Across Asia, women are climbing the ranks, whether it be through business or politics. Asia’s high-powered business women have been on FORBES’s radar, with the list of Asia’s 50 Power Business Women in February. However while CEOs like Zhang Xin of Soho China and Chua Sock Koong of SingTel are making waves with their business skills, Asian women shouldn’t be boxed into one base of power. Former business juggernaut Chan Laiwa is now one of the worlds most important artistic investors and cultural diplomats, preserving and presenting China’s red sandalwood art around the world. Yingluck Shinawatra and Aung San Suu Kyi yield political power on an international scale. Sri Mulyani Indrawati and Margaret Chan manage some of the most influential international humanitarian organizations in the world.
Read more at Forbes, published 29 August 2012.
Across Asia, women are climbing the ranks, whether it be through business or politics. Asia’s high-powered business women have been on FORBES’s radar, with the list of Asia’s 50 Power Business Women in February. However while CEOs like Zhang Xin of Soho China and Chua Sock Koong of SingTel are making waves with their business skills, Asian women shouldn’t be boxed into one base of power. Former business juggernaut Chan Laiwa is now one of the worlds most important artistic investors and cultural diplomats, preserving and presenting China’s red sandalwood art around the world. Yingluck Shinawatra and Aung San Suu Kyi yield political power on an international scale. Sri Mulyani Indrawati and Margaret Chan manage some of the most influential international humanitarian organizations in the world.
Read more at Forbes, published 29 August 2012.