Women Leading Change Awards 2022: Winners revealed

Heeru Dingra of Isobar India Group won the Woman Leading Change of the Year for a second consecutive year, as Campaign Asia-Pacific announced the winners of its sixth Women Leading Change Awards. 

From the shortlist, the jury has named one winner in the special categories; 15 winners and eight commendations in the individual categories; and four winners and one commendation in the company categories. There were two winners in the campaign category.

Part of Campaign’s programme to drive diversity and inclusion, these awards celebrate the achievements of outstanding women, from business leaders and change makers to trailblazers and rising stars, from across Asia-Pacific’s marketing communications industry.

A complete list of the winners follows.

SPECIAL CATEGORY 

Woman Leading Change of the Year

• Heeru Dhingra, Isobar India Group

INDIVIDUAL CATEGORIES
Category	Award	Nominee	Agency/Company	Market	Entry ID
Business Leader	Winner	Joanne Theseira	Publicis Groupe	Singapore	PP02.378973
	Commendation	Lovinia Chiu	Medialink Group	Hong Kong SAR	PP02.379479
CEO of the Year	Winner	Anathea Ruys	UM	Australia	PP03.379382
Creative Captain	Winner	Tara Ford	The Monkeys, part of Accenture Interactive	Australia	PP04.379234
Diversity & Inclusion Champion	Winner	Debica Sigamani	Mediabrands	Malaysia	PP05.379016
	Commendation	Jen Sharpe	Think HQ	Australia	PP05.379077
Entrepreneurship of the Year	Winner	Charlene Ree	EternityX Marketing Technology	Hong Kong SAR	PP06.378747
Fintech Woman Leader	Commendation	Amor Maclang	Fintech Philippines Association	Philippines	PP07.379488
Game Changer	Winner	Audrey Chong	Universal McCann & Ensemble Worldwide	Malaysia	PP08.379000
HR Management Champion	Winner	Pauly Grant	Publicis Groupe	Australia	PP09.379069
Innovator of the Year	Winner	Shruti Samant	Procter and Gamble (P&G)	India	PP10.379581
	Commendation	Issa Guevarra-Cabreira	Globe Telecom	Philippines	PP10.379154
Mentor of the Year	Winner	Fe Husaint	Green Park Content	Singapore	PP11.379359
Rising Star	Winner	Camille Gray	Initiative Australia	Australia	PP12.379284
	Commendation	Shefali Vijaywargiya	GCMMF (Amul)	India	PP12.379063
Sustainability Leader	Winner	June Cheryl "Chaye" Cabal-Revilla	Metro Pacific Investments Corporation	Philippines	PP13.378871
	Commendation	Maria Yolanda C. Crisanto	Globe Telecom	Philippines	PP13.377852
Technology Chief	Winner	Samina Seth	Walee Technologies	Pakistan	PP14.379453
	Commendation	Sun Young Kim	Media.Monks	South Korea	PP14.378790
Vision Leader	Winner	Gina Mckinnon	Omnicom Media Group	New Zealand	PP15.379258
Women’s Advancement Champion	Winner	Geraldine Kan	HP	Singapore	PP01.379417
	Commendation	Merlee Cruz-Jayme	Dentsu APAC/ Dentsu Jayme Syfu	Philippines	PP01.378715
Young Business Leader	Winner	Stephanie Famolaro	The Trade Desk	Australia	PP16.379309

COMPANY CATEGORIES
Category	Award	Agency/Company	Market	Entry ID
Best Company for Women	Winner	Tag	Singapore	CC01.379356
Diverse-Inclusive Workplace of the Year	Winner	Golin	Hong Kong SAR	CC02.379179
	Winner	Mediabrands	Singapore	CC02.378891
	Commendation	Eight	New Zealand	CC02.378763
Health & Wellbeing Awards	Winner	AIA Singapore	Singapore	CC03.379301

CAMPAIGN CATEGORIES
Category	Award	Title	Agency/Company	Market	Entry ID
Best CSR Campaign	Winner	Breaking biases: Women at the forefront of conservation	Shell Philippines Exploration	Philippines	CA01.377980
Mental Health Awareness Campaign	Winner	Depression can be everywhere	Weber Shandwick	Hong Kong SAR	CA02.379426

SPECIAL CATEGORY PROUDLY SPONSORED BY GROUPM
Category	Award	Nominee	Agency/Company	Market	ID
Woman Leading Change of the Year	Winner	Heeru Dingra	Isobar India Group	India	SC01.378913
	Commendation	Jen Sharpe	Think HQ	Australia	SC01.379086