This year’s Women in IT Awards Asia ceremony will take place on the evening of the 28th June at the Shangri La Hotel in Singapore — following the Women in IT Summit — presenting attendees with an opportunity to celebrate and honour contributions made to the tech industry alongside like-minded professionals.
Hosted by Information Age and DiversityQ, the event invites women, allies, and organisations from across the Asia tech industry to come together and recognise the impacts that women in tech have made over the past year.
According to a report by The World Bank, women make up under 40 per cent of the global workforce, and recent findings from the European Institute for Gender Equality show that only 17 per cent of ICT specialists are women. By comparison, 34 per cent of STEM graduates are women.
These figures, along with the finding that women in the ICT sector are earning 19 per cent less than men, show that more work must be done to ensure true gender diversity in tech.
The shortlist
The shortlist for this year’s Women in IT Awards Asia 2023 is as follows:
Advocate OTY
Jeanene Williams, IT Vision Australia
Jenny Tan, ISACA SG Chapter
Jill Tang, Ladies Who Tech
Joy Chen, GHD Digital
Michelle Mannering, GitHub
Neha Agarwal, Citibank
Smita Jamalamadaka, HSBC Technology India
Sonia Vatcher, Commonwealth Bank of Australia
Subashini Lenainnagamage, Pearson Sri Lanka
Swati Mohan, Natwest Group
Ally OTY
Jérôme Bourgeon, Crédit Agricole CIB
Maqsood Syed, JLL Singapore
Richard Lord, HSBC Hong Kong
CI/TO OTY
Daisy Santosa, Software AG Singapore
Kedi Wu, Chevron
Neelima Sharma, ESL Steel Limited Vedanta
Prachi Shah, Syncron
Rucha Nanavati, Mahindra Group
SathiDevi S Raj, Randstad India Pvt Ltd
Shui-Min Tan, NUS Information Technology
Data Leader OTY
Aleena O’Neill, Newcastle Permanent Building Society
Datin Habsah Bt. Nordin, Petroliam Nasional Berhad (Petronas)
Ekta Gupta, MatchMove Pay Pte Ltd
Geraldine Wong, GXS Bank
Manisha Banthia, Fiserv India Pvt Ltd
Maryam Maqbool, Meezan Bank Ltd.
Meadha Batra, Publicis Sapient
Mona Agarwal, Pearson Global Business Services
Radhika Rathi, Infocepts
Winne Chen, HSBC China
DEI Initiative OTY
Change Network – Shikha Agarwal, Software AG Australia
Digital IT Women’s Guild – Linda Y L Zhong, HSBC ASP China
Graduate Trainee Program – Surabhi Ramamurthy, First Derivatives
SoftwareAGain – Padma Reddy, Software AG Bangalore Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
TakeITforward (TIF), J.P. Morgan
TechLadies – Nicole Yap, TechLadies
VIC ICT 4 Women – Caroline Stainkamph, VIC ICT 4 Women
Digital Transformation Leader OTY
Dr. Beena Kumari, CSIR-National Metallurgical Laboratory
Falguni Kadvani, Genpact
Fenny Valentina, PT. Central Data Technology
Fiona Gordon, JLL Australia
Gayanika Gunasekera, SriLankan Airlines
Juliana Chua, EssilorLuxottica
Madhumati Iyer, Singtel
Meera Shenoy, Youth4Jobs Foundation
Uma Bhatt, Johnson & Johnson
Vidyalakshmi Uppili, Accolite Digital
Diversity Lead OTY
Carol Lee, ISACA China Hong Kong Chapter
Deepali Arjun, HSBC Technology India
Nicole Liu, HSBC Technology Center China
Nicole Poon, MatchMove Pay Pte Ltd
Shalaka Kapadia, HSBC Technology India
Shikha Agarwal, Software AG Australia
Vanessa Soernson, Microsoft New Zealand
Veronica Llorca-Smith, Leaders for Good
Entrepreneur OTY
Debra Taylor, OpenSparkz
Harshani Perera, Inqbaytor
Helen Tung, NewSpace2060
Jennifer Lauretta, Leong Bee Yoong, 360 Smart Home
Natalia Mykhaylova, WeavAir
Nikitha Karrai, RedCliffe Group Ltd / Pinheads Interactive Pte. Ltd.
