Judging is finally completed and we are proud to announce winners of the 8th Malaysian CMO (Chief Marketing Officers) Awards 2025.
The process was robust and evaluated following our strict criteria, with a panel of 19 reputable judges.
The awards induction ceremony will be as follows:
Behind every CMO is an awesome team. So this year we also honour the Team behind each winning CMO.
AGENCY EDITION
In our eight year, the show is themed The Agency Edition where only agency partners nominate.
This edition allowed selected creative, media and communications agencies a chance to honour clients they love working with. Agencies got to nominate outstanding marketers – who inspire, collaborate and push for marketing excellence. All submissions went through their respective agencies.
Criteria
The selection process involved a combination of peer nominations, industry performance, and the influence these individuals have across their respective sectors, highlighting those who are making significant impacts with innovative campaigns, creative leadership and driving real growth.
2026 WINNERS (in alphabetical order):
| ALEX GOH – Vice President Marketing, Mr DIY. |
| AMY GAN – Vice President Marketing, Etika Group of Companies. |
| ANDREW PINTO – Vice President, Unifi Brand and Marketing. |
| ANGELINE TUNG – Head of Brand, Marketing & Communications, Prudential Assurance Malaysia. |
| BEN WOO – Head of Group Marketing, Astro. |
| BERNARD LEE – Head of Brand & Marketing U Mobile. |
| CHIN MEI LEE – Chief Marketing Officer, McDonald’s Malaysia. |
| DIANA BOO – Chief Marketing Officer, Boost. |
| IRENE CHEAH – Chief Marketing Officer, Ryt Bank. |
| JAYSON ONG – Head of Brand Marketing, Sharp Electronics Malaysia. |
| LEONG WAI YIN – Chief Marketing Officer, F&N Beverages Marketing |
| NIZAM SANI – Chief Marketing & Communications Officer, Bank Rakyat. |
| SAKI GOH – Marketing & E-Commerce Director, Wipro Unza Malaysia. |
| SHAYNE KOH – Head of Group Digital, Marketing & Branding, Alliance Bank Malaysia. |
| TEOH WEI LING – Marketing Director, A. Clouet (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd. |
| TONI DARUSMAN – Group Chief Brand & Marketing Officer, CIMB |
| VYNCE LIM – Former Head of Marketing, Serba Wangi. |
| WAN PING CHANG – Marketing Director, Ace Canning Corporation. |
| WENDY TAN – SVP & Head of Group Retail Banking Marketing, RHB Bank. |
Seats are limited, call Ruby on 03-7726 2588 to lock in your date with these winning CMOs.
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Seating is limited, get your tickets early: https://marketingmagazine.com.my/shop/awards/malaysian-cmo-awards-2026/
Watch previous year’s video here.
DISTINGUISHED JUDGES:
1. Mohamed Adam Wee Abdullah
Former Group CMO of Maybank and CIMB Group.
2. Andreas M. Vogiatzakis
Author, Self-Awareness Leadership Coach, TEDx Keynote Speaker, Master NLP Practitioner,
3. Bharat Avalani
Founder & CEO, Connecting the Dots Consultancy.
4. Caryn Loh
MD, Watsons Malaysia & COO of Health & Beauty Asia.
5. Chanchal Chakrabarty
Advisor – Tech & Entertainment, ex-CEO at GroupM Malaysia.
6. Chris Jaques
Founding Partner & CEO, Transformation Group, Macau.
Former CEO of APAC, Europe & U.S. @ Omnicom, WPP.
7. Datuk Seri Mohammed Shazalli Ramly
Media & Strategic Communications Adviser to Prime Minister’s Office (PMO).
8. Datuk William Ng
MD of Audience Analytics Limited (SGX:1AZ).
President of Small and Medium Enterprises Association Malaysia (SAMENTA).
9. George Ang
CEO of A&W and Director at Inter Mark Resources.
10. Greg Paull
President, Global Growth for MediaSense in New York.
11. Henry Tan
Former CEO of Astro Malaysia.
12. Joel Neoh
Founding Partner, First Move.
Co-founded 3 companies from 0 to IPO (Fave, Groupon, Says.com)
13. John D. Chacko
Executive Chairman, Recode.
President Malaysia & Global VP, International Advertising Association.
14. Karen Chan
Chief Customer Officer, FairPrice Group.
Board of Directors (INED) QSR Brands.
Board of Directors (INED) Bata Group.
15. Raghunath aka Brandman
Curator of milestone brand marketing conference BRANDFEST.
16. Renzo C Viegas
Founder & Executive Director, Crescer Sdn Bhd.
17. Santharuban Thurai Sundaram
CEO of Etika Group of Companies.
Malaysian CMO of the Year award winner.
18. Tony Savarimuthu
Former CEO/Board Director of Dentsu LHS.
Organised by MARKETING Magazine Asia.
© According to our Awards Policy, we do not publish names of Non-Winners.
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