Forbes Middle East has released its list of 100 Most Powerful Businesswomen including 2 prominent Qatari leaders. The women named on the list hold leading positions in banking and financial services, healthcare, investments, technology, and other sectors.

Mira Al-Attiyah (#68)

• Position: CEO
• Company: QNB Capital
• Sector: Banking and Financial Services

Mira Al-Attiyah has retained her position as CEO of QNB Capital, an investment subsidiary of QNB Group, since 2014. QNB Capital, under the leadership of Al-Attiyah, has served as a joint lead manager on several local and international sovereign and corporate bond and sukuk offerings totaling over $50 billion over the last five years.

Anwar bint Nawaf Al Thani (#74)

• Position: CEO
• Company: Al Faleh Educational Holding
• Sector: Education

Anwar bint Nawaf Al Thani took the helm of Al Faleh Educational Holding in January 2024 making it the first woman-led Qatari public shareholding company and the first Qatari educational institution to list on the stock market.

Methodology

The rankings considered the following criteria:

• The impact that the leader has had on the region and the markets that she serves.
• The achievements and performance of the leader in the last year.
• The number and extensiveness of the sustainability and CSR initiatives led by the leader.
• Their designation.
• The size of the business in terms of revenues, assets, AUM, market capitalization, and the number of employees.
• The number of years of industry experience and the time the leader has served in their current role.
• Leaders of family businesses were excluded this year.

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Source: Forbes Middle East

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Cassandra Pallagud

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