LSN Asian Lioness – Year 2026: The 50 Most Powerful Women in South & Southeast Asia

LSN's ranked list of the 50 most powerful women across South and Southeast Asia: the women with the power to make decisions, move money and people, and shape what happens next in the region.

  1. Nirmala Sitharaman — Union Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs — Government of India
  2. Destry Damayanti — Governor — Bank Indonesia
  3. Tan Su Shan — Chief Executive Officer — DBS Group
  4. Teresita (Tessie) Sy-Coson — Vice Chairperson, SM Investments Corp.; Chairperson, BDO Unibank — SM Group
  5. Martha Sazon — President and CEO — Mynt (Globe Fintech Innovations) – operator of GCash
  6. Roshni Nadar Malhotra — Chairperson — HCLTech
  7. Suphajee Suthumpun — Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Commerce — Government of Thailand (Bhumjaithai)
  8. Maryam Nawaz Sharif — Chief Minister of Punjab — Government of Punjab (Pakistan)
  9. Priya Nair — CEO and Managing Director — Hindustan Unilever (HUL)
  10. Nita M. Ambani — Founder-Chairperson — Reliance Foundation
  11. Png Chin Yee — President, Temasek Singapore (and CFO, Temasek International until 1 Oct 2026) — Temasek
  12. Nguyen Thi Phuong Thao — Chairwoman — Vietjet Air
  13. Puan Maharani — Speaker, House of Representatives (DPR) — DPR RI / PDI-P
  14. Droupadi Murmu — President of India — Republic of India
  15. Falguni Nayar — Founder, Executive Chairperson, MD and CEO — Nykaa (FSN E-Commerce Ventures)
  16. Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw — Executive Chairperson — Biocon
  17. Megawati Soekarnoputri — Chairwoman (Ketua Umum) — PDI-P
  18. Pham Thi Thanh Tra — Deputy Prime Minister; Secretary, Party Central Committee — Government of Vietnam / CPV
  19. Josephine Teo — Minister for Digital Development and Information; Minister-in-charge of Cybersecurity and Smart Nation — Government of Singapore
  20. Meutya Hafid — Minister of Communication and Digital Affairs — Government of Indonesia
  21. Wallaya Chirathivat — President — Central Group
  22. Bui Thi Minh Hoai — Politburo member; Secretary, Party Central Committee; President, Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee — Communist Party of Vietnam
  23. Kattiya Indaravijaya — Chief Executive Officer — KASIKORNBANK (KBank)
  24. Azalina Othman Said — Minister in the Prime Minister's Department (Law and Institutional Reform) — Government of Malaysia (UMNO/BN)
  25. Arundhati Bhattacharya — President and CEO — Salesforce South Asia
  26. Mai Kieu Lien — CEO and Board Member — Vinamilk
  27. Vo Thi Anh Xuan — Vice President (State); Secretary, Party Central Committee — Socialist Republic of Vietnam
  28. Lalisa 'Lisa' Manobal — Recording artist and actor — Independent (solo career)
  29. Khofifah Indar Parawansa — Governor of East Java — Provincial Government of East Java
  30. Malala Yousafzai — Co-founder — Malala Fund
  31. Nguyen Thi Hong — Vice Chairwoman of the National Assembly (2026–31); former Governor, State Bank of Vietnam (2020–26) — National Assembly of Vietnam
  32. Gagandeep Kang — Director, Enterics, Diagnostics, Genomics & Epidemiology — Gates Foundation
  33. Michelle Yeoh — Actor and producer — Independent
  34. Harini Amarasuriya — Prime Minister — Government of Sri Lanka (NPP)
  35. Sobita Gautam — Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs — Government of Nepal (Rastriya Swatantra Party)
  36. Stasshani Jayawardena — Chairperson and interim Managing Director — Aitken Spence PLC
  37. Sarena Cheah — Executive Deputy Chair — Sunway Group
  38. Sara Duterte-Carpio — Vice President of the Philippines — Office of the Vice President
  39. Maria Ressa — CEO and President — Rappler
  40. Sri Mulyani Indrawati — Independent Co-Chair, IDA22 Replenishment (World Bank); Member, Gates Foundation Board — World Bank / Gates Foundation
  41. Jareeporn Jarukornsakul — Group CEO and Chairman of the Executive Committee — WHA Corporation
  42. Raja Teh Maimunah Raja Abdul Aziz — Group Chief Executive Officer — Bank Islam Malaysia Berhad
  43. Sim Ann — Second Minister for Foreign Affairs; Second Minister for Home Affairs — Government of Singapore
  44. Thai Huong — Founder — TH Group (TH True Milk)
  45. Soumya Swaminathan — Chairperson; Principal Advisor, National TB Elimination Programme — M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation; Government of India
  46. Thapanee Techajareonvikul — President and CEO — Berli Jucker (BJC)
  47. Shinta W. Kamdani — Chairwoman — Indonesian Employers' Association (APINDO)
  48. Tessa Wijaya — Co-founder and COO — Xendit
  49. Grace Fu — Minister for Sustainability and the Environment; Minister-in-charge of Trade Relations — Government of Singapore
  50. Sherry Rehman — Senator; PPP Parliamentary Leader in the Senate; Chair, Senate Standing Committee on Climate Change — Senate of Pakistan / Pakistan Peoples Party