DFLA 2019
2019 – THE YEAR OF THE DIGITAL FEMALE LEADER
The Digital Female Leader Award is the award for everyone who shapes the future with their digital ideas. In 2020 we will celebrate all experts, designers, entrepreneurs, pioneers, lateral thinkers and role models who make the world more digital and better under the motto #FacesOfChange!
For 6 weeks there was the opportunity to apply for the #DFLA 19 yourself or to nominate someone. This resulted in 740 applications from 19 countries. The winner of the Audience Award was able to vote for two weeks. 40,000 votes were cast. At the award itself, we celebrated the Digital Female Leaders 2019 with 370 guests!
Host 2019: Deutsche Telekom
2018
740 Bewerbungen
aus 19 Ländern
40.000 Votes beim Audience Award
2019
740 Bewerbungen
aus 19 Ländern
40.000 Votes beim Audience Award
Facts & Figures
Impressions 2019
Categories #DFLA20
Reach
With a contact potential of 69 million, we set off a social media fireworks as every year and were #twittertrending on the evening of the award.
GDW Channels
Follower | Reach/Month | |
17.300 | 130.000 | |
10.000 | 240.000 | |
10.300 | 135.000 |
Social Media Development
Twitter Contact Potential & Instagram Impressions
Community
Top Twitter User

Age of Social Media Community (in %)
Share of women/men
- Men
- Women
Top Businesses
Career level
Digital Female Leader Award in press
20.11.2019 | OZ Onlinezeitung
Digital Female Leader Award 2019 – am 30. November in Bonn
01.12.2019 | WDR
Digital Female Leader: Zwei Preise gehen nach NRW
02.12.2019 | PR Magazin
Digitale Vorreiterinnen ausgezeichnet
02.12.2019 | ntv
Unternehmen “müssen auf Diversität setzen”
06.12.2019 | stern.de
Ausgezeichnet, wenn Frauen sich was trauen
10.12.2019 | basecamp.digital
Digitale Female Leader Award: Warum Diversität in allen Führungsetagen ankommen muss
The Jury 2019

Ann-Kristin Achleitner
Professor of Entrepreneurial Finance at the Technical University of Munich and Member of the Supervisory Board of Linde, Munich Re | TU Munich, Linde, Munich RE

Tijen Onaran
Founder & CEO | Global Digital Women

Brigitte Zypries
Former Federal Minister

Dr. Jan Ising
Managing Director & Life Science Industry Lead ASGR | Accenture

Angelika Kambeck
Head of Group HR | Klöckner

Kenza Ait Si Abbou Lyadini
Senior Manager Robotics & Artificial intelligence | Deutsche Telekom

Juan Perea Rodríguez
Head of Public Sector Central Europe and Member of the Management Board at Fujitsu and Initiative D21 | Fujitsu

Daniela Horn
Head of Global Digital Products | PAYBACK

Emilio Galli Zugaro
Chairman | Methodos

Ines Pohl
Editor in Chief | Deutsche Welle

Finja Kütz
Group Chief Transformation Officer | UniCredit

Janina Kugel
Chief Human Resources Officer and Member of the Managing Board | Siemens AG

Annette Siragusano
Head of Corporate Communication | comdirect Bank AG

Florian Böhme
Director Amazon Business DE | Amazon

Cloudy Zakrocki
Vice President International Content & Brand Strategy | Refinery29

Antje Neubauer
Former Head of Marketing & PR | DB

Iris Rothbauer
Head of Public Relations | Telefónica Germany

Sabine Müller
CEO | DHL Consulting

Tanja Kaufmann
Global Diversity & Inclusion Lead Intelligent Enterprise | SAP SE

Christina Schulte-Kutsch
VP Leadership Development & Culture | Deutsche Telekom

Vera Schneevoigt
Chief Digital Officer and Senior Vice President Engineering | Bosch

Ilka Friese
Chief Financial Officer & Managing Director | NTT DATA Germany

Kerstin Wagner
Head of Talent Acquisition | Deutsche Bahn

Lin Freitag
Deputy Chief Editor | Myself

Maria Moræus Hanssen
Member of the Board, Chief Operating Officer (COO) and Deputy CEO, Region EMEA | Wintershall Dea

Nina Pütz
Managing Director, Chief Executive Officer | brands4friends

Alexandra Balsells
Chief People Officer | Free Now

Valerie Holsboer
Member of the Executive Board of the Federal Employment Agency with responsibility for Resources

Birthe Stegmann
Partner Human Capital, Talent Acquisition, Diversity & Inclusion Leader | PwC GmbH

Yvonne Quint
Partnerin im Bereich Banking & Capital Markets | Bearing Point

Sylvia List
Go‑to‑Market General Manager | Dimension Data