LUMINARIES

Annual awards: Apac & Mena Edition

IMERGEY LUMINARIES

Recognizing thought leaders who inspire, empower, and influence.

2021



APAC Edition

2022



APAC Edition

2023



MENA Edition

2023



APAC Edition

2024



MENA Edition

IMERGEY Luminaries Awards recognize and honor professionals in a variety of industries and regions.
We recognize professionals who are building communities, gaining followers, and starting thoughtful conversations on LinkedIn by sharing their experiences, knowledge, and insights through their articles, posts, videos, and comments.

These are the leaders who inspire, influence, and spark new ideas while helping their followers stay informed.

Consistency

engaging

Community

original

What makes a thought leader?

A thought leader is described as an individual who is recognized as an authority in a specific field.

Story
teller

Engine of
ideas

shares
ideas

FUTURE
OUTLOOK

SOLUTION-
ORIENTED

AUTHENTIC
TRUSTWORTHY

Purpose
Driven

LEADS
CONVERSATIONS

INSPIRES
EMPOWERS

Core industry focus

IMERGEY recognizes professionals from three main industries:

TECHNOLOGY

  • Software
  • Internet
  • IT Infrastructure
  • Hardware

financial services

  • Banking
  • Insurance
  • Finance
  • Fintech

FMCG

  • Food & Beverage
  • Healthcare
  • Wellness

IMERGEY LUMINARIES AWARD WINNERS

2024: MENA EDITION


Name

COMPANY

POSITION


Ahmed Farrag

Kenvue

Head of Growth and Emerging Markets


Asad Malik

Saudia Dairy & Foodstuff Company

Marketing Director


Bandar Asali

Saudi Awwal Bank

Head of Credit Culture Transformation


Dr. Rahma Beaugrand

SAP

VP Head of Customer Advisory, Middle East South


Fares Akkad

Meta

Managing Director, MEA


Justin Steinbach

IFFCO Professional

Chief Executive Officer


Mahmood Jassim

Dell

Regional Director of the Government and Public Sector, META


Maya Ziadeh

Accor

Chief Development Officer of Premium, Midscale, Economy Brands, META


Mazen Barbir

Standard Chartered

Managing Director, Head of FX Trading, MENAP


Omar Halabieh

Amazon

Director of Technology, Amazon Payment Services


Raghda Alazab

Tiktok

Head of Communications, MENA


Ruba Hachim

Microsoft

Regional Director of Modern Work Solution Area – Customer Success, CEMA


Samar AlAmro

Accenture

Associate Director of Corporate Services & Sustainability, Middle East and General Manager of Regional Head Quarter


Shaimaa Husseiny

Deloitte

Director of Customs and Global Trade Advisory

2023: APAC EDITION


Name

COMPANY

POSITION


Alexis Crowell

INTEL

VP & CTO, Asia Pacific & Japan


Angela Colantuono

SAP Success Factors

Senior Vice President & Head of SAP SuccessFactors APJ


Dor Liniado

Standard Chartered Bank

Managing Director, CCIB CISO


Guy Kellaway

NESTLE 

Communications Director


Jaslin Goh

HSBC

CMO of PayMe


Kristine Go

UNILEVER

General Manager – Nutrition, Unilever South East Asia | Board Member at Unilever Philippines


Lee-Han Tjioe

IBM Consulting

General Manager Hong Kong and Macau


Melissa Henson

AIA Philippines 

Chief Marketing Officer


Michelle Wee

Standard Chartered Bank

Chief Executive Officer


Rachel Goh

Nestle

Regional Head of Employer Branding & Recruitment Marketing


Sylvie Gleises

AXA XL

CEO Singapore


Vanessa Sorenson

Microsoft

Chief Partner Officer ANZ & MD MS NZ


Yves Briantais

Colgate-Palmolive

Executive Vice President Marketing Asia-Pacific

2023: MENA EDITION


Name

COMPANY

POSITION


Ahmed Kadous

UNILEVER 

VP Supply Chain


Ali Benfattoum

AWS

Principal Evangelist, IoT


Amnah Ajmal

Mastercard

Group Executive-Merchants & Commerce, Digital Partnerships & Fintechs, Strategy, M&A


Fadle Saad

HP

Managing Director, KSA

 


