- Hanan Ahmad, du
- Hanane Ellaiti, Canadian Business Council of Dubai and the Northern Emirates
- Hanna Nordell, Talabat
- Heba Amer, National Bank of Egypt (NBE)
- Heike Harmgart, EBRD
- Henadi Al-Saleh, Agility
- Hiba Dialdin, Aramco
- Hoda Mansour, CIB
- Houda Sebti, BIC
- Huda Buhumaid, Dubai Holding
- Huda Kattan, Huda Beauty
- Ibtehal Fathy, Mars
- Ibtissam Bougataya, BIC
- Ihssane Elmarouakhi, BIC
- Jamie Phares, Beckman Coulter Diagnostics
- Jennifer Harper, AmCham Saudi Arabia
- Jo Brett, Starbucks
- Jo Underhill, AbbVie
- Julie Spence, GIG Gulf
- Kabira Bhatporia, JLL
- Kanwal Rasool, Danone
- Karine Antoniades, Nestlé
- Karine Doret, Orange
- Kate Goodman, Mondelez International
- Kelly Power, Orange Business
- Khatija Haque, Emirates NBD
- Kirsty Koen, Fine Hygienic Holding
- Laetitia Marotta, Swiss Business Council
- Laila Mardash, Bayer Pharmaceuticals
- Lama Ghazzaoui, SABB
- Lamya Barrak Altabtebai, Ahli United Bank
- Lamya Fawwaz, Masdar
- Laura Casalino, Burberry
- Layal Bulbul Sawaf, Google
- Leah Cotterill, Cigna
- Leila Hoteit, Boston Consulting Group
- Leila Serhan, Visa
- Leticia Cachinho, The Coca-Cola Company
- Lianne Braganza D’Sylva, Cigna
- Linda Brown, BASF
- Linda Daou Bedran, Viatris
- Liz Beneski, AmCham Abu Dhabi
- Lucy Harvey, Hill+Knowlton Strategies
- Maha AlQattan, DP World
- Maha AlSudairi, KAFD
- Mai Kandeel, Netflix
- Maïté MOURAILLE, Zurich
- Maha Al Gargawi, Dubai Chamber
- Maitha Aldossari, Emaar
- Maria Medvedeva, Mastercard
- Marwa Abbas, IBM
- Marwa ELShahawy, Amazon
- Marwa Kaabour, Al Masaood
- Mary Oxley, DHL
- Maryam Algurg, Easa Saleh Algurg group
- Marzena Kulis,MedTech/ Johnson&Johnson
- Maya Ziadeh, Accor
- Mayssa Ayoub, Nissan Motors
- Meriem Laroussi, Reckitt
- Meryl Ghattas, Schneider Electric
- Mida Mistrah Ghazi, Allianz Partners
- Miki Hirasawa Ashton, 3M
- Milena Dimitrova, French Business Council Dubai and Northern Emirates
- Mona Mansour, Gulf bank
- Mona Zulficar, Shalakany Law Office
- Monalisa Dey, Cigna
- Muna Al Gurg, Easa Saleh Al Gurg Group
- Myriam Ouazzani, Deutsche Bank
- Naam Jamshed, Johnson & Johnson
- Nadezhda Volkova, Diageo
- Nadia Al Saeed, Bank al Etihad
- Nadya Abdulla Kamali, Accenture
- Nahla Abid Gribaa, Bureau Veritas
- Najla Al-Essa, Gulf Bank
- Najla Al-Midfa, Sharjah Entrepreneurship Center
- Narjes Jamal, Bahrain Bourse
- Nasreen Al-Dossary, The Saudi Investment Bank/ROSHN
- Nassima El Mounfalouti, INFINITI Motor
- Nazish Ali, Astrazeneca
- Nezha Hayat, Moroccan Capital Market Authority
- Nicola Thompson, RAKBANK
- Nihan Erdivan, Kellogg
- Niven Al-Khoury, Sanofi
- Noeleen Kelly, Fine Hygienic Holding
- Noha ElMinshawy, PepsiCo
