Female executives from 11 countries in Asia, spanning China, India, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam and Australia, are featured on this year\u2019s Fortune Most Powerful Women<\/a> Asia<\/a> (MPW Asia). They also hail from a diverse industries across finance, energy, transportation, food & beverage, hospitality and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We look at the 9 female business leaders who represent Singapore in the Fortune Most Powerful Women Asia 2024 list.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Read Also: 7 Female CEO Leading Fortune Southeast Asia 500 Companies Based In Singapore<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The highest ranked Singapore executive, and ranked 2nd overall, is Helen Wong, Group CEO of OCBC. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Helen started her career in OCBC as a management trainee in 1984, and has scaled the corporate ladder over four decades including at HSBC, before being named Group CEO of OCBC in 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The next highest-ranked female executive in Singapore, and 15th overall, is Tan Su Shan, the incoming CEO of DBS Group \u2013 once Piyush Gupta steps down in March 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Su Shan joined DBS in 2010 and currently leads its institutional banking, and has also been credited for its expanding consumer banking, wealth management and institutional banking businesses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Temasek\u2019s Chief Financial Officer, Png Chin Yee is the third Singaporean executive on the list, and ranked 20th overall. Having joined Temasek in 2011, Chin Yee also rose the ladder in-house to her current CFO role.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Founder of investment platform Granite Asia (post-split from GGV Capital), Jenny Lee, is ranked 33rd overall on the list. Granite Asia\u2019s focus is on investments in Asian start-up and has investment ties to the biggest names in Asia tech, including Alibaba, Didi, Grab, Xiaomi and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Granite Asia is also expanding beyond venture capital to asset classes such as private credit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ranked 56th overall, JoAnn Tan was promoted to CFO of SIA last year \u2013 becoming the first female finance chief in the airline\u2019s history. She represents the changing dymanics of the airline industry, where more women are assuming leadership roles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n JoAnn was pivotal in SIA\u2019s post-pandemic recovery, leading efforts to restore the airline\u2019s network and capacity as borders reopened \u2013 allowing SIA to capture pent-up travel demand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Read Also: The Building Series: Building A REIT With Serena Teo, CEO, CapitaLand Ascott Trust<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 89th-ranked overall, Michelle Cheo is the granddaughter of Cheo Peng Hong, who founded the food and agricultural business Mewah International in the 1950s. Michelle is credited with leading the public listing of the family business in 2010, and spearheading its push into the Indonesian market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Operating in Singapore, Malaysia, and Indonesia, Mewah supplies a range of products such as cooking oil, soap, and rice to disributors and consumers in over 100 countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Pearlyn Phau, placed 91st on the overall list, spent 18 years at DBS before joining Singlife in 2021 to lead the insurance and financial services group. Singlife is among the largest insurers in Singapore, with major clients that include the Ministry of Defence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Singlife was launched in 2017 as an insure-tech startup \u2013 becoming the first local insurer since 1970 to be licenced by MAS. Singlife acquired Zurich Life Singapore in 2018 and merged with Aviva Singapore in 2022. Today, Singlife is a wholly-owned by Sumitomo Life, which was an early investor, and finalised the acquisition of the firm in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Read Also: A Simple Analysis Of NTUC\u2019s Income Insurance Sale To Allianz<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Grace Chua is the CEO of Fairprice Group\u2019s Own Brands and Food Solutions division, and is placed 92nd on the overall list. As in-house brands become more important, especially with consumers trying to manage rising cost of living in Singapore, FairPrice is on an expansion drive to beef up its in-house branded products.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Grace Chua joined FairPrice Group in 2017, after a short stint as a founder of an edtech start-up and 14 years of experience with Johnson & Johnson prior to that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n LinkedIn Managing Director for Asia Pacific, Feon Ang, is responsible for expanding and growing the business networking site\u2019s business. Ranked 94th overall, Feon has spent over a decade at LinkedIn, and prior to that spent 13 years at consulting firm, Gartner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Asia Pacific region counts 310 million users \u2013 just over a quarter of Microsoft-owned LinkedIn\u2019s total users.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n#1 Helen Wong, Group CEO, OCBC<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure>\n\n\n\n#2 Tan Su Shan, Deputy CEO and Group Head of Institutional Banking, DBS Group<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure>\n\n\n\n#3 Png Chin Yee, CFO, Temasek<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure>\n\n\n\n#4 Jenny Lee, Senior Managing Partner, Granite Asia<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure>\n\n\n\n#6 Michelle Cheo Hui Ning, Deputy Chairperson, Executive Director and CEO, Mewah International<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure>\n\n\n\n#7 Pearlyn Phau, Group CEO, Singlife<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure>\n\n\n\n#9 Feon Ang, Managing Director, LinkedIn Asia Pacific<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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