Categories 2026

This award recognises women who have not only achieved growth for their businesses but also demonstrated strategic direction during the eligibility period, through honed business acumen and strong industry networks.

* Open to professionals with suggested range of 15+ years of professional experience, an executive level position or industry equivalent, and who are recognised by others as exceptional leaders.

This award recognises any women CEOs who have excelled in providing demonstrated leadership that has been critical to the business's success.

Open to all leaders, owners, entrepreneurs, founders, employed professionals, and self-employed women who promote excellence among CEOs and C-Level executives and high professional standards among peers.

This award honours women who have made significant contributions to marketing, resulting in ground-breaking work for their brand as well as the industry. The nominee will be someone who challenges the norms of marketing and has achieved tangible success with their products and brand.

This award recognises inspirational women whose work and ideas have generated consumer excitement through top-class creative thinking. The winner will be a woman who has not only set the standard for creative excellence but also raised the bar.

This award is set to recognise women who lead and implement digital capabilities, and platforms through cutting-edge technology to drive and sustain the company's internal operations or products and services for customers.

This award honours men and women at all levels of business who have made outstanding contributions, influenced, or brought about cultural change in support of diversity, equality, and inclusion.

* This category is open to both men and women who champion D&I.

This award recognises up-and-coming women who have demonstrated exemplary work and shown excellent leadership by breaking down barriers and traditional silos while achieving business success.

The nominee should demonstrate how she has empowered women, developed new business growth, and created an engaging work environment.

* Open to professionals with a suggested minimum of 8 years of professional experience or above.

This award recognises an entrepreneur who has demonstrated exemplary leadership traits. Open to women who work in a private-sector business entity and have owned a business in operation for at least three years. The nominee must be a founder or co-founder of a business and be currently engaged in an active role.

This award recognises an individual's achievement and contribution in leading the fintech-related areas of financial services. The winner will be a woman leader who has exemplified exemplary leadership, had a significant impact on their business success, and continues to drive innovation and growth.

This award recognises visionary leaders with game-changing ideas who have used innovative techniques that led to behaviour shifts and continue to create innovative new paths to change the status quo.

The nominee should have shown extraordinary dedication and made a significant contribution to workplace diversity and inclusion.

This award recognises an individual who is innovative and driving change and that demonstrated excellence with great leadership, communication, and strategic planning to drive results and transformation.

This award honors an individual who has demonstrated visionary leadership and innovation in influencer marketing, setting new benchmarks for creativity, authenticity, and measurable impact.

This award is set to recognise individual women who led innovation that they have initiated, launched, and developed during the eligibility period.

* Open to professionals with a minimum of 8 years of related experience and in a leadership role.

This award recognises exceptional leadership, mentorship programme implementation, and personal development. The mentor or coach should have at least one year of mentoring or coaching experience with one or more mentees, at least eight years of leadership experience, an excellent track record of staff engagement and retention, and be an inspiration to both men and women.

This award recognises young women as leaders of tomorrow who have set themselves apart from their peers, have shown early success in their field, and will maximise their full potential to be the next generation of women leaders in the industry.

* Open to up-and-coming young talents who have around 5-8 years of professional-related experience. Nominees within a senior role including Director, Managing Director, C-Suite, or Founder/Owner will not be accepted.

The award recognises a women leader who is leading change through sustainability strategies and initiatives. A catalyst for change to advance sustainable development goals and drive strategic growth.

This award recognises outstanding women who have worked to spark positive change in the industry by introducing new technology.

The nominee should have shown a significant contribution to the understanding of technology or the deployment of new technology.

This award recognises an exceptional woman leader who has made a significant contribution to the understanding of female leadership in the industry and who has shown the highest degree of performance, great business judgment, and a significant sphere of influence both within and beyond the company.

This award recognises women who have not only achieved growth for their businesses but also demonstrated strategic direction and leadership competencies during the eligibility period through honed business acumen and strong industry networks.

* Open to professionals with a suggested range of 8–15 years of professional-related experience. Nominees within a management role including Managing Director, C-Suite, or Founder/Owner will not be accepted.

This award honors campaigns demonstrating the innovative use of technology with precision, integrity, and adherence to ethical standards. The campaign should showcase measurable improvements in technological implementation, deliver substantial business benefits, and create a remarkable impact while adhering to ethical standards.

This award celebrates campaigns demonstrating the strategic power of content to achieve key business objectives through innovative storytelling and creative execution.

This award recognizes campaigns that integrate Environmental, Social, and Governance principles into their marketing strategy. The campaign should highlight sustainability, ethical practices, and governance while delivering measurable impact and long-term values.

This award recognizes campaigns that drive meaningful social change and create a positive impact on communities through innovative strategies and authentic storytelling.

This award sets out to recognise all types of businesses that have provided a positive and supportive workplace for women, driving and developing practices that ensure women have a fair and positive work experience and opportunity to contribute and develop talent personally and professionally.

* Eligible companies must have a minimum of 60% female full-time employees and a minimum of 30% female employees in management or leadership positions.

This award recognises companies that are dedicated to boosting employee engagement and developing an inclusive workplace culture.

This award honours an organisation that cultivates a learning culture and provides an environment that promotes growth, drives engagement, and empowers employees to hone and advance their skills through ongoing professional development.

This award recognises initiatives that successfully drove awareness of mental health and helped reduce the stigma associated with mental illness whilst contributing and promoting of health and wellbeing.

This award recognises an inspiring woman who has made a significant and long-term business contribution to creating smarter and more inclusive working environments during the eligibility period.

As a role model or mentor that shows dedication to the advancement of women in their industry, how she demonstrated the ability to change and how to lead change effectively and showed exemplary leadership, abilities that enable others to succeed.

The award is given to the company with the highest accumulated points based on our scoring system. The company that obtains the highest aggregated score, with a minimum of two (2) Gold wins, followed by Silver and Bronze.

Individual or Special Category: Winner - 10 points

Company Category: Gold - 8 points; Silver - 6 points; Bronze - 1 point

Campaign Category: Gold - 8 points; Silver - 6 points; Bronze - 1 point

Eligibility Criteria: To qualify, a company must secure a minimum of 2 Gold awards across at least 2 different categories, which may include Campaign, Company, Individual, or Special categories.