The 2023 Break the ceiling touch the sky® list of Asia’s Most Inspirational Women in Leadership is the listing  of the most successful women in leadership in Asia created in support of  House of Rose Professional’s  Mission 2029 for a Better World –   which aims to shape a better world via better diversity & inclusion, better leadership and better business. The Measure for MISSION 2029 for a Better World is to  quintuple the number of Female CEOs  and double the number of male (advocates for diversity) CEOs in the World’s 500 largest Companies by 2029. Research shows that when considering a potential employer, 61% of women look at the diversity of the employers leadership team, 67% at whether it has positive role models similar to them, and 56% at whether the organization publicly shares its progress on diversity. Gender diversity & inclusion in organizations is a critical indicator of success.

 

The 2023 Break the ceiling touch the sky® list of Asia’s Most Inspirational Women in Leadership focused primarily on the Corporate world  and  was curated by House of Rose Professional from its review of female executives in over 500 Companies operating in the Asia. The list is representative of the many talented women leaders living and working in Asia. A spot on the list is not linked to any “subscription” and cannot be influenced or paid for.  

 

Five factors were used in the final determination of Asia’s Most Inspirational Women in leadership.  Career achievements; scale of influence; active and visible advocacy for gender equality; active support of other women in leadership within and outside of their own organizations/ Companies; and sharing of their best practices for success across broader industry.   

The 2023  Break the ceiling touch the sky® list of Asia’s Most Inspirational Women in Leadership will be celebrated (alongside Inspirational women leaders from across the world  at the 2023 World Edition of Break the ceiling touch the sky® – the success and leadership summit, being held on Nov 16, 2023  in Singapore.

2023 Break the ceiling touch the sky® Asia’s Most Inspirational Women in leadership

See current list of nominees below. The final list will be published ahead of Nov 16 – the date of the 2023 World Edition of Break the ceiling touch the sky® – the success and leadership summit for women (to allow changes in employer etc).  If you are on the list and yet to receive intimation, please email Anthony Rose at anthony@houseofroseprofessional.com

Aarti Sabhaney, Dell Technologies

Adeline Kim, Visa

Adreana Goh, Otis Elevator Co.

Ai June Teo, SGX

Ai Li Siow, Siemens Healthineers

Aileen Tan, Singtel

Alexia Horley, PepsiCo

Alison Kennedy, Accenture

Amanda Gervay, Mastercard

Amita Chaudhury, AIA

Amy Kunrojpanya, Netflix

Amy Ng Lee Hoon, Mapletree

Amy Zheng, Cochlear

Anamika Talwar, Mercedes-Benz

Andrea Della Mattea, Microsoft

Angela Hunter, Chubb Life

Angela Sapp Mancini, Control Risks

Anjali Pai, L’Oréal

Anna Gong, Perx Technologies

Anna Yip, Singtel

Annie Xiao, Pepsi Lipton

Annie Tan, Bristol Myers Squibb

Anoushka Dua, Citi

Anthea Lee, Keppel DC REIT

Arundhati Bhattacharya, Salesforce

Asako Aoyama, NEC

Audrey Cheong, FedEx

Aya Kameda, Nagaoka Power Generation Ltd/ Shell

Ayako Hontoku, Accenture

Barkha Patel-Zinzuwadia, Mastercard

Belinda Lui, Motion Picture Association

Bhawna Agarwal, Hewlett Packard

Bidisha Nagaraj, Schneider Electric

Billie Tan, UPS

Bridget Lee, Keppel Capital

Carla Speering, Johnson & Johnson

Carol Tan, Genzyme sanofi

Carol-Ann Stewart, Sanofi

Carola Richter, BASF

Caroline Berube, Canadian Chamber of Commerce

Catherine Chen, Bureau Veritas

Catherine Chia, Prudential

Catherine Park, Paramount+

Catherine Perez, Nissan Motor

Cecile Bartenieff, Societe Generale

Celine Chua, American Express

Charu Srinivasan, Microsoft

Cheryl Lim, StarHub

Chika Imakita, UPS

Christina Tan Hua Mui, Keppel Corporation

Christina Zhu, Walmart

Cindy Lim, Keppel Infrastructure

Claudia Lorenzo, The Coca-Cola Company

Connie Ang, Danone

Crystal Sasagawa Palar, CBRE

Dali Sanghera, Accenture

Deana Candelori, Commonwealth Bank of Australia

Debbie Nova, The Coca-Cola Company

Deborah Seifert, Pfizer

Deepti Saraf, Roche 

Delia Tay, Citi

Divya Jain, American Express

Dr. Hsien-Hsien Lei, AmCham Singapore

Eileen Chua, SAP

Elaine Lam, OCBC

Ellen Hudreaux, Schneider Electric

Ellie Xie, Kenvue

Elsie Tan, Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Emily Mathews, Deutsche Bank

Emmy Kan, Starbucks Coffee

Erika Pagani, Pfizer

Evelyn Pang, Moderna

Fiona Lee, HP

FOO Peng Er, CapitaLand Investment

Frances Milnes, Novartis

Geetika Mehta      , Hershey

Geraldine Chin, ExxonMobil

Geraldine Lim, Suntory

Ginger Cheng,      DBS bank

Goh Ah Moi, CapitaLand Development

Goki Muthusamy, Visa

Grace Wang, Intel Corporation

Guanyi Deng, JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Helen Wong, OCBC Bank

