Janani Ananthakrushnan
September 10, 2016
Fortune magazine’s recently published list of 2016’s “Most Powerful Women – International’ features 3 Indian Women, all hailing from the banking sector. Ranking the Top 50 Powerful Women outside United States, the 2016 list covers influential women from 19 countries that include 18% new names.
Headed by Ana Botin, Group Executive Chairman of the Spanish Banking Group – Banco Santander, the list features Indians; Arundhati Bhattacharya, Chairperson – State bank of India occupying the #2 position, Chanda Kochhar, CEO and Managing Director – ICICI Bank occupying the #5 position and Shikha Sharma – CEO and Managing Director – Axis Bank occupying #19 position.
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The new entrants in the list include:
| NAME & RANK | TITLE | COMPANY |
| Wan Ling Martello – #14 | Head of Asia, Oceania and Africa | Nestle |
| Jennifer Li – #34 | CFO | Baidu |
| Jean Liu – #36 | President | Didi Chuxing |
| Tsai (Patty) Pei-Chun – #37 | CEO | Pou Chen Group |
| Alison Brittain – #39 | CEO | WhitBread |
| Erica Mann – #40 | Head of Consumer Health Division | Bayer |
| Anne Richards – #45 | CEO | M&G Investments |
| Nancy Southern – #46 | CEO, Chairman and President | ATCO |
| Linda Hasenfratz – #50 | CEO | Linamar |
Aside from the International List, the “U.S Most Powerful Women” list features Indian born Indra Nooyi, CEO and Chairman – PepsiCo in the #2 position. Lead by Mary Barra, CEO and Chairman – General Motors, the list has a surprise entrant, American Singer Beyonce occupying the #51 position.
COURTESY: Fortune Magazine
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