Women to Watch 2022: Celebrating outstanding talent in marcomms

Campaign Asia-Pacific, in partnership with Essence, is honoured to present the 40 women who have been selected as this year's Women to Watch—our tenth anniversary of this list of exceptional business leaders, innovators, and change advocates.

This iteration of Women to Watch presents a diverse mix of industries and geographies. There are women from independent agencies and agency networks, media publishers and subscription services, adtech and martech, PR and healthcare communications, and talent management.

The 40 women presented here are just a portion of a much-larger pool of nominations we received this year for Women to Watch. As always, it was exceptionally challenging for the judging team, comprised of Campaign Asia-Pacific’s senior editorial members, to narrow the list down to 40.

Nominees were judged on their business achievements, leadership qualities and collaboration, and their work elevating the industry both through their work and their passions. Each entry underwent several rounds of judging and analysis to ensure the women selected are the most deserving of this commendation. 

Because competition was fierce among so many high-quality nominations, please don’t be disheartened if your entry didn’t make it this list. We do encourage you to try again next year or participate in other Campaign opportunities.

We would like to take a moment to thank the companies and individuals that took the time to nominate themselves, their colleagues or friends, plus those who provided endorsements. We know it is not an easy task, but your diligence allows us to shine a light on standout industry talent. We hope Women to Watch can continue to be a motivator for rising stars in the industry, and a resource of the incredible talent this region has to offer.

Finally, a hearty congratulations to this year's group of Women to Watch. 

The 2022 Women to Watch (in alphabetical order by given name):

Anna Cherry Spark Foundry Australia	Carbo Yu Sinclair Hong Kong	Devika Sharma InMobi India
Ela Federigan-Chua Optimax Communications Group Philippines	Elayne Gan Dow Jones  Singapore	Emily Belton BCW Singapore
Emma Campbell Tourism Fiji Fiji	Fang Wu Guangdong Brandmax Marketing China	Hajar Yusof Naga DDB Tribal Malaysia
Haylie Craig Colenso BBDO New Zealand	Human Lam Assembly Hong Kong	Jacqueline Law Dentsu Hong Kong
Jane Sullivan Wavemaker  Australia	Jaslin Goh PayMe by HSBC Hong Kong	Jennifer Toole-Stott Teads Singapore
Jessica Billimoria CultureVerse Australia	Ji Watson McCann Worldgroup Japan	Jie Qi Lee Edelman Data and Intelligence Singapore
Joanna Georges The Trade Desk  Australia	Julie Wu DeVries Global China	Kanokkorn Seehapan GreyNJ United Thailand
Kaori Yatsu BBDO Japan	Karen Coleman Archetype  Australia	Kristie Cheung Lalamove Hong Kong
Lauren Thornborough UM Australia	Liv Geen Finecast  Australia	Marie-Celine Merret Wirstrom MediaMonks Australia
Marilyn Yeong Assembly Singapore	Maureen Valenzuela Propel Manila Philippines	Melissa Chen Uber Taiwan
Mitzi Ferrer Dentsu Singapore	Nazirah Ashari TBWA Malaysia	Parul Gautam Reprise India
Sandy Wu Saatchi & Saatchi  China	Serene Wong  Across the Pond Singapore	Sharon Ho Digitas China
Shivani Maharaj Wavemaker Australia	Sonali Malaviya Essence India	Tara Crosby Twitch Singapore
Ten Ma GroupM China