Egypt’s banking sector has long shown the value of having women employed across the industry, including in high-level positions. Twenty Egyptian woman made Forbes Middle East’s 2018 list of the region’s 100 most influential women, with the likes of Dalia El-Baz, deputy chair of the National Bank of Egypt; Nevine El-Messeery, chief executive of Ahli United Bank; and Mervat Zohdy Soltan, chief executive of Export Development Bank of Egypt.
Other names included Hania Sadek, chief operating officer and executive director of HSBC Bank Egypt; Halla Sakr, managing director of Attijariwafa Bank Egypt; and Soha El-Turky, chief financial officer at Banque du Caire.
