Once more, we are proud to sponsor the Annual Asia Woman of the Year in Restructuring Award (WOYR Asia)!

The award will be presented at the IWIRC@INSOL 23 Tokyo conference scheduled for 13 and 14 September 2023. We will communicate with the winner in advance of the presentation to ensure they can be appropriately represented and honoured.

About the WOYR(A) Award

The International Women's Insolvency and Restructuring Confederation (IWIRC), the premier international, networking and professional growth organization for women in the restructuring and insolvency industry, is pleased to announce the 2023 IWIRC Woman of the Year in Restructuring (Asia) Award ("WOYR(A) Award"). 

The WOYR(A) Award complements IWIRC International's pre-existing award program, Woman of the Year in Restructuring Award, which has been administered internationally since 2006.

The WOYR(A) Award is open to any female professional in the restructuring and insolvency industry based in Asia, including, lawyers, judges, bankers, accountants, turnaround managers, restructuring advisers and academician. Nominees could be actively engaged in or recently retired from the restructuring industry. The criteria for the WOYR(A) Award requires nominees to have inspired and/or skillfully led a restructuring or insolvency team, displayed exceptional leadership, made an extraordinary contribution to insolvency/restructuring, including the growth of women in the industry, and shown evidence of "going above and beyond" so as to have made a difference, including through mentoring, training and publications.