Anne Abraham
Chief Executive Officer at LeadWomen Sdn Bhd
After 25 years of serving in several key leadership positions in the corporate world, Anne left to establish a consulting and training organisation, Leadwomen Sdn Bhd, committed to changing perceptions and mindsets on the significance of balanced gender leadership. Wanting to live her passion and have more purpose in her work, she decided to focus her next phase in life in this space.
As founder and CEO of LeadWomen, Anne plays a pivotal role in guiding the company’s vision and mission towards developing and advancing women into leadership positions across the corporate and government sectors with a hope that it will also gain traction across the ASEAN Region.
She is the co-founder for the Malaysian Chapter of the 30% Club, setup to drive for 30% women on boards and senior decision making positions in all public companies. The Club is a business-led campaign, which is a part of a global movement, focused on achieveing gender balanced leadership across corporations.
As a strong advocate and supporter for women leadership development, she frequently speaks at events and sits on panels focused on empowering into Women in Leadership and Board positions.
She currently also serves as a board director of a Malaysian Public Listed Company, Chairman for Media Prima Digital and a member on the Panel of Women Entrepreneurs, SMECorp Malaysia.
Prior to LeadWomen, she was the Managing Director of SAP Malaysia and Cisco Malaysia, two of the largest global technology corporations in their segment. She was successful at building high-performance executive teams and leading technology and service organizations. In those capacities, she ensured that the diversity and inclusion agenda was aligned with the business strategy.