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18 women in Egypt listed on Forbes’ 100 Most Powerful Businesswomen in 2025
Eighteen women in Egypt were named on the Forbes Middle East list of the 100 Most Powerful Businesswomen in 2025, thus Egypt ranked the second with regard to the number of entries on the Forbes list after the UAE.
Dalia Khorshid, Group CEO & Managing Director of Beltone Holding company, was named among Egyptian women on the list alongside Soha El-Turky, Deputy CEO of the National Bank of Egypt (NBE), Dalia Wahba, CEO of Hassan Allam Utilities, and Merette Elsayed, Chief Commercial Officer of Hassan Allam Holding.
The list also comprised Mirna Arif, General Manager of Microsoft Egypt, Dalia Ibrahim, CEO of Nahdet Misr Publishing House, Rasha El-Azhary, CFO of Vodafone Egypt, Abir Leheta, CEO of the software development company of Egytrans, and Heba Korra, Vice Chairman of the Korra for Energy and Investment Projects.
The list also included Mona Zulficar, Founding Partner and Chairperson of the Executive Committee of Zulficar and Partners Law Firm, Hend El Sherbini, CEO of Integrated Diagnostics Holdings (IDH), Abeer Saleh, Managing Director of Misr Life Insurance – Takaful, and Ahella El Saban, Co-founder and Vice Executive Chairman of Exits MENA.
Women in MENA are leading some of the largest local and global companies and leaving an immense impact across industries, from banking powerhouses to technology visionaries. Once again, Hana Al Rostamani, Group CEO of the First Abu Dhabi Bank— the U.A.E.’s largest bank—leads the list for the third consecutive year. She was also recognized for the fourth time on Forbes’ list of the World’s Most Powerful Women 2024, ranking 60 globally.
This year’s 100 Most Powerful Businesswomen list showcases women from 32 sectors and 29 nationalities. The banking and financial services sector dominates with 25 leaders, followed by healthcare, and technology with nine each, and five in venture capital. The UAE is home to 46 entries, followed by 18 in Egypt and 9 in Saudi Arabia.
Methodology:
Selecting members of the list, Forbes 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; as well as Sustainability and CSR initiatives.
Forbes also took into consideration years of industry experience and the time the leader has served in their current role; the other roles they currently hold and leaders of family businesses were excluded.
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