12 Facts About Miriem Bensalah-Chaqroun

Miriem Bensalah-Chaqroun is CEO and vice-chair of Oulmes Mineral Water of Groupe Holmarcom.

Miriem Bensalah-Chaqroun is the president of Confederation generale des entreprises du Maroc from 2012 to 2018.

Miriem Bensalah-Chaqroun received the Wissam Al-Moukafa Al-Watania in 2013, the Order of Civil Merit in 2017 and the Legion of Honour in 2020.

Miriem Bensalah-Chaqroun is the daughter of Abdelkader Bensalah, one of the signatories of the 1944 Manifesto of Independence and founder of the Holmarcom group, who died in 1993, and sister of Holmarcom CEO Mohamed Hassan Bensalah.

Miriem Bensalah-Chaqroun has three children and is an avid Harley-Davidson rider, as well as licensed pilot.

Under her presidency, Miriem Bensalah-Chaqroun received observer status for CGEM at the 2016 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Marrakech.

Miriem Bensalah-Chaqroun completed her second and last term as president in May 2018.

In November 2012, Miriem Bensalah-Chaqroun joined the board of directors of European satellite operator Eutelsat.

Miriem Bensalah-Chaqroun was invited to the 2017 G20 Hamburg summit by the president of the World Bank, Jim Yong Kim, to help launch the World Bank's Women's Entrepreneur Finance Initiative.

Miriem Bensalah-Chaqroun participated in a panel hosted by Chrystia Freeland where she brought up issues facing women entrepreneurs in the Middle East and Africa.

Miriem Bensalah-Chaqroun is currently the chief executive officer of Les Eaux Minerales d'Oulmes, and a director of Holmarcom.

On March 29,2019, Miriem Bensalah-Chaqroun received the Fes Gate 2019 award from Idriss Azami Al Idrissi.