Female CEO Appointments In 2022

As women continue to gradually increase their presence in the world’s top jobs, here are some of last year’s most notable female CEO appointments globally.

- RAWAN HASSAN

Christel Heydemann

CEO, Orange Group 

Headquarters: France

Sector: Telecommunications

Heydemann was appointed CEO of the Orange Group in April 2022, becoming the first woman to lead France’s biggest telecom operator. The Ecole Polytechnique engineering graduate has been a member of the Board of Directors of Orange Group since 2017. She first started her career in 1997 at Boston Consulting Group before joining Alcatel in 1999, where she played a role in the merger of Alcatel and Lucent.

Dana Al Sabah Group

CEO, KIPCO

Headquarters: Kuwait

Sector: Investments

Al Sabah was appointed KIPCO’s Group CEO in early 2022, having been a board member since 2020. She became the first female CEO in the group’s history. Al Sabah also helped establish the American University of Kuwait and the United Education Company in 2003. She now sits on the boards of the Gulf Insurance Group, OSN, Kamco Invest, and KIPCO.

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