The Women in Technology Forum and Awards 2025 took place at the spectacular Sofitel Dubai Downtown and sought to celebrate and empower women in the technology sector as hosted by CPI Media Group and tahawultech.
This year’s awards aligned seamlessly with the International Women’s Day (IWD) 2025 campaign theme, ‘Accelerate Action’, which calls for collective efforts to drive gender equality in the workplace and beyond. In the spirit of Accelerating Action, the event aimed to break barriers, challenge biases and help foster a culture of inclusivity to create equitable opportunities for women in technology.
The awards process involved the editorial team evaluating nominations from across the region with the goal of honouring female tech professionals, frontrunners and trailblazers. These accolades celebrate those who exemplify resilience, excellence and position themselves as a driving force to shape the future of technology.
Sponsored by Supporting Partners- Commvault, Fortinet, Logitech and OPSWAT this prestigious event featured two expansive panel discussions with industry insiders and a fireside chat session with Loubna Imenchal, Vice President & Head of Enterprise Business – AMECA & Türkiye at Logitech, an accomplished professional with more than 20+ years’ experience in sales, operations and business expansion. As Head of Enterprise Business at Logitech, she spoke about her mission to foster inclusive leadership, mentorship, and career advancement for women across the Africa, Middle East, Türkiye, and Central Asia region.
Under the title of Empowering Women Leaders: Leveraging AI to Advance Careers the first panel saw the opinions of notable speakers including Esha D’Souza from Corporate Group; Loubna Imenchal from Logitech; Dr. Pallavi Ranjan from Murdoch University Dubai; Vasudha Khandeparkar from Grant Thornton – UAE and Zina Ashour from Women in Crypto Arabia (WIC). Our Second panel discussion, titled Pioneering Parity: UAE’s Leadership in Empowering Women in Tech, featured insights from female thought-leaders such as, Mariana Missakian founder of The UNMUTE Project; Mary O’Leary a tax and sustainability expert and Suraya Turk from Legal Circle.
The winners of the Women in Technology Forum and Awards 2025 are:
- Esha D’Souza, Corporate Group- Inspirational Woman Leader 2025
- Dr. Pallavi Ranjan, Murdoch University Dubai- Inspirational Woman Leader 2025
- Vasudha Khandeparkar, Grant Thornton UAE- Inspirational Woman Leader 2025
- Zina Ashour, Women in Crypto Arabia (WIC)- Inspirational Woman Leader 2025
- Mariana Missakian- Inspirational Woman Leader 2025
- Mary O’Leary- Inspirational Woman Leader 2025
- Suraya Turk, Legal Circle- Inspirational Woman Leader 2025
- Sherifa Hady, HPE Aruba Networking- Woman Leader of the Year
- Meriam ElOuazzani, SentinelOne- Cybersecurity Sales Visionary of the Year
- Haidi Nossair, Dell Technologies- Technology Visionary Leader of the Year
- Yasmin Khaliq, Equinix- Marketing Visionary of the Year
- Nichola Banerjee, Nexthink- Marketing Visionary of the Year
- Nagham Halaby, Infor- Marketing Visionary of the Year
- Raji Joy John, StarLink- Marketing Visionary of the Year
- Sirin Akrouk, Pure Storage- Marketing Visionary of the Year
- Loubna Imenchal, Logitech- Technology Leadership Innovator of the Year
- Nigina Bender, Jabra- Influential Sales Personality of the Year
- Sheeba Sultan Hasnain, SENTIENTE- Woman Executive of the Year
- Kristin McDonald, Kaspersky Middle East- Senior Marketing Leader of the Year
- Khushnida Akramova, Seidor MENA- Senior Marketing Leader of the Year
- Shradha Subramanian, Nutanix- Senior Marketing Leader of the Year
- Zeina Haggag, OPSWAT- Senior Marketing Leader of the Year
- Gunika Arora, Kyriba- Senior Marketing Leader of the Year
- Fionnuala Morris, Kyndryl- Technology Executive Leader of the Year
- Litty Reji, TechBridge Distribution- Marketing Excellence in Operations & Analytics
- Joumana Karam, Acer- Marketing Executive of the Year
- Manal Abi Rafeh, Fortinet- Marketing Pioneer of the Year
- Lena Halbourian, Commvault- Technology Trailblazer of the Year
- Rasha A. Zaki, Cisco- Brand Relationship Executive of the Year
- Rima Taha, Huawei Technologies- Brand Relationship Personality of the Year
- Eliane Gerges, Dynatrace- Technology Frontrunner of the Year
- Nidhi Aiyanna, Citrix- Innovative Marketing Leader of the Year
- Nabila Ayatti, Mindware- Innovative Marketing Leader of the Year
- Amrita Ghanty, Cyble- Innovative Marketing Leader of the Year
- Shaed Khader, Logicom Distribution- Innovative Marketing Leader of the Year
- Manju Mathew, StorIT Distribution- Technology Champion of the Year
- Sabine Salloum, Commvault- Influential Channel Personality of the Year
- Mallika Sharma, HPE Aruba Networking- Transformational Marketing Leader of the Year
- Ekta Puthran, Barco- Technology Icon of the Year
- Chanchal Hotwani, Ingram Micro Gulf- Marketing Strategist of the Year
- Zainab Yusuf, StorIT Distribution FZCO- Marketing Strategist of the Year
- Anusree M., Avientek- Marketing Strategist of the Year
- Sonali Basu Roy, Bulwark Technologies- Marketing Strategist of the Year
- Widad Abdalhadi, Cisco- Channel Sales Rising Star of the Year
- Areej Khan, Innoxhub Global- Technology Businesswoman of the Year
- Chantelle Tavid, NVIDIA- Influential Marketing Personality of the Year
- Mary Mikhail, SentinelOne- Influential Marketing Personality of the Year
- Tarannum Mohammed Saqib- Influential Marketing Personality of the Year
- Anita Quadros, Wesco Anixter- Strategic Sales Leader of the Year
- Konica Khandelwal, Inception – A G42 Company- Strategic Sales Leader of the Year
- Nandini Sapru, emt Distribution META- Strategic Sales Leader of the Year
- Reena Alex John, Finesse- Strategic Sales Leader of the Year
- Bindhya Ramadasa, Forescout Technologies Inc.- Brand Awareness Marketeer of the Year
- Eleni Papapostolou, Vectra AI- Brand Awareness Marketeer of the Year
- Meenakshi Vashisht, VisionTech Systems international LLC- Brand Awareness Marketeer of the Year
- Reshma Yasodharan, emt Distribution META- Brand Awareness Marketeer of the Year
- Heeba Siddiqa, VAD Technologies- Brand Awareness Marketeer of the Year
- Dannah Jane Gargar, Gulf Business Machines (GBM)- Marketing Rising Star of the Year
- Nana Xu, Hikvision FZE- Marketing Rising Star of the Year
- Safa Qamar, NX Digital Technology- Marketing Rising Star of the Year
- Thripti Rao, Jedox- Marketing Rising Star of the Year
- Saranya Chandradas, MITSUMI Distribution- Marketing Rising Star of the Year
- Krishnapriya Nikhil, Digit Solutions LLC- Marketing Rising Star of the Year
- Tamara Zbibo, Zero&One- Marketing Rising Star of the Year