About - Meet your judges
Our 2023 National judging panel
Our independent judging panel includes highly skilled and diverse individuals from across Australia, volunteering their time and expertise to evaluate entries.
Accelerating Women
This Award category is for businesses actively challenging exclusion and inequality to create meaningful and lasting equity for women.
Andrew Crisp (AM APM)
Emergency Management Commissioner
Emergency Management Victoria | Department of Justice and Community Safety
Div Pillay
Chief Executive Officer | Co-Founder
Chief Executive Officer of MindTribes and Co-Founder of Culturally Diverse Women
Sunita Gloster
Non-Executive Director | Advisor
Gloster Advisory
Building Communities
This Award category is for businesses making a positive impact on culture and society so people from all walks of life can thrive as part of a supportive community.
Fergus Watts
Chief Executive Officer
Reach Foundation
Matt Davis
Chief Executive Officer | National Director
Salvos Stores
Suzanne Hopman
Chief Executive Officer and Founder
Dignity
Championing Health
This Award category is for businesses focused on innovative solutions, improving health outcomes for every Australian.
Donna Murray
Chief Executive Officer
Indigenous Allied Health Australia
Dr. Sebastian Rees
Doctor | Advisor
Healthcare Entrepreneur
Georgie Harman
Chief Executive Officer
Beyond Blue
Embracing Innovation
This Award category is for businesses innovating with technology to develop solutions for challenges faced by modern Australia.
Aisling Finch
Senior Director of Marketing
Google Australia & New Zealand
Christopher Smith
Managing Director
Wipro Australia & New Zealand
Rob Findlay
Head of Innovation Programs, Australia & New Zealand
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Indigenous Excellence
This Award category is for Indigenous-led, owned and operated businesses succeeding through entrepreneurialism, innovation and inspiring the next generation of all Australians.
Dushy Thangiah
Chief Executive Officer
Yumba-Meta Ltd
John O'Driscoll
Chief Executive Officer
Indigenous Emerging Business Forum | Aboriginal Corporation ICN 9523
Shelley Cable
Director
Generation One at Minderoo Foundation
Outstanding Growth
This Award category is for businesses achieving significant growth and contributing to a more resilient Australian economy.
Anne Da Cunha
Small Business Executive
Telstra
Bill Lang
Executive Director
Small Business Australia
Chris Marr
Co-founder and Chief Commercial Officer
Sonder
Promoting Sustainability
This Award category is for businesses reducing their environmental impact by driving sustainable change within their industry for a cleaner and healthier planet.
Benjamin Young
Owner and Founder
frank green
James Dutton
Founder | Chairman
Nutricare Holdings Limited
Katharine Tapley
Head of Sustainable Finance
ANZ
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