MOST POWERFUL WOMEN IN MIDDLE EAST BUSINESS

Saudi Arabia ’ s first female practising lawyer has now also started up the first all-female legal practice in the country . Her firm is designed to help fight for the rights of women and put across legal disputes from a female perspective . Al Zahran has only very recently become a fully licensed lawyer , and her ultimate aim is to see more professionals like her rise to the forefront of the industry .

Overseer of the world ’ s most prolific watch company , Nayla Hayek helped Swatch to deliver $ 2 billion in profits in 2013 , a year-on-year increase of 20 percent . She is part of a brothersister team and has been a board member since 1995 , basing herself both in Switzerland and Dubai . She also became the CEO of Harry Winston Inc . in 2013 .

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