Top 100 Arabs 2024

90. Mona Almoayyed

Managing Director, Y.K. Almoayyed & Sons; Chairperson, Edbaa Bank

Origin: Bahrain

Residence: Bahrain

Sector: Diversified

2023 Rank: 92

Mona Almoayyed Almoayyed has been the managing director of Y.K. Almoayyed & Sons since 2000. The diversified group focuses on automobiles, electronics, and luxury goods. It represents over 300 international brands, including Infiniti, Nissan, Renault, Ford, Sony, Nikon, Westpoint, and Toshiba, in Bahrain.

She is also the chairperson of Bahrain’s first microfinance bank, Edbaa, set up to support low-income families in the country. Almoayyed has focused on forging new paths for women in the kingdom: she was the first woman to be elected to the board of a publicly traded company in Bahrain (Bahrain Maritime and Mercantile International) and to the board of the Bahrain Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

She was also the founding member of the Bahrain Businesswomen’s Society and has held positions in the Migrant Workers Protection Society and Al Muntada Society, a society for promoting liberal thinking, equality and transparency.

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