2025’s Break the ceiling touch the sky Global Male Champions for Gender Equality have been revealed.
The list, from House of Rose Professional (HORP), recognises more than 200 senior executives whose advocacy for women in leadership is changing how global business works. These men, drawn from leading companies worldwide, are being celebrated for their role as allies and advocates for inclusion.
The 2025 list is based on research involving 6,500 male executives across 800 companies. It highlights those who have taken visible and measurable action to advance gender balance. Five factors shaped the final selection: visible advocacy, influence across industry, commitment to promoting women in leadership, support for external learning through Break the ceiling touch the sky, and investment in fair policies.
A NEW GENERATION OF MALE ALLIES
“These are leaders who have gone beyond words,” said Anthony A. Rose, Chairman and CEO of HORP.“Companies that build gender-balanced teams perform better, innovate faster and grow stronger. Our summit helps leaders learn from one another and move equality from theory to practice.”
Research by HORP shows the link between gender balance and performance is clear.
Firms with 30% women executives report up to six percentage points more in profit.
Companies listed on the Break the ceiling touch the sky® 101 Global Index from 2020–2024 outperformed peers on sales and profit growth.
Between 2020 and 2025, the share of women in senior roles at the world’s 500 largest firms rose from one in five to one in three. Organisations where men play an active role in equality programmes are seeing faster, more lasting progress.
2025’S GLOBAL MALE CHAMPIONS FOR GENDER EQUALITY
The 2025 honourees include leaders from across sectors – consumer goods, technology, healthcare, finance and more. They include:
- Scott Price, Group CEO, DFI Retail Group
- Bob McDonald, former Chairman, President & CEO, Procter & Gamble Company
- Peter Van den Broeck, General Manager Middle East Africa and Global Export Markets, BIC
- James Michael Lafferty, Chairman, Katapult Digital
- Miles Wilson, CEO, O’Brien Glass
- Max Amen, SVP and Managing Director UK & Ireland, Wella Company
- Vijayanand Sinha, Regional CEO – ASEAN, Japan and Korea, Reckitt
- Abbas Panju, Managing Director – India, UPS Express
- Tian Chong Ng, CEO, Singtel Singapore
- Vivek Gupta, CEO, United Breweries
- Anil Wadhwani, CEO, Prudential plc
- Ranjeet Oak, Managing Director – South Asia, Kohler Co
- Paul Prendergast, Europe and Middle East CFO and Enterprise Value Lead, Accenture
- Matthew Driver, EVP and Head of Services Asia Pacific, Mastercard
- Jerome Droesch, CEO International Organizations and Domestic Health, Cigna Healthcare International Health
- Vinod Tahiliani, CFO, Jio-bp
- Afnan Ahsan, Group CEO, IDS Borjomi International
- Sam Balsara, Chairman, Madison World
- Ismail Mapara, Regional Business Director & Managing Director Gulf and Saudi, 3M
- Pravesh Saha, General Manager – South Asia, Wella Company
- Chester Twigg, former Group Commercial Officer, BIC
- Max Rangel, former CEO & Global President, Spin Master
- Arvind Mathur, Enterprise Strategist, Amazon Web Services
- Andy Buckingham, General Manager Canada, The Coca-Cola Company
- Victor Mills, former Chief Executive, Singapore International Chamber of Commerce
- Harish Sadani, Co-Founder & Executive Director, Men Against Violence and Abuse (MAVA)
- Gregory Lukasik, SVP and CEO Southeast Asia, Ecolab
Together, these names represent a cross-section of industries – from fast-moving consumer goods and technology to finance, health, logistics, and energy – united by a shared commitment to accelerating equality.
THE BUSINESS CASE FOR INCLUSION
The economic argument for gender diversity is now impossible to ignore. Data from HORP’s Break the ceiling touch the sky Global Index shows that companies with strong gender balance at leadership levels consistently outperform their peers in revenue growth and innovation.
As Rose puts it: “The best companies don’t wait for equality to happen – they build it. Male champions play a critical role in opening doors, sponsoring women leaders, and ensuring equality becomes part of corporate DNA.”
Many of this year’s honourees will share their experiences at the 2025 World Edition of Break the ceiling touch the sky on 4 November 2025 in Singapore. The summit will also reveal the 2025 Asia’s Most Inspirational Women list.
Check out the full list of 2025’s Global Male Champions for Gender Equality and the summit here.
Check out 2023’s male champions here and 2021’s male champions here.
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