Home lists Top 100 most powerful Arabs 2021 Nezha Hayat Chairperson and CEO, Moroccan Capital Market Authority Origin: Morocco Residence: Morocco Sector: Finance Elected in March 2020 to chair of the Africa-Middle-East regional committee of the International Organization of Securities Commissions – which brings together the financial market regulators of the region – Nezha Hayat brings years of experience and knowledge to the table. Appointed the chairperson and CEO of the Moroccan Capital Market Authority in 2016, she previously worked at Société Générale Morocco group where she became the first woman to join the management board of a bank in the country in 2007. Hayat, who started her career in Spain, has also been decorated by Morocco’s King Mohammed VI and by Spain’s King Felipe VI.