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Finance’s Glass Ceiling Shatters—Meet the 2025 Women in Finance Asia Award Winners
Finance’s Glass Ceiling Shatters—Meet the 2025 Women in Finance Asia Award Winners
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Asia’s financial powerhouses just crowned their brightest female talent—while hedge funds quietly recycle the same old boys’ club playbook.
From blockchain disruptors to traditional finance titans, these winners prove meritocracy might exist after all (if you outwork everyone by 200%).
Bonus reality check: Half the honorees still report to mediocre male CEOs who take credit for their deals.
Markets Media Group’s sixth-annual Women in Finance Asia Awards event was held Thursday, May 29, at Mandarin Oriental Singapore.
Congratulations to the winners!
| Rising Star | Aditi Kamat, Amansa Capit |
| Rising Star | Liz Ho, BlackRock |
| Rising Star | Cindy Yeung, Liquidnet |
| Rising Star | Brietta Tsang, Morgan Stanley |
| Best in Fintech | Alice Pocklington, Trading Technologies |
| Best in Custody | Kathy Ong, BNP Paribas |
| Excellence in Exchanges | Janice Kan, SGX Group |
| Excellence in FX | Vandana Bhatter, Citi |
| Excellence in Banking | Kathleen Huang, Standard Chartered Bank |
| Best in Digital Assets | Deborah Algeo, Zodia Custody |
| Excellence in Prime Brokerage | Daria Salnikova, Morgan Stanley |
| Excellence in Asset Management | Carol Lee, PIMCO |
| Excellence in Hedge Funds | Michelle Wong, North Rock Capital Management |
| Excellence in Hedge Funds | Jinny Chang, Citadel |
| Excellence in Legal & Compliance (Buy-side) | Karen Tong, PIMCO |
| Excellence in Legal & Compliance (Sell-side) | Ellie Lai, Instinet |
| Excellence in Regulation | Abigail Ng, Monetary Authority of Singapore |
| Excellence in Corporate Culture | Carol Williamson, Millennium |
| Excellence in Diversity & Inclusion | Prateebha Narayan, Nomura Singapore Limited |
| Excellence in Talent Management | Violette Gu, Millenium |
| Excellence in Equities | Gigi Shen, Citi |
| Excellence in Fixed Income | Kelly Wang, Citadel Securities |
| Excellence in Derivatives | Yanny Leung, Morgan Stanley |
| Excellence in Commodities | Anise Lau, Marex |
| Excellence in Buy-Side Trading | Jaslyn Tan, GIC |
| Excellence in Sell-Side Trading | Florence Lam, Nomura |
| Excellence in Trading Platform | Meha Thind, Tradeweb |
| Excellence in Marketing & Communications | Erika Bianco, MarketAxess |
| Excellence in Operations | Yuen May Chan, CGS International Securities |
| Individual Achievement | Cherry Li, BNY |
| COO of the Year | Satoko Kobayashi, BlackRock |
| CIO of the Year | Jean Chia, Bank of Singapore |
| Crystal Ladder | Alicia Ng, ICAP |
| Trailblazer | Shereen Lewejohann, CME Group |
| Excellence in Leadership | Sue Lee, Citi |
| CEO of the Year | Luanne Lim, HSBC Hong Kong |
| Lifetime Achievement | Belinda Boa, BlackRoc |
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