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title: 2020 Women in Finance Asia Awards Winners Announced
description: Cecilia Chan of HSBC Asset Management wins Lifetime Achievement; Schroders' Susan Soh takes CEO of the year.
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# [2020 Women in Finance Asia Awards Winners Announced](https://articles.marketsmedia.com/2020-women-in-finance-asia-awards-winners-announced)

 Written by [Markets Media](https://articles.marketsmedia.com/author/markets-media) | Sep 23, 2020 5:13:02 PM

Markets Media Group and GlobalTrading announced the second-annual [Women in Finance Asia Awards](https://www.marketsmedia.com/women-in-finance-asia-2020/) in a Sept. 24 virtual event.

Congratulations to the winners!

| Rising Star | **Liesbeth Baudewyn**, Systematic Trader, Citadel |
| --- | --- |
| Rising Star | **Carrie Cheng**, Trader, BNP Paribas |
| Rising Star | **LeiLei Qu**, Quant Research, JPMorgan Asset Management |
| Best in Exchanges | **Joelle Yap**, Director - Client Development and Sales, CME Group |
| Best in Custody | **Angely Yip**, Head of Sales and Relationship Management, North Asia, BNP Paribas Securities Services |
| Best in Operations | **Edna Chan**, Director, Asia Pac Head of Cash Equities Middle Office, Citigroup Global Markets Asia Ltd |
| Best in Fintech | **Rebecca Sin**, Head of Equities, Asia, Tradeweb |
| Excellence in Trading Platforms | **Janice Lau**, Executive Director, ET, Instinet |
| Excellence in Buy-Side Trading | **Cheryl Chan**, Equity Trader, Blackrock |
| Excellence in Sell-Side Trading | **Mary-Anne Peril**, Head of Execution Services Australia, Virtu Financial |
| Best in Hedge Funds | **Elizabeth Lo**, Chief Operating Officer, TX Capital |
| Trailblazer | **Winnie Khattar**, Head of Market Structure, BofA Securities |
| Crystal Ladder | **Susan Chan**, Head of Asia, and Head of ETFs & Index Investing and Trading and Liquidity Services Asia-Pacific, BlackRock |
| Individual Achievement | **Erica Poon Werkun**, Head of Securities Research Asia Pacific, Credit Suisse |
| Excellence in Leadership | **Terecina Kwong**, Chief Operating Officer, HSBC China, HSBC |
| CEO of the Year | **Susan Soh**, Singapore CEO and Co-Head of Asia Pacific, Schroder Investment Management (Singapore) Limited |
| Lifetime Achievement | **Cecilia Chan**, CIO Fixed Income, Asia Pacific, HSBC Asset Management |

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