Top 100 Arabs 2025

93. Nezha Hayat

Chairperson and CEO, Moroccan Capital Market Authority

Origin: Morocco

Residence: Morocco

Sector: Finance

2024 Rank: 92

Hayat has been the chairperson and CEO of Morocco’s Capital Market Authority by order of King Mohammed VI since February 2016.

She began her career in Spain in 1985, within the banking sector focusing on risk and debt portfolio management. In 1999, she was then elected president of the Association of Stockbrokers in Morocco for two terms and was recognised as a global leader for tomorrow by the World Economic Forum in 2000.

In 2017, she was elected vice-chair of the Africa and Middle East Committee within the International Organisation of Financial Market Regulators for the 2016-18 term.

Since March 2020, she has been re-elected as chair of the body for following 2020-2022 and 2022-2024 terms. She was recently re-elected for a third consecutive term as chair.

Most recently, Hayat presented the body’s 2023 annual report to Moroccan Prime Minister Aziz Akhannouch, highlighting the institution’s achievements and future initiatives.

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