CDO Magazine proudly presents the Global Data Power Women 2026, our annual recognition of executives powering enterprise transformation through data, analytics, and AI.

This year’s honorees represent a distinguished global cohort of leaders advancing AI from ambition to execution—scaling pilots to platforms, delivering measurable business outcomes, and embedding data and AI into how organizations operate, decide, and compete.

Selected through a combination of peer nominations and CDO Magazine editorial research, honorees are recognized for enterprise or global leadership in data, AI, and analytics, and demonstrated thought leadership and influence, mentorship of future leaders, and industry engagement.

A Global Cohort Driving Enterprise Impact

The 2026 honorees span Fortune 500 enterprises, global institutions, and the public sector across industries including financial services, healthcare, retail, manufacturing, energy, telecommunications, media, travel, and government. The list reflects the highest levels of global data and AI leadership, including Chief Data Officers, Chief Data and AI Officers, Chief Analytics Officers, Chief Information Officers, Chief Technology Officers, and Senior Vice Presidents and Global Heads.

These leaders command enterprise-wide platforms, govern data at scale, and operationalize AI, driving value across complex organizations. The Global Data Power Women 2026 represent leadership across the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Switzerland, Australia, and India, with executives based in major hubs including New York, Chicago, Boston, Washington, DC, Toronto, San Francisco, Dallas, London, Frankfurt, Geneva, Lyon, Sydney, and Bengaluru.

Join us in celebrating these exceptional leaders who are defining the future of data and AI.