Meet 10 finance leaders on Fortune’s Most Powerful Women Asia list

Good morning. This week, Fortune released the third annual Most Powerful Women Asia list, recognizing 100 women whose leadership, business performance, and influence are helping shape the region’s economic future.

The ranking spans 14 markets across Asia-Pacific. DBS Group CEO Tan Su Shan retains the No. 1 position. She made history in March 2025 as the first woman to lead DBS, Southeast Asia’s largest bank.

Twenty-four women are newcomers to this year’s list. Alongside CEOs and chairwomen, the ranking includes finance leaders working across industries. Fortune evaluated candidates based on the scale and performance of their organizations, career trajectory, influence, innovation, and broader societal impact.

Meet 10 finance leaders featured on Fortune’s 2026 Most Powerful Women Asia list:

—Meng Wanzhou, Deputy Chairwoman, Rotating Chairwoman and CFO at Huawei, China (No. 4)Huawei is a tech company that builds telecommunications equipment, smartphones, and smart devices. It posted 881 billion yuan ($126 billion) in revenue in 2025, its second-highest annual total on record. The company has also reclaimed the top spot in China’s smartphone market.

—Julie Gao, CFO at ByteDance, China (No. 15)Julie Gao spent more than a decade as a partner at law firm Skadden, specializing in capital markets, before joining ByteDance as CFO in 2022. The technology company is best known as the parent of short-video platform TikTok.

—Lin Tao, CFO and Corporate Executive Officer at Sony Group, Japan (No. 20)Lin Tao made history in April 2025 as Sony’s first female CFO. She oversees finance, strategy, corporate planning, and investor relations at the global entertainment giant.

—Arundhati Chakraborty, Global Lead for Finance and Global Capability Centers at Accenture, India (No. 39)Arundhati Chakraborty leads Accenture’s Finance Reinvention Partner unit, one of seven units........

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