The number of Egyptians making it onto Forbes Middle East’s 100 Most PowerfulBusinesswomen is continuing to climb, with 18 leading figures from Egypt making the 2025 list, up from 17 last year. The UAE dominated the list with 46 entries, with First Abu Dhabi Bank Group CEO Hana Al Rostamani topping the list. Egypt came in second, followed by Saudi Arabia with nine entries.

Egyptians on the list included:

  • Dalia Khorshid, group CEO and managing director of Beltone Holding (#12)
  • Soha El Turky, deputy CEO of the National Bank of Egypt (#15)
  • Hend El Sherbini, CEO of Integrated Diagnostics Holding (#42)
  • Mona Zulficar, founding partner of Zulficar & Partners and chair of EFG Holding (#48)
  • Dalia Wahba, CEO of Hassan Allam Utilities (#49)
  • Merette Elsayed, CCO of Hassan Allam Holding and CEO of Legacy (#49)
  • Elham Mahfouz, CEO of the Commercial Bank of Kuwait (#54)
  • Hoda Mansour, IFS’ COO of Asia Pacific, Japan, Middle East & Africa. (#62)
  • Mirna Arif, general manager of Microsoft Egypt (#66)
  • Dalia Ibrahim, CEO of Nahdet Misr Publishing House and founder of EdVentures (#73)
  • Rasha El Azhary, CFO of Vodafone Egypt (#79)
  • Abir Leheta, CEO of Egytrans (#82)
  • Pakinam Kafafi, CEO of TAQA Arabia (#85)
  • Ghada Kandil, Egypt chief director at Bank of New York Mellon (#86)
  • Heba Korra, vice chairman of Korra Energi (#96)
  • Omnia Kelig, deputy CEO of Naeem Holding (#97)
  • Abeer Saleh, managing director of Misr Life Ins. (#98)
  • Ahella El Saban, cofounder of Exits MENA (#100)
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