Thought Leadership Category Winners
These are the Stevie® Award-winning nominations in The 23rd Annual International Business Awards®, which recognizes achievement in the workplace worldwide. The winners were determined by the average scores of more than 300 professionals (opens in new tab) during two months of judging. Learn about the judging and awards process here (opens in new tab).
Emerging Thought Leader of the Year - Business Products
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER
ITHENA, Richmond, Virginia, United States: Ankit Srivastava, Product Director
Emerging Thought Leader of the Year - Business Services
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER
Tech Mahindra, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India: Tech Mahindra’s Customer Focused and Industry Led TL Program
Thought Leader of The Year - Business Products
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER
New Image International, New Zealand, Auckland, New Zealand: Graeme Clegg, Founder & Chairman
SILVER STEVIE® WINNER
ITHENA, Richmond, Virginia, United States: Probodh Chiplunkar, Founder and CEO
Thought Leader of The Year - Business Services
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER
Change Rebellion, Farnham, Surrey, United Kingdom: Mark Green, CEO
SILVER STEVIE® WINNER
Atherton Consultancy Ltd, London, England, United Kingdom: Alex Atherton
Charismatic Dental Laboratory, Dubai, United Arab Emirates: Ayham Chaban, Founder & Chairman
DLPA Pty Ltd, North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia: Karlie Cremin, CEO
DTDC EXPRESS LIMITED, Mumbai, India: Abhishek Chakraborty, Chief Executive Officer
INFUSE, Boca Raton, Florida, United States: Alexander Kesler, Founder & CEO
Sales Redefined, North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia: Abbie White, CEO
Dream Culture, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia: Shelly McElroy, Founder & CEO
The Outperformer, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia: Brad Eisenhuth, CEO
BRONZE STEVIE® WINNER
10 IN HOUSE Strategy & Design, Carmel, Indiana, United States: Jason Tennenhouse, Founder & Owner
Bronwyn Reid, Emerald, Queensland, Australia: Bronwyn Reid
Insights Exchange, Brookvale, New South Wales, Australia: Nichola Quail, Global Research Architect
Worldwide Broker Network (WBN), Wilmington, Delaware, United States: Redefining Risk: How Olga Collins Is Rewriting the Future of Global Insurance
Thought Leader of The Year - Consumer Services
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER
Hugo Alexander Property Group, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia: Adam Nobel, Founder & CEO
Manila Electric Company (MERALCO) - Internal Audit, Pasig City, Metro Manila, Philippines: Melanie T. Oteyza, Senior Vice President and Group Chief Audit Executive
Thought Leader of The Year - Government or Non-Profit
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER
Malini Raj, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia: Malini Raj
SILVER STEVIE® WINNER
Elite College Hacker, Austin, Texas, United States: Elite College Hacker - The Debate Access Project (nonprofit arm)
International Automobile Centre of Excellence, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India: E. Rajiv, Executive Director
One Meralco Foundation, Pasig, Metro Manila, Philippines: Jeffrey Tarayao, President
The Stories and Wisdom Company®, Issaquah, Washington, United States: Pradeep U.N., CEO
BRONZE STEVIE® WINNER
ROST INSTITUTE, Valcea, Vâlcea, Romania: Andra Pintican, Founder
Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame, Calgary, Alberta, Canada: Katelyn Roughley, Senior Director of Strategic Initiatives
East Legon Football Academy, Accra, East Legon, Ghana: East Legon Football Academy
Jared Dunscombe Foundation, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia: Jonelle Colabufalo, Co-Founder & CEO
NEURO, London, England, United Kingdom: Robert Annis, Co-Founder and CEO
Thought Leadership Campaign of the Year - Business Services
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER
IBM Institute for Business Value, Singapore, Singapore: From Prediction to Action: IBM IBV’s AI-first Enterprise Thought Leadership Program
SILVER STEVIE® WINNER
Eastern Communications, Makati City, National Capital Region, Philippines: From Boardroom to Business: Connecting Leaders, Empowering Philippine Enterprises
INFUSE, Boca Raton, Florida, United States: Outlook 2026: The Annual Thought Leadership & Research Hub Powering INFUSE’s Global GTM
PIZZOLANTE - GROUP INFORMATION, Caracas, Venezuela: THE VALUE OF TRUST
BRONZE STEVIE® WINNER
Globe Telecoms, Inc., Taguig City, Metro Manila, Philippines: Globe Business Project Diamonds Thought Leadership Campaign
Thought Leadership Campaign of the Year - Consumer Products
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER
Philip Morris International, Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland: Beyond AI: Why Human Cognition Is the Next Leadership Frontier
Thought Leadership Campaign of the Year - Government or Non-Profit
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER
NJMPF, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: Transforming Retirement Leadership Through Innovation, Governance and Member Empowerment
Thought Leadership Organization of the Year - Business Services
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER
FloWater, Denver, Colorado, United States: FloWater: How an 80-Person Company Became One of America’s Leading Voices on Drinking Water