India has the world’s largest reservoir of workforce talents, and nonetheless women making remarks have also penetrated the space,pronouncing their firm accomplishment across diverse industrial sectors. And, marketing domain is no different, be it across technology, business development, human resource development, accounts, customer representation, healthcare, education or fashion design, administration, and most advancingly marketing. Breaking the walls and defying the gender or societal stereotypes, they have made significant strides in the corporate and business ecosystem, joining the C-suite leadership pack. In here mentioning about Women Chief Marketing Officers (CMOs), the talk is no different. Leveraging their proficient business and marketing skills across the branding and marketing areas for the variegated industry background firms, be it corporate public or business sector, women have been pronouncing their firm accomplishments, helping the companies expand their market share multitude times and scaling along their dignified product & services portfolio.

Also, it is encouraging to note that in the world’s leading companies, females seem as likely to be influential CMOs as are males, accounting for almost 45 percent (near to half) of the total CMO roles. Indeed, there are more female CMOs on the list that are yet to be recognized for their noteworthy impact they have created in their field-establishing new brands/business, driving growth and developing a comprehensive marketing plan that has promoted brand recognition and helped the organization(be it across any startup ecosystem or well-established organization) gain a competitive advantage. Well, with the variety of technology and tools available today, it is a challenging task to select the right ones that can meet the specific criteria of each company and budget. Data is all empowering and mining it in ways that makes sense of the changing behaviors of customers will be the radical for CMOs.

In this issue, the Women Entrepreneur magazine brings into spotlight a list of 'Top 10 Women CMOs - 2022'. The list has been crafted by a team of Industry veterans, CEOs, VCs and our editorial board, thus delivering inspiring stories of their journey and the contributions & roles played by them in the creation and empowerment of a powerful nation.