CEO of the Year Awards

Recognising Outstanding Leadership, Growth, and Strategic Vision in 2025

The CEO of the Year Awards 2025 from CEO Monthly recognises exceptional business leaders who have demonstrated unparalleled vision, resilience, and innovation throughout the year. These awards honour individuals who have consistently driven organisational success, inspired their teams, and set new standards for strategic leadership in their respective industries.

From steering companies through market challenges to delivering transformative growth, the CEOs we celebrate represent the pinnacle of achievement in 2025.

Why CEO of the Year Matters

Leadership excellence is not built on a single decision, it’s the culmination of consistent strategic thinking, strong communication, and the ability to adapt in a fast-changing business environment.

The CEO of the Year Awards exist to highlight those who not only deliver results but also lead with integrity, vision, and a positive impact on their organisation and wider community.

How Winners Are Selected

Every CEO of the Year recipient is identified through a comprehensive, merit-based process led by our in-house research team. We recognise leaders who have consistently demonstrated exceptional strategic vision, decision-making, and an ability to deliver sustained organisational success over the course of the year.

Our evaluation considers business growth, market innovation, operational excellence, and the positive influence each CEO has had on their teams, stakeholders, and wider industry.

We place strong emphasis on how each leader motivates their teams, navigates change with confidence, and upholds the principles that define their organisation’s culture.

Each award is the outcome of a rigorous and objective assessment, combining qualitative insights with measurable results to ensure only the most deserving leaders are honoured.

The Benefits of Being Recognised

Winners of the CEO of the Year Awards 2025 will enjoy:

Prestige & Credibility – Recognition from a respected industry publication strengthens your profile with stakeholders, clients, and peers.

Marketing & PR Opportunities – Free inclusion in CEO Monthly’s official 2025 Hall of Fame, with additional optional marketing opportunities available across our annual supplement and digital platforms.

Networking Potential – Share the spotlight with an elite group of leaders from around the world.

Employee & Client Engagement – Inspire confidence and pride among your teams and partners.

Being named CEO of the Year is more than a personal accolade, it’s a testament to your leadership, your organisation’s success, and the lasting impact you’ve made in 2025. This recognition offers a powerful platform to celebrate your achievements, strengthen your reputation, and position you for even greater opportunities in the year ahead.

Be Recognised as a Leader Among Leaders

If you have led your organisation to success in 2025, or know a CEO who has, now is the time to ensure those achievements receive the recognition they deserve.

Register your interest via our online form or contact our Awards Coordinator.

The CEO Monthly Magazine team work attentively to distinguish the most relevant and eligible CEOs for consideration in the awards. They subscribe to all the key business news sources; they absorb industry specific news via our relevant networks, they monitor the growth lists and people moves via our own extensive database, and they conduct full and thorough investigations to formalise nominees before they pass them over to the next stage, Research.

Our in-house research team assess each nominee independently. They verify the reasons for selection and are tasked with linking this to evidence via a wide range of sources, largely available within the public domain. This includes news articles, journals, corporate websites, members associations, professional directories, press releases and other published work. Criteria includes education, experience, third-party corporate recognition, physical and digital presence, client testimonials, investor reviews, products and services and corporate progression.

Once our recipients are agreed, our Brand Coordinator contacts them each individually to discuss their inclusion and next steps. We create some distance between the public announcement to allow for wider corporate communications and the coordination of marketing strategies. We ask the winners to “accept” the award privately before anything is published and depending on the level of coverage they agree, this will be formalised via our monthly digital magazine, the annual winners supplement, or the A-Z directory.

There are no compulsory costs associated with accepting the award; our winners are invited to feature in our A-Z directory on an entirely complimentary basis. We encourage our winners to spread the good news across their own website and social media channels to capitalise on the success. Afterall, what’s the point of winning an award if you don’t tell anyone! We do also offer several paid for options, these are for winners who seek to maximise the potential of the award via supplementary coverage. These packages offer varying levels of exposure across our platform and include skilfully produced promotional resources designed to increase the coverage.