Female CEO of the Year Awards (2024)

About the Female CEO of the Year Awards

CEO Monthly proudly presents the Female CEO of the Year Awards 2024, celebrating the third consecutive year of honouring the world’s most distinguished female CEOs. This esteemed awards programme is dedicated to women who have demonstrated exceptional leadership, steering their organisations toward growth, innovation, and success despite the ever-changing business environment.

The Female CEO of the Year Awards 2024 targets visionary female leaders who have significantly contributed to their firms and set new benchmarks in their respective industries and communities. We aim to spotlight those who have embraced agility and flexibility to adapt to rapidly evolving market conditions, ensuring their organisations stay ahead in the competitive landscape.

In 2024, women CEOs have made impressive gains, representing over 10% of Fortune 500 leaders. Sectors like healthcare, financial services, and industrials have seen significant female representation, with accelerated growth in executive roles. Women’s leadership in EdTech and HealthTech is also increasing. Companies with more women in leadership report superior financial performance, highlighting the benefits of gender diversity. Despite some underrepresentation in sectors such as finance and energy, the overall trend is positive. Although challenges remain, there has been an increase in senior positions held by women. This progress not only dismantles stereotypes but also fosters innovation and profitability. The rising number of female CEOs and executives underscores the ongoing advancements and positive impact of gender diversity in the corporate world.

CEO Monthly is committed to fostering a culture of excellence and leadership across the global business community. By organising the Female CEO of the Year Awards 2024, we provide a platform to celebrate the achievements of women who are not only driving their businesses forward but also setting exemplary standards for future generations of leaders. Recognising and celebrating female CEOs is more important than ever, especially in a challenging year with slow growth and economic uncertainties on the horizon.

The awards process is very straightforward! CEO Monthly welcomes external nominations from anyone who wishes to put forward a deserving peer for consideration. Alternatively, CEO Monthly also conducts its own independent research to identify potential candidates for recognition. The research team uses various sources of publicly available information to evaluate the performance and reputation of each nominee. The research team then presents its findings to our judging panel, who make the final decision on who will be successful in this year’s awards.

Participating in the Female CEO of the Year Awards 2024 offers unparalleled recognition and exposure among an elite network of business leaders. It’s an opportunity for female CEOs to showcase their achievements on a global stage, gain insights from peers, and celebrate their success stories with a worldwide audience. The awards highlight the importance of women in leadership and provide a platform for female business leaders to inspire and be inspired by others in the business community.

The benefits of taking part in the Female CEO of the Year Awards 2024 are numerous. If you are successful in this year’s programme, you will be presented to our circulation of 48,000 and promoted on our official website for a minimum of 12 months.

In addition, our awardees are welcome to choose from our range of competitively priced promotional opportunities to increase exposure of the good news!

Participating in this esteemed program enhances credibility, boosts morale, and fosters a culture of excellence within organisations. The awards serve as a testament to the hard work and dedication of female CEOs, encouraging others to strive for similar success.

For those interested in nominating a CEO or learning more about how the Female CEO of the Year Awards 2024 can amplify your success, please reach out to our nominations team at [email protected] or click on the ‘Vote Now’ button!

Methodology

Researching CEO Monthly nominees

Shortlisting our nominees

Judging & evaluating nominees

Reaching out to winners

Make the most of your win

Researching our nominees

The CEO Monthly team work ardently to identify great business leaders, driving many of the nominations themselves. We also encourage external nominations via the subscribers of the magazine, online visitors, social media followers, clients and wider circulation. Nominating parties are invited to put forward either CEOs of third-party businesses whom they hold in high regard, or the CEO of the business which they are a part of.

Shortlisting our nominees

All nominees are formally requested to accept their nomination. Should any firm or individual rather decline at this point, they are simply taken out of the running. Those formally accepting are given the opportunity to submit additional materials in support of their nomination. Although there is no obligation to complete and supply material, we have found that many nominees value this stage, in the process, as much as our research team do.

Evaluating nominees

Our dedicated research team will assess all information presented to them. The team gather information independently from a variety of publicly accessible sources, which are assessed alongside any material supplied by a nominating party or the nominee themselves. The research team casts their final judgment, based on various criteria such as: business performance whilst the CEO has been in the position, any dramatic or positive change within the business since the CEO took the helm, feedback from any stakeholders during this time and any new innovations within the timeframe.

Our lucky winners

Once winners are selected, they are personally notified before any public announcement is made, allowing time for any communications throughout the wider business and the coordination of marketing strategies. Unfortunately, not everyone can be a winner; however, all who take part are encouraged to come back next year. Once the press embargo is lifted, details of our award winners will be made public via the website, award winners’ magazine and subscriber newsletter.

Share the exciting news

We are prepared to offer a range of promotional packages and items to winners in the Global CEO Excellence Awards, which vary from inclusion in the free-of-charge winners’ directory, to trophies, content in our magazine and on our website.

