IMPACT unveils 50 Most Influential Women List 2023

Anupriya Acharya, CEO, Publicis Groupe, South Asia has topped IMPACT’s 50 Most Influential Women in Media, Marketing and Advertising List, 2023 for commanding excellence in media and advertising for nearly three decades. As the first woman to hold a CEO position at a holding company level in India, Anupriya is one of the most prominent leaders in the advertising industry.

Tribes Communications was the Presenting Partner for the eleventh edition of IMPACT’s 50 Most Influential Women List which was powered by Loreal, while Spotify Advertising was the Celebratory Partner. This year, the list saw a healthy representation of women leaders from across domains. The eminent jury has handpicked 15 new faces and voices that are shaking up the industry right now. The number of women on the list from media companies is 7. There are 18 women in the list from the agency side like Creative, Media, Digital, Design, while 4 are from platforms. And the remaining 23 are from a marketing background, out of which 7 are from Digital first businesses. Also, we have two sets of joint rank holders this year.

The list was put together by a jury of most esteemed industry leaders, led by Sam Balsara, Chairman and Founder, Madison World. Other eminent names on the jury this year were Anuj Poddar, MD & CEO, Bajaj Electricals Ltd.; Bhaskar Sharma, CEO – India, Red Bull; Amin Lakhani, CEO, Mindshare, South Asia; Shalini Kamath, Founder & CEO, SK & Associates; Josy Paul, Chairman and Chief Creative Officer, BBDO India; Jasneet Bachal, CEO & Co- Founder, Earthworm; Paritosh Srivastava, CEO, L&K Saatchi & Saatchi, Publicis Worldwide, Saatchi Propagate & Publicis Beehive; Uttam Malani, Executive Director, Centuary Mattresses; Anjana Ghosh, ex- CEO, Xotik Frujus & ex- Bisleri; Hareesh Tibrewala, Joint CEO, Mirum India; CK Kumaravel, CEO, Natural Salons; and Nina Elavia Jaipuria, ex- Head - Hindi & Kids TV Network, Viacom.

Past toppers of IMPACT’s 50 Most Influential Women List include Shereen Bhan, Managing Editor, CNBC-TV18 (2022); Kalli Purie, Vice Chairperson, India Today Group (2020); Tanya Dubash, Executive Director and Chief Brand Officer, Godrej Industries (2019), Nadia Chauhan, Joint Managing Director & Chief Marketing Officer, Parle Agro (2018), Malini Agarwal, Founder & Creative Director, MissMalini Entertainment (2017), Ekta Kapoor, Joint Managing Director and Creative Director, Balaji Telefilms (2016), Kirthiga Reddy, then Managing Director of Facebook India (2015), Rama Bijapurkar, market strategy consultant and acclaimed business author (2014), Shobhana Bhartia, Chairperson and Editorial Director HT Media Group (2013) and Vinita Bali, then Managing Director of Britannia (2012).

Please find the full list of winners below: