The jury for the 2018 Women Leading Change Awards has announced its shortlist. The 65 shortlisted nominees are change makers, leaders, achievers and rising stars who fall into 10 categories, plus two special awards.
The Women Leading Change Awards will be presented on Thursday, 31 May at Sinfonia Ristorante in Singapore. Tickets are available now.
The awards will follow the Women Leading Change Awards Conference, taking place the same day at Google Singapore. See the agenda and register here.
| Nominee | Nominee's company |
| Vision Leader | |
| Prema Sagar | Burson Cohn & Wolfe (Genesis Burson-Marsteller) |
| Narelle Burke | Kantar |
| Lara Hussein | M&C Saatchi Malaysia |
| Erosha Tennakoon | Mindshare Sri Lanka |
| Rose Tsou | Oath |
| Malu Vasallo | Wavemaker Philippines |
| Papri Dev | Zeno Group |
| Technology Chief | |
| Anna Stoyanova | Essence |
| May Seow | |
| Rituparna Dasgupta | Mindshare India |
| Aleetza Senn | Sparkline Pte Ltd |
| Creative Captain | |
| Sindhu Janardhan | Interactive Avenues Pvt. Ltd. |
| Business Leader | |
| Anita Munro | Group M |
| Amna Khatib Paracha | GroupM Pakistan |
| Imogen Hewitt | Havas Media Group Australia |
| Louise Watts | High Performance Coaching Global |
| Melissa Fein | Initiative Australia |
| Natalie Ackerman | Jack Morton Worldwide |
| Anita Kotwani | Mindshare India |
| Susan Chao | Mindshare Taiwan |
| Maya Hari | |
| Reena Francisco | UM Philippines |
| Young Business Leader | |
| Daphne Lourdes | Astro Radio |
| Deirdre Chew | |
| Olivia Warren | Initiative |
| Neesha Dara Khan | Omnicom Media Group Pakistan |
| Samyukta Yatish | VML SEA & India |
| Rising Star | |
| Yuani Chen | Amnet |
| Stefanie Wong | Edelman Public Relations Worldwide (HK) Limited |
| Lucy Bennett-Baggs | Just Challenge |
| Abigail Kalaya Kwek | TBWA\Singapore |
| Lena Paik | TBWA\Singapore |
| Ruth Lim | TBWA\Singapore |
| Entrepreneurship of the Year | |
| Jessica Circi | Ortus Club |
| Adrienne Ravez | Quantum Endorphine Digital |
| Aleetza Senn | Sparkline Pte Ltd |
| CEO of the Year | |
| Kyoko Matsushita | Essence |
| Anita Nayyar | Havas Media Group |
| Joanna Catalano | iProspect |
| Lara Hussein | M&C Saatchi Malaysia |
| Amrita Randhawa | Mindshare Asia Pacific |
| Aimee Buchanan | OMD Australia |
| Louise Bond | PHD New Zealand |
| Elan Shou | Ruder Finn Asia |
| Mentor of the Year | |
| Barbara Shao | Edelman Public Relations China |
| Maria Abril | Mango Media |
| Aimee Buchanan | OMD Australia |
| Lydia Lee | Weber Shandwick |
| Innovation of the Year | |
| Sarah Ritchie | AM-Insider |
| Christine Park | Edelman |
| May Seow | |
| Vivian Wang | iQIYI |
| MARIVIC GARCIA | OMG ADVERTISING |
| Natalie Gruis | TBWA\Singapore |
| Special Award: Women Leadership Program | |
| René Chen and Yolanda Tang | Jones Knowles Ritchie Shanghai |
| Alice Chow | MediaCom Hong Kong |
| Anita Kotwani | Mindshare India |
| Special Award: Women Leading Change of the Year | |
| Swati Bhattacharya | FCB Ulka |
| Mickey Zhang | GroupM China |
| Naureen Awais | GroupM Pakistan (Private) Limited |
| Maria Margarita 'Margot' B. Torres | Internet and Mobile Marketing Association of the Philippines |
| Alice Chow | MediaCom Hong Kong |
| Amrita Randhawa | Mindshare Asia Pacific |
| Anna Chitty | PHD China |
| Louise Bond | PHD New Zealand |
(This article first appeared on CampaignAsia.com)
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