Global
rank |
Name |
Company |
Country |
| 1 |
Cynthia Carroll
|
Anglo American |
Britain |
| 2 |
Gail Kelly
|
Westpac |
Australia |
| 3 |
Marjorie Scardino
|
Pearson |
Britain |
| 4 |
Anne Lauvergeon
|
Areva |
France |
| 5 |
Barbara Dalibard
|
Orange Business Services |
France |
| 6 |
Barbara Kux
|
Siemens |
Germany |
| 7 |
Annika Falkengren
|
SEB |
Sweden |
| 8 |
Guler Sabanci
|
Sabanci Holding |
Turkey |
| 9 |
Maria Ramos
|
Absa |
South Africa |
| 10 |
Marina Berlusconi
|
Fininvest |
Italy |
| 11 |
Ana Patricia Botin
|
Banesto |
Spain |
| 12 |
Maureen Kempston Darkes
|
GM |
U.S. |
| 13 |
Nancy McKinstry
|
Wolters Kluwer |
Netherlands |
| 14 |
Chua Sock Koong
|
Singapore Telecommunications |
Singapore |
| 15 |
Chanda Kochhar
|
Icici Bank |
India |
| 16 |
Patricia Barbizet
|
Artémis Holding |
France |
| 17 |
Yang Mianmian
|
Haier Group |
China |
| 18 |
Dominique Senequier
|
Axa Private Equity |
France |
| 19 |
Deb Henretta
|
Procter & Gamble |
Singapore |
| 20 |
Sun Yafang
|
Huawei Technologies |
China |
| 21 |
Dominique Reiniche
|
Coca-Cola Europe |
France |
| 22 |
Antonia Ax:son Johnson
|
Axel Johnson Group |
Sweden |
| 23 |
Katrina Landis
|
BP |
Britain |
| 24 |
Angela Ahrendts
|
Burberry |
Britain |
| 25 |
Ann Pickard
|
Royal Dutch Shell |
Netherlands |
| 26 |
María Aramburuzabala de Garza
|
Grupo Modelo |
Mexico |
| 27 |
Maureen Chiquet
|
Chanel |
France |
| 28 |
Monika Ribar
|
Panalpina |
Switzerland |
| 29 |
Lubna Olayan
|
Olayan Financing |
Saudi Arabia |
| 30 |
Dong Mingzhu
|
Gree Electric Appliances |
China |
| 31 |
Kate Swann
|
W.H. Smith |
Britain |
| 32 |
Isabelle Ealet
|
Goldman Sachs |
Britain |
| 33 |
Christine Bosse
|
TryGvesta |
Denmark |
| 34 |
Clara Gaymard
|
GE France |
France |
| 35 |
Yoshiko Shinohara
|
Tempstaff |
Japan |
| 36 |
Nicola Leibinger-Kammuller
|
Trumpf |
Germany |
| 37 |
Neelam Dhawan
|
HP India |
India |
| 38 |
Virginie Morgon
|
Eurazeo |
France |
| 39 |
Marjorie Yang
|
Esquel Group |
China |
| 40 |
Teresita Sy-Coson
|
SM Investments |
Philippines |
| 41 |
Dominique Hériard Dubreuil
|
Rémy Cointreau |
France |
| 42 |
Françoise Gri
|
Manpower France |
France |
| 43 |
Shobhana Bhartia
|
Ht Media |
India |
| 44 |
Wei Christianson
|
Morgan Stanley |
China |
| 45 |
Ofra Strauss
|
Strauss Group |
Israel |
| 46 |
Preetha Reddy
|
Apollo Hospitals |
India |
| 47 |
Marie-Christine Caubet
|
Volkswagen France |
France |
| 48 |
Valerie Hermann
|
Yves Saint Laurent |
France |
| 49 |
Jing Ulrich
|
J.P. Morgan |
China |
| 50 |
Olivia Lum
|
Hyflux |
Singapore |
From the Sept. 28, 2009 issue
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