Please enable JavaScript in your web browser settings, under the site permissions section to unlock full site functionality. Click here for help.

Year Round

Most Influential CEO Awards (2024)

CEO Monthly Magazine has been celebrating influential CEOs since we published our inaugural issue back in 2017. It’s no secret that what we perceive as a good leader today, is very different to what it would have been twenty years ago. Modern leadership has been borne out of the complexities of modern workplaces and the increasingly diverse team members working within them.

View Hall Of Fame

Award background image - Most Influential CEO Awards

About the Most Influential CEO Awards

CEO Monthly Magazine is proud to announce the return of our annual Most Influential CEO Awards for 2025.

Since its inception in 2017, CEO Monthly Magazine has been committed to celebrating outstanding leadership, adapting its vision to reflect the evolving definition of what makes a great leader. Today’s CEOs navigate diverse teams and complex workspaces, requiring a blend of adaptability, emotional intelligence and strategic vision. Their influence extends beyond decision-making, shaping the culture, performance and direction of their organisations.

Hand-picked by our very own in-house research team, recipients of these prestigious awards can rest assured that they have been identified based on merit alone using pre-defined criteria. We consider how influence impacts the organisation’s strategy, performance, consistency, adaptability, communication, forward planning, emotional intelligence, and culture and values; we look to celebrate CEOs who consistently show noteworthy leadership qualities, which are lived and breathed through their organisations.

Those who go on to be successful are provided with a great range of marketing tools to help them capitalise on their win; ranging from no-cost brand visibility on our website, to dedicated editorial profiles within our digital magazine and personalised branded materials to help promote the achievement further.

We take pride in our policy that irrespective of budget, our awards provide our winners with a chance to promote themselves across our network and theirs, we can help to increase the size of their digital footprint and to stand out in a competitive arena.

We also recommend entries in our A-Z directory and inclusion in our annual winner’s supplement, again both excellent tools for linking and sharing.

Share this award:

Voting for this award is done in-house - Sidebar box

Year Round

Get on our radar!

The winners of the Most Influential CEO Awards are determined solely by our in-house research team, but if you think you would be a great fit for the awards, you can register your interest by clicking below and filling out a short form!

Meet Jo Holloway, Your Awards Coordinator

Jo has been a valuable part of the AI Global Media team since 2016. She’s passionate about her role and takes great pride in working alongside our customers to deliver value and promote their successes.

Meet The Team

Email: [email protected]

Phone Number: 020 3970 0048

What our clients say

David Preston Realise.me.uk

First, thank you for the wonderful recognition. We're making the most of the award and when I published it on LinkedIn - our key communications channel - we got a huge amount of comments and engagement.

Dan Hostetler Above and Beyond Family Recovery Center

It was seamless working with your teams. Everyone knew what everyone else was doing and I did not encounter any of the normal "crossed wires" in trying to figure out what was going on. You've got a "dream team" behind you! The process was very simple and easy as pie to follow.

Jono Leaf-Wright DP World Lions Cricket

The response time and support from your staff was superb. You were very professional from start to finish. I really enjoyed working with your team. Thank you for your support.

Lushani Kodituwakku Luminii Consulting

Thank you for this accolade and recognition. The award has significantly boosted mine and Luminii Consulting's visibility, as evidenced by the numerous clients who have reached out to congratulate me on this achievement. Winning the award has also captured the attention of prospective clients and has been a catalyst for generating increased interest in our services. Moreover, it has provided the platform to rekindle relationships with existing clients, opening exciting possibilities for further collaboration.

Tony H uk.goldaceestates.com

The whole process was just the way it should be, gave me calmness and was just contempt with handling from start to finish.

So thank you all massively.

How does it work?

Selection

The CEO Monthly Magazine team work attentively to distinguish the most relevant and eligible CEOs for consideration in the awards. They subscribe to all the key business news sources; they absorb industry specific news via our relevant networks, they monitor the growth lists and people moves via our own extensive database, and they conduct full and thorough investigations to formalise nominees before they pass them over to the next stage, Research.

Award methodology image #1 - Most Influential CEO Awards | CEO Monthly

Research & Judging

Our in-house research team assess each nominee independently. They verify the reasons for selection and are tasked with linking this to evidence via a wide range of sources, largely available within the public domain. This includes news articles, journals, corporate websites, members associations, professional directories, press releases and other published work. Criteria includes education, experience, third-party corporate recognition, physical and digital presence, client testimonials, investor reviews, products and services and corporate progression.

Award methodology image #2 - Most Influential CEO Awards | CEO Monthly

Sharing the news

Once our recipients are agreed, our Brand Coordinator contacts them each individually to discuss their inclusion and next steps. We create some distance between the public announcement to allow for wider corporate communications and the coordination of marketing strategies. We ask the winners to “accept” the award privately before anything is published and depending on the level of coverage they agree, this will be formalised via our monthly digital magazine, the annual winners supplement, or the A-Z directory.

Award methodology image #3 - Most Influential CEO Awards | CEO Monthly

Celebrating

There are no compulsory costs associated with accepting the award; our winners are invited to feature in our A-Z directory on an entirely complimentary basis. We encourage our winners to spread the good news across their own website and social media channels to capitalise on the success. Afterall, what’s the point of winning an award if you don’t tell anyone! We do also offer several paid for options, these are for winners who seek to maximise the potential of the award via supplementary coverage. These packages offer varying levels of exposure across our platform and include skilfully produced promotional resources designed to increase the coverage.

Award methodology image #4 - Most Influential CEO Awards | CEO Monthly

Frequently Asked Questions

Who nominated me?

The Most Influential CEO Awards are managed solely in house. This means that all nominations stem from decisions made within the organisation. For specific detail on any case, please email the Brand Coordinator who sent the notification.

Why was I selected?

We use a selection of trusted sources to guide our selection process, usually including trade news sources and publications, corporate finance news, funding/investment rounds, B2B events, members associations, professional directories, and press releases.

Who makes the decision?

As with the selection process, all decisions regarding winners are also determined in house. This allows us to maintain high and consistent standards when evaluating candidate against our criteria.

We believe this method is the most efficient in determining which companies and individuals are the most deserving of inclusion in the programme and has brought us much success and praise throughout its use.

Is there a ceremony for the winners?

We favour a digital approach to our celebrations, because truly we feel that’s where they will get the most value. It is not only a logistical challenge to coordinate our winners for one evening of celebration, but it also places unnecessary cost burdens on them. We focus on cost-effective methods of promotion across our international platform and believe that the optional costs associated with an award are better placed in a year’s worth of online marketing compared to one ceremonial evening.

Are there any costs involved?

There are no compulsory costs involved. We do however offer a range of paid for packages, which can support promotional activity around the award for winners who see value in it. These are entirely optional. We are proud to offer a free of charge listing in the annual winner’s directory. Our policy will always ensure that irrespective of budget, our winners should be able to garner the full value of the award and our seal of approval.

View our product brochure

Explore our product brochure to discover our full range of offerings, tailored to meet your needs.

View Product Brochure

Hall of Fame

Explore our Hall of Fame to view and celebrate the achievements of our past and current award winners.

HINT Select a year, then hit 'Go' to proceed.

View our media pack

Discover the benefits of partnering with us. Our media pack provides detailed information on advertising opportunities, audience each, and engagement metrics. View now to learn how you can connect with influential business leaders and enhance your brand's visibility.

View Media Pack