Top 10 Prominent Women Leaders In ASIA - 2023
Woman never Seeks a Business Title to be a Leader
Leadership is not only about having ever-increasing followers but a much broader concept than this. While great leadership can have a great effect on an organisation, poor leadership can be equally damaging. Undoubtedly when it comes to evolution in business ethos, market dynamics, customer demand, changing technologies including senior leadership is very much concerned. Rising up to the challenges in business brought down by the advancing technology and changing consumer trends, the corporate leaders of today are dynamically spearheading the companies, and have proved their dexterity and women too have a significant contributor of this agile workforce. However, woman never seeks a business title to be referred as a leader, as true leaders always shows up in the frontline to safeguard their community and women around the globe do that in a daily basis, regardless of their job title or position.
Slowly but Steadily Women are taking the Charge
Amid all the talk about leadership, literally we are witnessing a shift today, where slowly but steadily women are taking the charge and reaching the highest entrepreneurial space around the globe. Be it any industry or sector, they are breaking the shackles and have made significant strides, playing a prominent role in providing efficient, innovative, and generative business ideas for the company, and leading enterprises such that it emanates a powerful workforce and fosters sustainable business growth. They are not only leading companies and organisations, but also nations. Though women making a mark around the globe, is not at all a new concept, but the rapid addition in the count for female executives, strategist, politicians, artist and other professionals is really welcoming and overwhelming. From India’s Falguni Nayar to Taiwan’s Winnie Lee, Malaysia’s Cheah Phaik Yeong, the Philippines’ Marianna Zobel de Ayala, Hong Kong’s Vivien Khoo , Singapore’s Lily Kong and many other women in Asia dare to brake the boundary of limit with their abilities, capabilities, hard work and reached the pinnacle of success and definitely made Asia proud with their achievements irrespective of the verticals, which deserves to be celebrated and acknowledged. Finally, not only Asia but the world is now witnessing women increasingly gaining power in the corporate world that had been previously denied to them.
Our endeavour at Women Entrepreneur Magazine has always been to highlight remarkable women leaders across geographies and industries. In keeping with our motto, the current issue of the Women Entrepreneur Magazine features a list of ‘Top 10 Prominent Women leaders in Asia - 2023'. Compiled by a panel of industry veterans, CEOs, CXOs and the Women Entrepreneur Magazine editorial team, the list features prolific women who have not only crafted illustrious and innovative businesses, but have proven their mettle as leaders across the diverse businesses playing a key role in contributing towards strengthening the workforce.
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Avelyn Lee
A passionate business leader with 20 years of experience in private banking and wealth management, providing banking, advisory, and investment services to ultra-high-net-worth individuals and corporates
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Betty Lu
A entrepreneur and business leader reshaping the snacking industry which was earlier dominated by unhealthy potato chips and came up with a fitting solution
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Gayatri Pandey
A creative passionate process oriented and selfmotivated marketing professional with excellent communication and interpersonal skills
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Jayasri
A versatile financial professional who has worked in trading, consulting, training, finance, accounting, and CFO services
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Pooja Bagri
A renowned figure in the world of leadership coaching, helping individuals and business leaders achieve transformative change by guiding them to step out of their comfort zones, increase selfawareness, and tap into their strengths to perform at
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Poonam Agrawal
An eminent personality in Asia region, leading her firm to success through her self-made industry expertise, hard work and innate managerial skills
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Dr. Priya Papisetty
An emerging entrepreneur over 10 years of experience in strategic regulatory operations in the Middle East handling all regulatory related issues for top pharmaceutical companies for the UAE and GCC region
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Dr. Rashmi Kulshrestha
A pharma regulatory consultant running a regulatory consultancy with over 30 years of diversified experience in the pharmaceutical industry with a total of about 20 years of varied experience
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Dr. Richa Singh
A highly skilled and experienced physiotherapist helping people overcome physical injuries and limitations by improving quality of life through rehabilitation
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Shaily Gupta
An emerging business leader in the field of information technology, has single-handedly grown the firm as a brand in the region