The excitement around Australia’s most prestigious business event is mounting as The CEO Magazine unveils its list of this year’s finalists, all who have a chance at taking home one of the coveted trophies at the 2024 Executive of the Year Awards in Sydney.
Read on for the full list of the Australian finalists, carefully selected by our esteemed panel of judges in recognition of their inspiring efforts over the last year:
Chris Andrews, La Trobe Financial
Chris Ellis, Finder
Kate Farrar, Brighter Super
Matthew Fenning, Esencia Wealth
Goro Gupta, Ethical Property Investments
Paul Huggins, Hamilton Chase (Momentum Wealth)
Troy MacMillan, The Wealth Designers
Allan McKeown, Prosperity Advisers Group
Hakan Ozyon, Hejaz Financial Services
Christian Stevens, Flint and Finance Farmers Australia
Sam El Rihani, Decode Group
Dominique Gill, Urban Core
Andrew Jakab, Dyson Group of Companies
James Chin Moody, Sendle
Jamitha Pathirana, B dynamic Logistics
Michael Potenza, AWH
Damon Smith, Geocon Group
Pat Tallon, Civmec
Mark Tobin, Followmont Transport
Ivan Vanis, Tasman Logistics Services
Heuson Bak, Solar Naturally
Christofer Catania, MEC Mining
Guy Chalkley, Endeavour Energy
Nikhil Jayaraj, Regen Power
Flavia Tata Nardini, Fleet Space Technologies
Nitesh Singh, Howden Australia
Gerhard Veldsman, Roy Hill Holdings
Matthew Wilkins, Venergy Solar Australia
Michelle Aquilina, MoleMap Australia & New Zealand
Aniss Chami, Vitex Pharmaceuticals
Mike Covey, Henry Schein
Richard de Haast, Scalabrini Villages
Raj Khillan, Western Specialist Centre
Yvonne Lungershausen, Avance Clinical
Esha Oberoi, Leora
Mark O’Brien, Impression Dental Group
Lisa Varley, The Entourage Effect
Yasser Zaki, Tender Loving Care
Dennis Barnhart, Dye & Durham Australia
Geoff Boreland, Evolution Systems
Robert Jurcec, OneKloudX
Rajan Kumar, The Lumery
John Paitaridis, CyberCX
Simon Penhaligon, youX
Gavriel Schneider, Risk 2 Solution
Ian Wilson, Sales Workshops International
Guillaume Cantelou, Wella Company
Germaine Chua, Real Pet Food Company
Pamela Jabbour, Total Image Group
Palash Nandy, Legrand Australia and New Zealand
Tony Overstead, Flame Security International
Elke Pascoe, The LittleOak Company
Travis Reddy, DefendTex
Martin-Ulrich Ripple, ANCA CNC Machines
Justin Rooney, Flame Security International
Chris Volpe, Fox Wardrobes
Louise Baxter, Starlight Children’s Foundation
Chris Burns, Hutt St Centre
Timothy Conolan, TLC for Kids
Nora Fraser, The Multicultural Professional Network
Arabella Gibson, Gidget Foundation Australia
Randa Habelrih, Autism MATES
Lance Kawaguchi, Cure Brain Cancer Foundation
Scott Maggs, Skin Check Champions
Shaun Pearce, Ironbark Aboriginal Corporation
Selina Tomasich, Hair Aid
Kerry Bolton, Caring Lotus
Chris Christofi, Reventon
Nick Humphrey, Hamilton Locke
Giuseppe Porcelli, Lakeba Group
Dominic Porter, All Care Australia
Judy Sahay, Crowd Media Group
Sonia Shwabsky, Kwik Kopy Australia
Claire Thomas, Empact Group
Jason Tonelli, Zenith Media
Megan Tuohey, Making Relationships Work
Suvidh Arora, PropHero
Catherine Baker, Belle Property Central Coast
Nathan Chivas, Central Element
Anouk Darling, Scape Australia Management
Lloyd Edge, Aus Property Professionals
David Gagovski, Cleaning Melbourne
Daniel Laruccia, Spyre Group
Karuna Mazzocchi, Coronis Group
Scott O’Neill, Rethink Group
Justin Vetsavong, Leaky Roof
Michael Cassel, Michael Cassel Group
Craig Hooley, Minor Hotels
Fung Lam, New Aim
Luke Todd, EVDirect
Michael Ramsey, STRONG Pilates Franchising
Duncan Thomson, The Continental Sorrento
Thaio Tomazetti, 2Stay Accommodation Group
James Thornton, Intrepid Travel
Susan Wheeldon, Airbnb
Paul Widdis, Everything Caravan & Camping
Winners for all categories will be announced during the Awards ceremony held at The Star in Sydney, Australia on Thursday, 14 November 2024.
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