ISG Women in Digital Awards 2025


Welcome to the 2025 ISG Women in Digital Awards program.
ISG launched this program in 2022 to recognize exceptional leadership. Since then, the technology landscape and our industry have changed in ways we could not have imagined. Women are redefining leadership in the era of AI and delivering enormous value to their organizations.
We are delighted to present the 536 remarkable women nominated this year for their work in the Americas, EMEA, Asia Pacific and India. We are inspired by our finalists’ accomplishments and grateful to the colleagues and peers who submitted nominations on their behalf. Thank you for your support for ISG Women in Digital.
Kimberly Tobias Partner and ISG Women in Digital Program Lead
The ISG Women in Digital Awards proudly recognize the women who are leveraging technology in innovative ways to drive efficiency, value, productivity and meaningful change.
On behalf of the firm, congratulations to this inspiring class of rising stars, leaders, advocates, innovators and titans. We appreciate your participation, and we celebrate your success.
Michael P. Connors Chairman and CEO ISG
Lois Coatney Partner, ISG Americas Banking, Financial Services and Insurance
Congratulations to the impressive finalists for the 2025 ISG Women in Digital Awards.
Each of these 536 women excels as a leader and creates programs that have a lasting impact on her company and the world. Perhaps most importantly, each of our nominees supports the women around her.
We look forward to welcoming our nominees to our global ISG Women in Digital community, and to networking, learning and working together to navigate new technologies and business approaches.
As Chief Business Leader of ISG Provider Lens®, Namratha Dharshan has more than two decades of extensive research experience. She leads the ISG Provider Lens charter for BPO, AI, GCC and Engineering Services, and contributes to key ISG thought leadership, including the ISG Index™, the authoritative source for marketplace intelligence on demand, pricing, talent and provider landscapes across the global IT and business services sector.
“ISG is pleased to recognize the women named as finalists for the ISG Women in Digital Awards. Their talent and achievements are driving the growth of our industry and they are an inspiration to us all.”
Namratha Dharshan Chief Business Leader, ISG
Sonia Eland
Executive Vice President and Country Manager for Australia and New Zealand, HCLTech
Nithya Subramanian
Global Leader in Data & Analytics (GCC Leader), Best Buy
Nikki Symonds Former Chief Procurement Officer, Origin Energy
A director in the ISG Adaptive Organizations business, Carolyn has supported more than 100 client engagements in her 18 years with ISG, helping some of the world’s largest enterprises address cost optimization, service integration and management, sourcing, transition and transformation, infrastructure, networks and software and conducting market and process studies.
“Congratulations to our ISG Women in Digital Award finalists in EMEA. Our nominees represent a wide range of industries, specialties and jobs, but they are all examples of the agility, innovation and collaboration that drive business growth. It is an honor to celebrate their success.”
Carolyn Becker Director, ISG
Eryn Peters
Co-Creator, AI Maturity Index Boriana Tchobanova
Chief Transformation Officer, American Express Global Business Travel
Capgemini
We’ll announce the winners and celebrate all women in digital.
Join us to celebrate at the Register Now
September 18, 2025 6:00 PM BST Virtual
This LinkedIn Live series explores how technology and artificial intelligence are transforming both our work and personal lives, along with the unique perspectives that women bring to these spaces. We’re building our community by bringing the voices of leaders to the forefront, sharing their stories, wisdom and advice.
Hosts: Heli Nielsen and Lois Coatney
“Congratulations to our ISG Women in Digital Award finalists in EMEA. Our nominees represent a wide range of industries, specialties and jobs, but they are all examples of the agility, innovation and collaboration that drive business growth. It is an honor to celebrate their success.”
We love to uplift our community by featuring winners such as Johanna Cordovez Amador (Rock Star Leader Gold Winner ‘24 Americas), Eryn Peters (Digital Innovator Gold Winner ‘24 EMEA) and many more.
Lois Coatney Partner Lisa Cooper Principal Consultant
Dharshan
The ISG Women in Digital Awards are part of the ISG Women in Digital community, established in 2018 to provide a platform to exchange practical advice and innovative ideas. The community hosts a LinkedIn page, an ISG Digital Dish podcast series, and regular events for ISG employees and the greater IT and business services industry. For more information about the ISG Women in Digital Awards, visit the program website or contact ISG.