Islam ElDessouky

The Coca-Cola Company

Creative Strategy Director


Jasmin Pillay

Microsoft

Director, HR Consulting, MEA


Kawther Haciane

IBM

Security Leader, Gulf, Levant & Pakistan


Laurent Duffier

L’Oreal

CEO , Middle East


Maxwell Wayman

LVMH

Director – Talent & Development, MEA


Omar AL-Ajaji

EY

Climate Change & Sustainability Senior Consultant


Raz Bachar

Microsoft

Managing Director, Global Industry Lead for Startups


Sherif Tawfik

Microsoft

Chief Sustainability Commercial Officer, MEA

 


Swati Bagri

The Kraft Heinz Company

Senior Finance Manager

2022: APAC EDITION​


Name

COMPANY

POSITION


Amy Lo

UBS

Co-Head Wealth Management APAC


Angela Coble

Accenture

Managing Director Technology Advisory Services


Anothai Wettayakorn

Dell Asia

Vice President


Brian CK Ho

Deloitte

Partner and Sustainability & Climate Assurance Leader

 


Dr. Anurag Vij

Microsoft

Partner GM. Global Support Strategy & Operations

 


Imane Jamal Eddine

Microsoft

Chief of Staff


Ivan Lu

Unilever

General Manager, Food Solutions


Jacqui Miranda

Microsoft

Head of Asia Corporation Segment


Jake Bustos

Coca-Cola Bottling Investments Group

Head of Employer Branding & Talent Acquisition


Joy Jinghui Xu

Manulife

Asia & Head of Global Learning


June Boo

LinkedIn

Head of Asia Business


Kingley Lim

L’Oreal

DEI Lead

 


Lavy Stockhamer

Standard Chartered Bank

Managing Director, Global Head


Mizuki Hsu

Netflix

Inclusion and Diversity Manager


Mukta Arya

Societe Generale

Managing Director, Chief Human Resource Officer APAC


Paul Marriott

SAP

President, Asia Pacific Japan


Sherie Ng

Google

Country Director, Google Cloud


Simon Clarke

Citi Private Bank

Managing Director


Stephan Czypionka

The Coca-Cola Company

Global VP for Marketing Performance


Suresh Narayanan

Nestle

Chairman and Managing Director


Susan Follis

Kyndryl

ASEAN Managing Director


Zaved Akhtar

Unilever

CEO and Managing Director

2021: APAC EDITION​


Name

COMPANY

POSITION


Benjamin Quinlan

Quinlan & Associates

CEO


Brenda Harvey

IBM

General Manager (APAC)


David Siroky

Dell Technologies

Director of Data Analytics, Al & HPC


Helene Li

Golmpact Capital Partners

Co-Founder & CEO; FTAHK – General Manager


Henri Arslanian

PwC

Crypto Leader and Partner


Jeffrey Khoo

ED Broking Asia

Chief Marketing Officer (APAC)


Lars M.B.Anthonisen

Google

Head of Marketing-Singapore, Malaysia & South Asia Frontiers


Maaike Steinebach

Visa

General Manager (Hong Kong & Macau)


Marc Havercroft

SAP

Global Chief Customer Officer, Cloud Business Group, SAP SuccessFactors


Medhy Souidi

DBS Bank

Head of FinTech & Customer Dev; WHAT THE FINTECH – Founder


Michelle Chan

FTAHK

Insurtech Co-Chair; LIVIBANK – Director of Marketing, BD & Innovation


Neha Malhotra

JP Morgan Chase

Vice President, Tech & Cybersecurity Operational Risk Manager


Sandy Gupta

Microsoft

COO & Vice President of Sales, Marketing and Operations (APAC)


Sean Seah

Microsoft

Global Industry Architect


Siew Ting Foo

HP

Chief Marketing Officer (Greater Asia)


Simon Kahn

Google

Chief Marketing Officer (Greater Asia)


Sumir Bhatia

Lenovo

President Asia Pacific, Lenovo Infrastructure Solutions Group


Thomas Lee

Oracle

General Manager, Oracle Linux & Virtualization, APJ Region


Varsha Kanwar

Cisco

Director of Partner Experience Insights & Innovation

Congratulations to our Imergey Luminaries Awards winners!

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