Campaign Asia-Pacific has just released the shortlist for its eighth Women Leading Change Awards. The list celebrates the outstanding women who question, challenge, innovate, lead, inspire, and champion change across all industries.
Part of Campaign’s programme to drive diversity and inclusion, the awards celebrate the achievements of outstanding women, from business leaders and change makers to trailblazers and rising stars, from across Asia-Pacific’s marketing communications industry.
Winners will be announced live at the Women Leading Change Awards cocktail event at Marina Bay Sands in Singapore on 14 May, 2024.
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A complete list of the shortlisted entries follows.
Note that there were no shortlists awarded in the following categories: HR Management Champion, Mental Health Awareness Programme, Technology Chief, Best CSR Programme, ESG Champion.
The awards for Chief Marketer, Fintech Woman Leader and the Health and Wellbeing awards will be announced at the live event.
AWARDS SHORTLIST
| BUSINESS CATEGORIES | |||
| Category | Nominee/Team | Agency/Company | Market |
| Business Leader | Alexandra Cerruti | Design Bridge and Partners | Singapore |
| Elan Shou | Ruder Finn | China | |
| Grace Vera Cruz | Grab Philippines | Philippines | |
| Sowmya Iyer | DViO Digital | India | |
| Vasuta Agarwal | InMobi | India | |
| CEO of the Year | Claire Fenner | Atomic 212° | Australia |
| Eileen Ooi | Omnicom Media Group | Malaysia | |
| Kate Bayona-Garcia | Publicis Groupe Vietnam | Vietnam | |
| Pippa Berlocher | EssenceMediacom Australia | Australia | |
| Sze Keed Wong | AIA Singapore | Singapore | |
| Emerging Leader | Ella Rochelle Legaspi Flores | Mediabrands Content Studios | Singapore |
| Maria Abdull Latif | Remerge | Singapore | |
| Meha Verghese | EssenceMediacom | China | |
| Samantha Yu | Knight Frank Greater China | Hong Kong SAR | |
| Shirley Wong | Schneider Electric (Hong Kong) | Hong Kong SAR | |
| Entrepreneurship of the Year | Florence Kong | We Glow | Hong Kong SAR |
| Teri Xue | Hexin Culture Media | China | |
| Ziqin Gao | QINRIVE ASIA | China | |
| Rising Star | Irsalina Batrisyia | Mediabrands Content Studios | Singapore |
| Kate O’Loughlin | Initiative | Australia | |
| Nisa Suhaimy | WE Communications Singapore | Singapore | |
| Shazia Shaikh | OLIVER+ | India | |
| Tabbi Tomas | Dentsu Creative Philippines | Philippines | |
| Vision Leader | Chloe Neo | Omnicom Media Group | Singapore |
| Jacquie Alley | The Media Store | Australia | |
| Penny Chow | IPG Mediabrands | Taiwan | |
| Wendy Siew | EssenceMediacom | Japan | |
| Young Business Leader | Amelia Cheng | WE Communications Singapore | Singapore |
| Angela Liu | Initiative | China | |
| Melody laogan | Initiative Philippines | Philippines | |
| Phuong Nguyen | ELSA | Vietnam | |
| Stephanie Oller | MarketConnect | Philippines | |
| DIVERSITY CATEGORIES | |||
| Diversity & Inclusion Champion | Anna Chua-Norbert | DDB Group Philippines | Philippines |
| Linda Qian | Budweiser Brewing Company APAC | Hong Kong SAR | |
| Merlee Jayme | The Misfits Camp | Philippines | |
| Meryl Adiel Hernandez | Golden Arches Development Corporation (McDonald's Philippines) | Philippines | |
| Vanaja Pillai | DDB Mudra Group | India | |
| Diverse-Inclusive Workplace | GroupM Australia | GroupM | Australia |
| IPG Mediabrands APAC | IPG Mediabrands | Singapore | |
| IPG Mediabrands China | IPG Mediabrands | China | |
| IPG Mediabrands Philippines | IPG Mediabrands | Philippines | |
| HUMAN RESOURCE CATEGORIES | |||
| Mentor of the Year | Joanne Tong | IPG Mediabrands Hong Kong | Hong Kong SAR |
| Sorada Sonprasit | Publicis Groupe | Thailand | |
| Lorraine Woods | Atomic 212° | Australia | |
| Kelly Burnham | Atomic 212° | Australia | |
| Best Company for Women | GroupM Australia | GroupM | Australia |
| Omnicom Media Group(M) Sdn Bhd | Omnicom Media Group(M) Sdn Bhd | Malaysia | |
| SGD Asia Pacific | SGD Asia Pacific | China | |
| Weber Shandwick China | Weber Shandwick | China | |
| INNOVATION & SUSTAINABILITY CATEGORIES | |||
| Creative Captain | Averill Sequeira | Essencemediacom, GroupM | India |
| Melissa Laurie | Oysterly | Singapore | |
| Digital Transformational Leader | Shayne Madamba | HAVAS Ortega | Philippines |
| Tanya Xing | Wavemaker China | China | |
| Game Changer | Meryl Adiel Hernandez | Golden Arches Development Corporation (McDonald's Philippines) | Philippines |
| Penny Chow | IPG Mediabrands | Taiwan | |
| Tricia Camarillo Quiambao | IPG Mediabrands Phillipiines | Philippines | |
| Innovator of the Year | Jane Chang | WE Communications Singapore | Singapore |
| Keely Kuk | IPG Mediabrands | China | |
| Sarah Heitkamp | Zenith Media | Australia | |
| Tanya Xing | Wavemaker China | China | |
| Sustainability Leader | Aimee Buchanan | GroupM | Australia |
| Kannes Wong | Zurich Insurance | Hong Kong SAR | |
| Shirley Wong | Schneider Electric (Hong Kong) | Hong Kong SAR | |
| Siew Kim Beh | CapitaLand Investment, The Ascott | Singapore | |
| SPECIAL CATEGORIES | |||
| Women Leading Change of the Year | Dephin Lim | EssenceMediacom | China |
| Jasmine Huang | Prodigious China | China | |
| Lieza Punsalan | Dentsu Creative Philippines | Philippines | |
| Preeti Arora Razdan | Diageo | Singapore | |
| Rowena Bhagchandani | BLKJ Havas | Singapore | |
| Women Leading Change Programme | Cancer Chicks | Initiative | Australia |
| The Phyllis Project | DDB Mudra Group | India | |
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