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May 15, 2024

Women Leading Change Awards 2024: Winners revealed

See the full list of winners of the eighth Women Leading Change Awards.

Cindy Gallop with Diageo's Preeti Arora Razdan
Cindy Gallop with Diageo's Preeti Arora Razdan

Campaign has announced the winners of its Women Leading Change Awards, now in its eighth year. The awards celebrate the outstanding women who champion change across all industries. This year, the jury has finalised a total of 35 winners across 22 categories—Diageo's Preeti Arora Razdan has won the Woman Leading Change of the Year category, whereas Initiative's Cancer Chicks has been named Women Leading Change Programme. Kate Bayona-Garcia of Publicis Groupe Vietnam is the CEO of the Year, EssenceMediacom's Averill Sequeira is the Creative Captain and Oysterly's Melissa Laurie gets a commendation in the same category. 

Take a look at some of the photos from the live ceremony that took place on May 14 at Marina Bay Sands in Singapore and the complete list of winners is below. 

Scroll on.


INNOVATION CATEGORIES
Category Name Agency/Company Market Award
Creative Captain Averill Sequeira Essencemediacom India Winner
Creative Captain Melissa Laurie Oysterly Singapore Commendation 
Digital Transformational Leader Shayne Madamba HAVAS Ortega Philippines Commendation 
Game Changer Penny Chow IPG Mediabrands Taiwan Winner
Innovator of the Year Keely Kuk IPG Mediabrands China Winner
Innovator of the Year Jane Chang WE Communications Singapore Singapore Commendation 
 
HUMAN RESOURCE CATEGORY
Category Name Agency/Company Market Award
Mentor of the Year Joanne Tong IPG Mediabrands Hong Kong Hong Kong SAR Commendation 
         
Category Agency/Company Market Award  
Best Company for Women GroupM Australia Gold  
Best Company for Women Omnicom Media Group Malaysia Silver  
Best Company for Women Weber Shandwick China China Bronze   
Health & Wellbeing Awards AIA Singapore Singapore Silver  
 
BUSINESS CATEGORY
Category Name Agency/Company Market Award
Business Leader Grace Vera Cruz Grab Philippines Philippines Winner
Business Leader Elan Shou Ruder Finn China Commendation 
CEO of the Year Kate Bayona-Garcia Publicis Groupe Vietnam Vietnam Winner
Chief Marketer Larisa Beckhouse Cigna Healthcare Singapore Singapore Commendation 
Emerging Leader Meha Verghese EssenceMediacom China Winner
Entrepreneurship of the Year Florence Kong We Glow Hong Kong SAR Winner
Fintech Woman Leader Geraldine Wong GXS Bank Singapore Winner
Rising Star Irsalina Batrisyia Mediabrands Content Studios Singapore Winner
Rising Star Kate O’Loughlin Initiative Australia Commendation 
Vision Leader Wendy Siew EssenceMediacom Japan Winner
Vision Leader Chloe Neo Omnicom Media Group Singapore Commendation 
Young Business Leader Melody laogan Initiative Philippines Philippines Winner
Young Business Leader Amelia Cheng WE Communications Singapore Singapore Commendation 
 
DIVERSITY CATEGORY
Category Name Agency/Company Market Award
Diversity & Inclusion Champion Merlee Jayme The Misfits Camp Philippines Winner
Diversity & Inclusion Champion Vanaja Pillai DDB Mudra Group India Commendation 
Women's Advancement Champion Linda Qian Budweiser Brewing Company APAC Hong Kong SAR Commendation 
         
Category Agency/Company Market Award  
Diverse-Inclusive Workplace IPG Mediabrands Philippines Philippines Gold  
Diverse-Inclusive Workplace GroupM Australia Silver  
Diverse-Inclusive Workplace IPG Mediabrands China Bronze   
 
SUSTAINABILITY CATEGORY
Category Name Agency/Company Market Award
Sustainability Leader Siew Kim Beh CapitaLand Investment, The Ascott Limited Singapore Commendation 
 
SPECIAL CATEGORY
Category Name Agency/Company Market Award
Women Leading Change of the Year Preeti Arora Razdan Diageo Singapore Winner
Women Leading Change of the Year Lieza Punsalan Dentsu Creative Philippines Philippines Commendation 
         
Category Programme Initiative Agency/Company Market Award
Women Leading Change Programme Cancer Chicks Initiative Australia Gold
Women Leading Change Programme The Phyllis Project DDB Mudra Group India Silver
 

 

Source:
Campaign Asia

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