We encourage all winners to publicly announce their win independently in order to gain maximum exposure for them personally and for their business. Announcements via company websites, social media, via publicly released press releases, and through local and national press are all great ways of maximising the exposure which can be gained from such a great achievement. If you have need of further advice, on how to publicise your win, please feel free to get in touch. We are happy to assist our clients with their needs.

Meet The Team

Need Help With Your Nomination? We can point you in the right direction.

The Nomination Team can assist with answering any queries that you have regarding a nomination, or the process involved in taking part in one of our award programmes.

Please get in touch with us via email or over the phone if you have any questions - we are happy to help!

Key Dates

Entries Open:

Sunday 11th August 2024

Entries Closed:

Wednesday 9th October 2024

Winners Announced:

December 2024

Our Awards Team

Laura O'Carrol - CEO Monthly Awards Team Leader

Laura joined AI Global Media in 2014 and has since proven to be a most respected, conscientious and valued team member. Laura oversees CEO Monthly’s key awards programmes ensuring that all nominees and winners receive a great experience from the team and that our winners are supported in gaining maximum exposure for achieving truly great things within the healthcare and pharmaceutical industries.

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FAQs

How long has CEO Monthly been in circulation for?+

CEO Monthly launched in 2017, but it is already well on its way to cementing a place amongst the highly respected sources for information within its sector. This is shown by an ever-expanding circulation which is currently 60,000 strong. Our publication aims to offer the very latest insight, interviews and profiles of Chief Executive Officers from across the corporate landscape. We achieve this through our dedicated editorial team who work diligently to provide the latest news and updates, drawing on their network of contacts from across the globe who span every major industry and sector, providing comment and insight which is invaluable. CEO Monthly is one of the many publications by AI Global Media, a UK based publisher which has published over 200 worldwide publications to its name since 2010.

Where did the nomination come from?+

As mentioned in the methodology, we frequently nominate candidates ourselves. In terms of voting, in the interest of maintaining high response rates, we do not ask nominees to reveal their personal identity, if you didn’t cast a vote by self-submission it is likely to have been cast via a colleague or client who has received one of our direct invitations. The main ethos of our awards system is that your ability to succeed is not linked to the number of votes received, with the most pertinent belief behind this being that all awards will be received purely on merit. As a means of identifying spam votes and countering cyber-threats, we are constantly monitoring the site for unusual behaviour.

What happens if I agree to be on the shortlist?+

As we look to keep maximum focus on relevant candidates, we ask all nominees to accept their position on the shortlist. This also gives people complete control in their decision on whether they would like to move forward with the award. There is no cost for you to be added onto the shortlist or for any of our winners. Nominees who accept will then proceed to our rigorous internal vetting procedure. They are given an opportunity to present their own data which gets considered alongside the information collated by our research team. It can take up to 8 weeks for research to be completed.

Who makes the final decision?+

We employ an entirely impartial panel of 5 individuals to conduct all of the research to our high standards. At the helm of the panel we have a veteran academic leader with international academic and training experience. They are well versed in research, fact-checking and mediation. We believe this method is the most efficient in determining which individuals and companies are most deserving in winning an award and has brought us much success and commendation throughout its use. Our continued use of this panel plays a key part in enforcing CEO Monthly’s stance that winners are not determined by popularity of votes, but by their contributions to the sector.

Is there a winner’s ceremony/award dinner and if so, when does it take place?+

We do not focus our efforts on a celebratory event. Despite being an enjoyable occasion, it doesn’t support our group’s philosophy of cost-effective marketing. As well as the lack of cost efficiency, CEO Monthly is an establishment which runs awards worldwide and we believe it would be logistically difficult for some of our winners to attend an awards ceremony. We follow the belief that any of the optional costs involved with the award would be more beneficial in a year’s worth of online marketing for a winner, rather than spending it all on a ceremonial evening. All of our press announcements are made digitally, online and across our network to enforce our position as digital publishers. We aim to arm you with the tools (both digital and physical) to generate real-world value.

What happens if I am deemed successful?+

There is a short press embargo in place where we ask you not to make the news public, giving us the chance to prepare the different means of coverage we offer for companies. This means that during this period the program manager will liaise with you to agree on the most appropriate coverage for you. Our main feature takes the form of a digital celebratory magazine, but we also offer physical trophies, wall mounted and digital certificates, web-based advertisements and press releases which are bespoke to you or your company. These options are aimed to make the awards tailor made to each individual firm, regardless of which option you decide to go for.

Are there any costs involved?+

As previously mentioned, there are no compulsory costs in accepting a nomination or winning an award with CEO Monthly. We do offer a variety of paid additional benefits for our winners, but these are completely optional and merely supplementary to your award rather than essential. To demonstrate our commitment to no mandatory fees, all of our winners are offered a free of charge promotional package. Our company policy will always remain: regardless of budget, our clients should always be able to garner the full value of the award and our seal of approval.

Why does your email domain differ from your website domain?+

Because we send a large volume of emails, we separate our campaign email sends from our transactional ones. This structure helps to ensure a prompt and thorough response from one of our diligent team members. The sending email address will always be recognisable but please contact us via the address on this page if you have any concerns.