CEO of the Year
This award recognizes the CEO who has developed a strategy to create a future enterprise. This CEO’s vision follows an agenda for the digital-first world, responding to new customer requirements, capabilities, critical infrastructure, and industry ecosystems. This CEO is an excellent storyteller, and he or she is successful in delivering this message to the rest of the organization. He or she continuously stresses the need for a digital enterprise as part of overall brand and strategy in response to the needs of a digital-first world. His or her vision includes working with partners within the ecosystem to develop new products, services, and experiences, built by a digitally capable and empowered workforce in a data-driven organization. The CEO also ensures that organization is equipped to take on the challenges of the digital-first world: striking a balance between business agility and innovation, managing risk and security, and cultivating sustainability within the business. The winner of this category must be the CEO of the entire business/group, and not just a division or department. He or she may also hold a Managing Director position for Asia/Pacific.
WHAT IT TAKES
The CEO of the Year:
- Defines the organization’s value, role, and partners in the digital-first world.
- Ensures critical infrastructure is in place to successfully deliver reliable digital services and pervasive experiences, while managing risk and security
- Focuses on creating empathy with customers at scale and engenders trust with customers, pivoting operations from throughput and efficiency to market-driven.
- Grows the enterprise into an intelligent organization by creating a dynamic work model to deliver innovative services and experiences at scale.
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