Women Leading Change Awards: The 2021 winners

Heeru Dingra of WATConsult India won the Women Leading Change of the Year award as Campaign Asia-Pacific announced the winners of its fifth Women Leading Change Awards in a live online ceremony that concluded moments ago.

From the shortlist, the jury has named one winner in the special categories; 13 winners and eight commendations in the individual categories; and two winners and one commendation in the company categories. As previously noted, there were no shortlisted entries in the campaign categories.

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.

A complete list of the winners follows.

SPECIAL CATEGORIES

Women Leading Change of the Year:

• Heeru Dingra, WATConsult India   

Women Leadership Program of the Year:

• No Award

 

INDIVIDUAL CATEGORIES

Category	Award	Nominee	Agency/Company	Market	Entry ID
Business Leader	Winner	Deepika Nikhilender	Xaxis Asia Pacific	Singapore	PP01.367248
	Commendation	Audrey Low	Mindshare China	China	PP01.368502
CEO of the Year	Winner	Melissa Fein	Initiative Australia	Australia	PP02.368416
	Commendation	Yuhong Li	Ylab China	China	PP02.368367
	Commendation	Wong Sze Keed	AIA Singapore	Singapore	PP02.368444
Creative Captain	Winner	Echo He	Mindshare China	China	PP03.368525
	Commendation	Aditi Mathur	Interactive Avenues	India	PP03.367631
Diversity & Inclusion Champion	Winner	Sapna Chadha	Google	India	PP04.368673
	Commendation	Selina Teng	Ogilvy Beijing	China	PP04.368209
Entrepreneurship of the Year	Winner	Taiwing Tian	Switching-Time	China	PP05.368521
Fintech Woman Leader	Winner	Valerie Pho	FlexM Pte. Ltd.	Singapore	PP06.368593
Game Changer	Winner	Vivian Wang	iQIYI	China	PP07.367773
	Commendation	Ruchi Mathur	Mindshare	India	PP07.368685
HR Management Champion	Winner	Michelle Jiang	GroupM China	China	PP08.368506
Innovator of the Year	Commendation	Sharon Yu Ong	Waveplay Interactive	Philippines	PP09.366293
Mentor of the Year	No Award
Rising Star	Winner	Fatima Ansari	BBDO Pakistan	Pakistan	PP11.367079
Sustainability Leader	Winner	Ellie Tang	K11 Concepts Limited	Hong Kong SAR	PP12.368168
	Commendation	Bonnie Chia	WWF International	Singapore	PP12.367676
Technology Chief	Winner	Deepika Nikhilender	Xaxis Asia Pacific	Singapore	PP13.366927
Vision Leader	Winner	Jane Stanley	Hearts & Science NZ	New Zealand	PP14.368723
Young Business Leader	Winner	Alliv Samson	Kami	New Zealand	PP15.368511

 

COMPANY CATEGORIES

Category	Award	Agency/Company	Market	Entry ID
Diverse-Inclusive Workplace of the Year	Winner	TaskUs	Philippines	CC01.368706
	Commendation	WATConsult	India	CC01.367607
Health & Wellbeing Awards	Winner	Mindshare Asia-Pacific	Singapore	CC02.368641

 

CAMPAIGN CATEGORIES

No entries were shortlisted in the campaign categories.