Individual Category Winners
Gold, Silver, and Bronze Stevie® Award winners in the 22nd annual IBAs are listed by category. Winners were determined through more than two months of judging by the average scores of more than 250 professionals worldwide. Winners will be celebrated during a gala event in Lisbon, Portugal on Friday, 10 October.
Creative Person of the Year
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER
Beijing Campaign Lion Culture Co., Ltd., Beijing, China: Aihui Dong, Awards Consultant
BRONZE STEVIE® WINNER
Inhabitat LLC FZ, Dubai, United Arab Emirates: Sandra Fadayel, Founder & Creative Director
Pulp+Wire, Portland, Maine, United States: Taja Dockendorf, Founder/CEO
Crisis Leader of the Year
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER
LUXPAU SP. Z.O.O, Warsaw, Poland: Nataliya Bilchenko, Shareholder and Commercial Director
BRONZE STEVIE® WINNER
Veetee Group, Rochester, Kent, United Kingdom: Kumar Raghvendra, Commercial Director
Digital Transformation Leader of the Year
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER
Kendra Scott, Austin, Texas, United States: Kamanasish Kundu, SVP, Head of Digital & Ecommerce
SILVER STEVIE® WINNER
Abu Dhabi Agriculture and Food Safety Authority, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates: Aysha Alshamsi, Director of Data Management & Artificial Intelligence
Boosteroid, Austin, Texas, United States: Artem Skoryi, VP of Business Development
General Directorate of Residency and Foreigners Affairs, Dubai, United Arab Emirates: Lt.Colonel Dr. Ghalib Abdulla Almarri
Mitie, London, England, United Kingdom: Cijo Joseph, Chief Technology and Information Officer
Nubank, Sao Paulo, Brazil: Sayantan Mukhopadhyay, General Manager and Senior Director Product Management
BRONZE STEVIE® WINNER
Walmart Associate Inc., Bentonville, Arkansas, United States: Sibasis Padhi, Staff Software Engineer
Zenutna Holdings Corporation, Makati City, Metro Manila, Philippines: Avon Viray Morales, SVP/Chief People Officer
Ethical Leadership of the Year
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER
PuroClean, Tamarac, Florida, United States: Steve White, President & COO
SILVER STEVIE® WINNER
Goro Gupta, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia: Goro Gupta, Head Property & Finance Mentor
Finance Professional of the Year
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER
HALKBANK, Istanbul, Umraniye, Türkiye: Mr. Osman Arslan, CEO
SILVER STEVIE® WINNER
Alxport Business Solutions, Boca Raton, Florida, United States: Alex Porto Almeida, Founder
Budget, jeddah, Saudi Arabia: Dr. Ravish Tatli, Group CFO
BRONZE STEVIE® WINNER
General Directorate of Residency and Foreigners Affairs, Dubai, United Arab Emirates: Khalid Abdul Karim Mohammed Alblooki
Sempra, San Diego, California, United States: Karen Sedgwick, Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
Wasabi Technologies, Boston, Massachusetts, United States: Amrita Choudhary, Accounting Manager
Mentor of the Year
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER
Migdal Group, Tel-Aviv, Israel: Moshe Morgenstern, Deputy CEO and Director
BRONZE STEVIE® WINNER
Tunbridge Wells, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, United Kingdom: Victoria Usher, Founder & CEO
Rising Star of the Year
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER
Southern Power Company, Birmingham, Alabama, United States: Drumil Joshi
BRONZE STEVIE® WINNER
Synoptek, Boston, Massachusetts, United States: Rohan Roger, CTO
Social Impact Leader of the Year
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER
OPET, Istanbul, Atasehir, Türkiye: Nurten Ozturk, Founding Board Member
SILVER STEVIE® WINNER
Nancy S. Lind, Stevens Point, Wisconsin, United States: Nancy S. Lind
PJ Lhuillier Inc. (Cebuana Lhuillier), Makati City, Metro Manila, Philippines: Jean Henri Lhuillier, President and CEO
Rudaw Media Network, Erbil, Kurdistan Region, Iraq: Bestoon Khalid, Executive Producer and Host
BRONZE STEVIE® WINNER
NJMPF, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: Bongi Mkhize, CEO
Sustainability Advocate of the Year
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER
The Happiness Hub - Dr. Omneya Omar CEO & Founder, Dubai, United Arab Emirates: Dr. Omneya Omar, Wellbeing Advisor & Researcher
SILVER STEVIE® WINNER
Manila Electric Company, Pasig City, Metro Manila, Philippines: Raymond Ravelo, Meralco Chief Sustainability Officer
Team Builder of the Year
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER
Cognizant Technology Solutions, Pune, Maharashtra, India: Team Builder for Cognizant Moment Marketing & Advertising Services