Hina Nagarajan, Diageo

Hiroko Miyazaki, 3M

Hiromi Kurata, The Body Shop

Horng Shya Chua, Oracle

Hui Li Lee, Microsoft

Huilin Min, Nestlé

Ipsita Aggarwal, Olam

Irene Tay, Hang Seng Bank

Iris Zemzoum,       Novartis

Isabel Mahe, Apple

Jacqueline Poh, EDB

Jacquelyn Tan, UOB

Janet Li, American Express

Jee Kim, Keppel Capital

Jerrica Chooi, ABB

Jing Han, Bureau Veritas Group

Joanne Bielcw, ELECTROLUX

Joon Heem KHAM, Barclays

Joy Jinghui Xu , DFI Retail Group

Joyce Lee, Johnson & Johnson

Judy Hsu, Standard Chartered

Julie Lim, Cigna

Julie Minamiura, Salesforce

Julie Nestor, Mastercard

Kah Peng Aw, Shell

Kainaz Gazder, Procter & Gamble

Karen Holland, Dell Technologies

Karen Tan, DHL

Kaveri Khullar, Mastercard

Kawal Preet, FedEx

Keri Glenday, The Coca-Cola Company

Kris Giswold, Mondelēz International

Kym Wee, Otis Elevator Co

Kyoko Matsuba, GE Healthcare

Larisa Beckhouse, Cigna

Laurence Tournerie, Danone

Lena Teoh, Prudential

Lilly Yip, PepsiCo

Lisa Liaw, AMEX/AmCham Singapore

Liz Henderson, Merck Group

Lorraine Ng, CapitaLand Development

Luanne Lim, HSBC

Lucy Haydon, BritCham

Lynda Presant, Standard Chartered Bank

Lynette Siow, Saint-Gobain

Makiko Ono, Suntory

Mansi Tripathy, Shell

Marina Fernhout-Mollemans, 3M

Marwa Al-khuzaim, Aramco

Mausami Arora A.P. Moller – Maersk

Melissa Teoh, The HEINEKEN Company

Michelle Ho, UPS

Michelle Medeiros, Roche

Miyuki Tani, Morgan Stanley Capital K.K.

Myia Ross, Google

Natalia Shuman, Eurofins

Nicole Tan, Shiseido

Nitasha Ghai, Samsung Electronics

Olivia Cashin, DHL

Patricia Goh, Capitaland Investment

Patricia Lee, the LEGO Group

Payal Agrawal, Abbott

Peilin Lee***, Nestlé Nespresso

Penny Quek, HSBC Commercial Banking

Preeti Arora Razdan, Diageo

Priscilla Lim, Bank of America

Priyadarshini Sharma, McCormick & Company

Priyali Kamath, Procter & Gamble

Priyamvada Srivastava, Procter & Gamble

Puay Koon Chia, Dow

Rajni Yadav, Chevron

Rameet Kaur, L’Oreal

Rami Suzuki, Moderna

Rebecca Wang, Nestlé

Ritu Sandhu Sharma, Boeing

Ruma Balasubramanian, Google

Saito Kumiko, Haneda Airport/ JAL

Sara Lee San Jose, Prudential

Sarah Wazirzada, Google

Sarala Menon (Bhaskaran), Colgate-Palmolive

Sarita Singh, Stripe

Sayoko Matsumoto, Kyndryl

Serene Chang, Amgen

Serene Seow, DFI Retail Group

Setsuko Hashimoto, CellSeed Inc

Shahira Bazari, Yayasan Hasanah

Sharon Chew, Mastercard

Sharon Tan, Standard Chartered Bank

Sharon Teo, MSIG Singapore

Sharon Toh, SWIFT

Sharon Yee, BNP Paribas

Shea Lih Goh, Philip Morris

Sheela Parakkal, Prudential

Shiumei Lin, UPS

Shivani Saini, Haleon

Siew San Tan, VMware

Simone Barg, BASF

Sindhu Gangadharan, SAP

Siok-Hoon Tan, J.P. Morgan

Sowjanya Reddy, HP

Stacey Ng, Citi

Stephanie Davis, Google

Stephanie Keen, Hogan Lovells

Sue Kyung Lee, SK-II, Procter & Gamble

Sumalee Kristarnin, Novartis

Sunghee Jennifer Cho, Medtronic

Susan Cui, PepsiCo

Susan Hughes, Emerson

Svetlana Boldina, Nestlé

Swati Dalal, Abbott

Sylvia Koh-Gratton, KONE

Sylvia Varela, AstraZeneca

Sylvie Gleises, AXA XL

Sze Keed Wong, AIA

Taeko Ohya, METRO Cash & Carry

Tan Su Shan, DBS Bank

Tancy Tan, HSBC

Teiko Kudo, Mitsui/Toyota

Teresa Tah, Standard Chartered

Tina Brandt, Starbucks

Tinku Gupta, SGX Group

Tomoko Ohtsu      , AstraZeneca

Tulsi Naidu, Zurich Insurance Company

Uni Hong, BP

Venaig Solinhac, Kenvue

Veneeta Ranjan, Ferrero

Verena Siow, SAP

Vicky Wang, The Digital and Intelligence Service

Vivien Jong, BNP Paribas

Wei Ling Chan      , Vanguard Healthcare

Wenxian Yeo, DBS bank

Yan Hong Lee, DBS Bank

Yukari Inoue, Kellogg

Yukari Suzuki (2), Shiseido

Yuki Habu, AEON

Yuki Hashimoto, Morgan Stanley

Yuko Nakahira, Mitsubishi

Yumi Otsuka, Toyota

Yvonne Chan, Tesla

Yvonne Seah, UOB

Zainab Sadat, Abbott