What Media Narratives Reveal About CEOs

What does the press actually say about the people who run the most powerful companies?

This series reveals how top executives are represented in the news, unveiling insight-driven perspectives about leadership visibility, crisis, and ethics in the modern era.

Hong Kong

The CEO Media Index: Hong Kong

In this chapter of CARMA's CEO Media Index series, we turn to Hong Kong. CARMA’s latest CEO Media Analysis Report reveals which leaders command media visibility, how multi-layered CSR produces stronger favourability than isolated initiatives, and why communication discipline produced positive reputational returns regardless of company financial performance.

Sentiment was assessed using CARMA’s Favourability Rating System to ensure objective scoring.

SINGAPORE

The CEO Media Index: Singapore

In this chapter of CARMA's CEO Media Index series, we turn to Singapore, examining how the chief executives of the city-state's most prominent listed companies are positioned in the media. What emerges is a snapshot of a news landscape shaped by governance sensitivity and institutional authority.

This report offers an insight-driven perspective on what media narratives reveal about Singapore's top executives and what it means for communications strategy in one of Asia's most scrutinised business environments.

Indonesia

The CEO Media Index: Indonesia

In this chapter of CARMA's CEO Media Index series, we turn to Indonesia. We determined the CEO sample list from the Fortune Indonesia 100 which ranks firms by gross revenue based on their financial statements.

From the 20 highest-ranked companies, media mentions of their respective CEOs were quantified and the analysis focused on the ten CEOs with the greatest volume of coverage.

Philippines

The CEO Media Index: Philippines

In this chapter of CARMA's CEO Media Index series, we turn to Philippines. We determined the CEO sample list from the BusinessWorld Top 1000 Corporations in the Philippines, which ranks firms by gross revenue based on their financial statements.

From the 20 highest-ranked companies, media mentions of their respective CEOs were quantified and the analysis focused on the ten CEOs with the greatest volume of coverage.​

THE CEO MEDIA INDEX: INDONESIA

How Indonesia's most visible CEOs earn and sustain media credibility, through the ability to anchor corporate narratives within the country's broader national development story.

THE CEO MEDIA INDEX: PHILIPPINES

A portrait of Philippine corporate leadership through the media's lens, where financial clarity and forward-looking vision define the CEOs who stand out.

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