Top 100 Arabs 2025

81. Othman Benjelloun

CEO, BMCE Bank of Africa

Origin: Morocco

Residence: Morocco

Sector: Finance

2024 Rank: 79

Othman Benjelloun is BMCE Bank (Moroccan Bank for External Trade), since its privatisation in June 1995.

He is also president of FINANCE.COM Holding, the entity that oversees four bodies: the banking and related-professions division, of which BMCE Bank is the pivot; the insurance division — RMA, Al Wataniya – Morocco’s leader in this sector; the industrial division; and the telecommunications, media and IT division, along with the Professional Association of Moroccan Banks.

Benjelloun was awarded the title ‘Officier de l’Ordre de Trône du Royaume du Maroc’, Commander of the Swedish Royal Order of the Polar Star and decorated with the Medal of Commander of the National Order of the Lion of the Senegalese Republic.

The dynamic personality is also the founder of BMCE Bank Foundation, which primarily aims at combating illiteracy by building and managing community schools in rural areas in Morocco and Africa.

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