Meriem Benkhayat has been promoted executive manager in charge of Wafa Assurance's finance division. With a master's degree in management control from the Higher Institute of Business and Business Administration (ISCAE, Morocco), M. Benkhayat began her career in 1999 as equity manager at Attijari Management.
She later worked as a management controller with the shipping company COMANAV. In 2008, she joined Wafa Assurance as head of investments and treasury and then executive investment manager.