Business awards and editorial
We honour the brands and leaders shaping business across Asia and beyond, then tell their stories in the magazine. One winner in every edition becomes the cover.
With a billion-dirham development portfolio, fast-moving projects and a disciplined approach to growth, Rashed Ahmadyar is positioning Ahmadyar Developments as one of Dubai’s emerging real estate names.
Rashed Ahmadyar · Ahmadyar Developments · United Arab Emirates
Shashank Kumar · Razorpay From solving online-payment friction for startups to helping businesses manage money through payments, banking and AI, Shashank Kumar has spent more than a decade building the rails beneath India’s digital economy.
Hazza Zaal · Al Barari Real Estate Group At Al Barari and through his own venture, Elemental Developments, Hazza Zaal is advancing a different vision of Dubai real estate — one where luxury is measured not only by architecture and address, but by how a place makes people feel.
Adwaita Nayar · Nykaa From taking Nykaa offline to building its fashion business and now scaling House of Nykaa, Adwaita Nayar is helping transform one of India’s most recognised digital-first companies into a portfolio of enduring consumer brands.
Amira Sajwani · PRYPCO With one foot inside one of the Middle East’s best-known property groups and another building an independent PropTech platform, Amira Sajwani is challenging the traditional rules of how real estate is bought, financed and owned.
Alisha Moopen · Aster DM Healthcare GCC From expanding hospital networks to digital health, AI-enabled care and a growing Saudi footprint, Alisha Moopen is helping transform Aster DM Healthcare from a traditional provider into a connected healthcare ecosystem for the GCC.
Navneet Mandhani · Karma Developers From technology and global business to real estate and venture investing, Navneet Mandhani has built his career around one recurring idea: spotting opportunity early and scaling it across markets.
Manisha Raisinghani · SiftHub From co-founding LogiNext to launching SiftHub, Manisha Raisinghani is using AI to solve one of enterprise sales’ oldest problems: too much information, too little usable context.
Maggie Ng · HSBC Five years after joining the bank, Maggie Ng took charge of HSBC in Hong Kong — the market that matters most to the group, at the moment the group is being taken apart and put back together.
Margaret Kao · Marketech International Founded in 1988 and still standing after every downturn since, Marketech International occupies the part of the semiconductor supply chain almost nobody outside it can name — and Margaret Kao has run it from the start.
Priya Nair · Hindustan Unilever Three decades inside one company, and a career built in the categories that reach almost every Indian household. Priya Nair now runs the business she joined as a management trainee.
Kuok Hui Kwong · Shangri-La Asia Eight years as chairman before taking the chief executive’s office, Kuok Hui Kwong now leads one of Asia’s most recognisable hospitality groups through a period of deliberate renewal.
Founded in Singapore in 2014, ShopBack spent a decade turning a browser cashback habit into Asia-Pacific’s largest rewards network, reaching unicorn status in 2026 on the back of quiet profitability. Its next move is harder: standing at the actual point of sale, not just after it.
ShopBack · E-commerce · Singapore
Cred · Fintech Cred built its business on a contrarian idea — reward India’s most creditworthy consumers, not the underbanked majority. In 2026, that bet drew a $900 million investment from Meta, a $4.5 billion valuation, and sent its founder to run WhatsApp worldwide.
For every honoree, a named jury decides against published criteria. Then the magazine does what it exists to do: tell the story.
When Kuok Hui Kwong stepped into the CEO office in August 2025, she inherited the spiritual legacy of her father, Robert Kuok, and a…
Priya Nair leads Hindustan Unilever’s consumer goods division, driving product innovation across home and personal care categories for…
Margaret Kao built Marketech into a $2-billion-revenue behemoth that literally builds the factories where advanced chips are born. She…
Maggie Ng joined HSBC in 2020 as head of wealth and personal banking, Hong Kong, later being named head of retail banking and wealth. In…
Digitized wholesale platform for warungs (mom-and-pop shops) offering inventory financing and one-click…
Nominated · 2026 Asia editionTrade network connecting small retailers directly with manufacturers, bypassing layers of distributors for…
Nominated · 2026 Asia editionIoT and AI platform turning commercial buildings into carbon-neutral assets via real-time tenant comfort and…
Nominated · 2026 Asia editionCloud-based CMMS aggregating building data to optimize HVAC, lighting, and maintenance schedules.
Nominated · 2026 Asia edition
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Broadcaster and journalist. Every edition of the awards produces one cover, and the leader on it is chosen by the editor from the winners.
