Home lists 100 Most Powerful Arabs 2023 Nayla Hayek Chairperson Swatch Group/ president and CEO of Harry Winston Origin: Swiss Residence: Switzerland Sector: Retail Hayek heads one of the world’s biggest luxury goods makers, which had CHF10.4bn in assets at the end of 2022, a 75 per cent year-on-year increase from CHF10.1bn a year earlier. Swatch Group has 17 brands in its portfolio, including Omega, Breguet and Harry Winston and has a global workforce of 32,000 employees in over 50 countries. The group is central to the functioning of the Swiss watch industry, as it supplies key components to several external brands as well. Hayek, who doubles as the president and CEO of Harry Winston, heads Dubai-based Swatch Group Middle East, chairs the board of the Rivoli Group and is a member of the World Arabian Horse Organisation. She also sits on the boards of Belenos Clean Power Holding and Hayek Holding.