Shwetha Ravi, Learnseeker
Yashu Kapila, BugRaptors
IT Team OTY
Anshu Chaudhary, JLL – PDS APAC BI Team
Diana Jayne Gonzales, Software AG Operations Malaysia Sdn. Bhd.
Fiona Gordon, JLL Australia
Gayanika Gunasekera, SriLankan Airlines
Nurul Syuhada binti, Mohd Anuar, Software AG Malaysia
Prachi Shah, Syncron
Quinny Lei, Grabtaxi Holdings Pte Ltd
Shui-Min Tan, NUS Information Technology
Yean Ping Yar, Singapore Life Ltd.
Yoojeong Lee, Shinsegae I&C
Lifetime Achievement Award OTY
Anjali Sharma, General Mills
CJ Meadows, i2e – The Innovation & Entrepreneurship Center, S P Jain School of Global Management
Neha Agarwal, Citibank
Prachi Shah, Syncron
Sandra De Zoysa, Dialog Axiata Plc.
Tracy Quah, Informatica
Verena Siow, SAP Asia
Next Generation Leader OTY
Clare Lim, DocuSign
Hansani Halwatura, Millennium IT ESP
Mishty Negi, J.P. Morgan
Nayab Aweez, Apple Inc.
Nicolette Ow Keng Ngee, C+C Communication Designs
Nipuni Rajapakse, Pearson Sri Lanka
Prachi Dahibhate, Relfor Labs Pvt Ltd
Vidhi Agrawal, Infocepts
Yoojeong Lee, Shinsegae I&C
Zain Masri, Google
Security Leader OTY
Alexandra Mercz, GoTo
Carol Lee, Hang Lung Group
Hansani Halwatura, MillenniumIT ESP
Harsh Kaur, Trend Micro
Neha Malhotra, Top reputed MNC bank
Nishu Mittal, Emirates NBD
Priyanka Tamhankar, cyberSecurist Technologies PVT LTD
Shakthi Priya Kathirvelu, Funding Societies | Modalku
Social Impact Project OTY
GenerationTech , J.P. Morgan
HP Inc – Thet Yee Win, HP Inc
Ladies Who Tech – Jill Tang, Ladies Who Tech
The 2 Senses – Kavitha Krishnamurthy, Cognizant
Universiti Teknologi Petronas – Serene Sow Mun Lock, Irene Sow Mei Lock, Universiti Teknologi Petronas
Youth4Jobs Foundation – Meera Shenoy, Youth4Jobs Foundation
Tech Start-Up OTY
Jennifer Lauretta, Leong Bee Yoong, 360 Smart Home
Zaher Al-Sai, Big Data Minds MENA
Natalia Mykhaylova, WeavAir
Woman OTY
Anjali Sharma, General Mills
Datin Habsah Bt. Nordin, Petroliam Nasional Berhad, Petronas
Irene Sow Mei Lock, Group Technical Solutions, Petronas
Jeanene Williams, IT Vision Australia
Neha Malhotra, JP Morgan Chase
Punam Firke, HSBC Technology India
Rajshri Gadad, Eaton Corporation
Tracy Quah, Informatica
Vanessa Soernson, Microsoft New Zealand
Verena Siow, SAP Asia
Join the celebrations by reserving your place at the Women in IT Awards Asia in Singapore, here.
Related:
An opportunity is coming to drive up the number of women in tech — Melanie Hayes, chief people officer at Harvey Nash Group, discusses the opportunity for the tech sector to drive up female representation.
