Top 10 Prominent Women Leaders In Asia - 2023
From the Age of Patriarchy to the Age of Harmony
The world is full of inspiring women who have overcome obstacles to be leaders in their respective fields and community, and as we all know, female role models can have an enormous impact in encouraging women to challenge negative stereotypes and to shake up the status quo in the workplace and wider society. Asian women, especially women from that of countries embedded within strong patriarchal cultural heritages, often experience more structural/organizational barriers and challenges, compared with women in more gender-neutral cultures. Each country has its unique cultural, social, and political situations that women leaders in each country have experienced. And when we look around the world we could see a number of young women who have grown to top positions in boardrooms, finding way through all the obstacles.
Women Trendsetters
Today, we could see a number of women leaders who have fought their way to be great leaders in the society. Divya Gokulnath who along with her husband, co-founded BYJU, a learning app that aims to help educate children in India have more opportunities to learn outside the classroom, is a strong woman personality to be admired. Anjali Menon, an upcoming movie director, who has fought her way in the field of filim direction, where much women have'nt tried. Falguni Nayar, who's fashion brand Nykaa's name has crossed the boundries. These are some of the women in different fields who have set out an example for young generation.
Here, in this issue of Women Entrepreneur India, we are introducing a list of such `Top 10 Prominent Women Leaders in Asia 2023'. These young women have risen to top positions and have become inspiring leaders; their stories will be a true motivation to women all over the country, who want to chase their dreams. The following list has been prepared after being closely scrutinized by a distinguished panel of judges including CXOs, analysts and our editorial board.
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Anita Lawrence
With a solid zeal for bringing incredible transformation in people’s lives, she strives to help others get the best version of themselves
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Avelyn Lee
With 20 years of experience in private banking and wealth management, she provides banking, advisory, and investment services to ultra-highnet- worth individuals and corporates
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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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Maria Chakraverty Stevenson
She fills all of the roles that a business requires, and she believes that her ability to communicate has allowed her to remain a new-age leader to this day
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Mirela Jain
She took the leap to guarantee a comfortable and perfect holiday for tourists in Goa
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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. Rashmi Kulshrestha
Leading a regulatory consultancy with over 30 years of diversified experience in the pharmaceutical industry
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Renuka Jagtiani
For more than two decades she has led the corporate strategy and expansion efforts of the firm and one of the biggest retail conglomerates in the Middle East
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Samia Bouzza
She is committed to growth through tech infusion, efficiencies, synergy, acquisitions and driving sustainable growth