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

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