- Noor Sweid, Global Ventures
- Noor T. Al-Abdulrazzaq, Commercial Bank of Kuwait
- Noora Sulaibeekh, SAP
- Nour G. Jarrar, citi
- Nour Sukkar, Wella Company
- Nuha Eltayeb, Netflix
- Oana Apostol, Societe Generale
- Ola El Sharbatly, AbbVie
- Olena Ternova, Viatris
- Pakinam Kafafi, TAQA Arabia
- Patricia Gomes, HSBC
- Patricia Nazarian, Panasonic Middle East and Africa
- Pelin Konakci, IBM
- Priya Sarma, Unilever
- Rabab Abbadi, Arab bank
- Racha Makarem, Starcom
- Rafia Mohammed Al Abbar, Dubai Islamic Bank
- Rana Kawalit, Fine Hygienic Holding
- Rania Kaissi-Fawaz, Visa
- Rania Nashar, Public Investment Fund (PIF)
- Rania Nerhal, Mashreq Bank
- Rima Maalouf, Viatris
- Raja Al Mazrouei, Etihad Credit Insurance (ECI)
- Rania S. Al-Turki, SAUDI AIRLINES
- Rasha A. Zaki, Cisco
- Rasha El-Ghoussaini, Snap Inc
- Rasha Ghanem, Ford
- Raya Makawi, 3M
- Reem Asaad, Cisco
- Reema Alasmari, BNP Paribas
- Renu Sharma, Chevron
- Renuka Jagtiani, Landmark Group
- Rima Manna, Nokia
- Rohini Venkateswaran, Procter & Gamble
- Rola Abu Manneh, Standard Chartered Bank
- Ronel Lundall, MasterCard
- Ruthie Qadan, Spotify
- Sabine Khalil Fares, AMEX
- Sabine Maalouf, AXA
- Safinaz Issa, Pfizer
- Saideh Ahmadloo, Unilever
- Samar ElMnhrawy, Majid Al Futtaim
- Samia Bouazza, Multiply Group
- Samsana Ismail, Airbus
- Sandra Skairjeh, BlueRidge IT FZE (Microsoft Gold Partner)
- Sara Khafagy, Kellogg
- Sarah Al-Husseini, Google/ AmCham Saudi Arabia
- Sarah Al-Suhaimi, Tadawul / Lazard
- Sarah Moussa, Procter & Gamble
- Sarah T., The Kraft Heinz Company
- Sedef Salingan Sahin, The Coca-Cola Company
- Selen Zora Salti, HP
- Sena Erten, Ericsson
- Shada Elborno, Standard Chartered Bank
- Shaikha (Khaled) Al Bahar, National Bank of Kuwait Group
- Shamsa Al Falasi, Citibank
- Sharon Nishi, General Motors
- Sheena Ganesh, UPS
- Sherifa Hady, Aruba / HPE
- Sherine Mounir, Honeywell
- Simone Touma, Nestlé
- Somaya Al Radhi, SLB
- Sonali Dhawan, Procter & Gamble
- Sue Donoghue, DHL Global Forwarding
- Suha Karzoun, Bahrain Mumtalakat Holding Company
- Swarnaleka Shetty Vyas, Zurich
- Tracey Grant, Paramount
- Vivian Hawat, L’Oreal
- Widad Haddad, Emerson Automation Solutions
- Yasmine Barbir, Nestlé
- Yasmine Salamah, Al Ahli Bank of Kuwait
- Zein Malhas, Blink
LEADERSHIP SUMMIT
The 2023 Break the ceiling touch the sky list of the Middle East’s Most Inspirational Women in Leadership will be celebrated at the 2023 Middle East Edition of Break the ceiling touch the sky – the success and leadership summit on 6 September 2023 at the Anantara Downtown Dubai, Business Bay in Dubai, UAE. Click here to find out more.
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