2025 Awards Program
These highly prestigious Awards recognise excellence in the Business Analysis world, promoting the BA profession and the value business analysts add to their organisations.
Business analysis guides and facilitates changes in organisations. Sometimes this includes large and complex changes, sometimes the changes are smaller, but not less important. Examples are digital transformations, the implementation and roll-out of a new IT-system or business process, achieving BA community success, and/or product updates. Nominate yourself or someone in your team for one of our five (5) award categories, or become involved by supporting the program as a judge or sponsor.
Award Nominations
Step 1: Download and complete the relevant nomination form
Step 2: Upload the nomination form to the Nomination Portal
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Nominations close 4 August 2025
Judge Expressions of Interest
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For more information, see Judge the Awards
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EOIs close 30 June 2025
Sponsorship
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We encourage our business partners to become involved. If you are passionate about celebrating business excellence, this is an opportunity to connect your company with this program as a sponsor and supporter.
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Email the team at marketing@australia.iiba.org for more information.
Timeline
Award Categories
Business Analysis Practice of Year
One Business Analyst can be incredibly valuable for an organisation, however, there is vast potential in greater numbers. A great Business Analysis Practice helps to balance the benefit of predictability with the power of adaptability. Those working in and with great Practices understand how the collective can provide greater value to their organisation when consistency and creativity can coexist.
Whether through innovative approaches, transformative outcomes, or the ability to drive meaningful change, the Business Analysis Practice of the Year Award honours practices who have set new standards and inspire others in the profession.
The nomination should highlight how the Practice has made a significant contribution, showcasing their skills, approach, and the results they've achieved particularly in
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the value the Practice delivered to the organisation
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driving organisational change and
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engaging and supporting aspiring BA’s
The award recipient will receive:
1. An Award Certificate.
2. Three (3) complimentary tickets to the 2026 Festival of Business Analysis in their location.
3. Shortlisted and winning submissions will receive exposure in the organiser's communications.
Business Analysis Innovation of the Year
Business Analysts work across all parts of business, enabling change to deliver value to stakeholders. Although often working from the sidelines, Business Analysts have the ability to break the status-quos, with great potential to facilitate extraordinary solutions. By highlighting the courage to do things differently, all business analysis professions are reminded that they can have an amazing impact.
The 2025 IIBA Business Analysis Innovation of the Year Award celebrates creativity, forward-thinking, and the ability to transform business analysis practices through innovative solutions. This award recognises individuals, teams and/or projects that have introduced groundbreaking approaches, tools, or methodologies that have not only addressed key challenges but have also led to measurable improvements in their projects or organisations.
Through this nomination form, we invite you to showcase your innovative contributions over the past year. We want to hear how you identified a problem, developed a unique solution, and executed it successfully, fostering efficiency, effectiveness, and value. Additionally, we encourage you to highlight the collaboration with stakeholders, the methodologies or frameworks you used, and the lasting impact of your innovation on the organisation or wider industry.
By sharing the story, we aim to celebrate the thought leadership, strategic alignment, and overall influence of you, your team or the project’s work. This award will recognise the ability to drive change and inspire future business analysis practices.
Award recipient will receive:
1. An Award Certificate.
2. Three (3) complimentary tickets to the 2026 Festival of Business Analysis in their location.
3. Shortlisted and winning submissions will receive exposure in the organiser's communications.
Dr Cecily Macdougall Business Analyst of the Year
Dr Cecily Macdougall was a champion of change, in all forums whether it be meetings, workshops, mentoring, leadership discussions, public keynote speaking or informal conversations over a cup of tea – all were punctuated with her sharp intellect, insightful wisdom, authenticity and generosity of spirit. A kind and insightful professional. A remarkable person. Above all she demonstrated determination throughout her career and, as her career grew, this courage to lead large scale transformations.1
The Dr Cecily Macdougall Business Analyst of the Year Award 2025 will be given to the person who has demonstrated the most significant contribution to business analysis throughout the year. The award acknowledges those who not only deliver remarkable results but also inspire and elevate the practice of business analysis globally.
The successful nominee exemplifies the highest standards of performance, strategic thinking, and drives impactful results. The nominee should provide comprehensive and compelling information that highlights your key accomplishments, contributions to your organisation or community, and your continuous pursuit of professional growth.
Award recipient will receive:
1. Award Certificates.
2. One (1) complimentary ticket to 2026 Festival of Business Analysis in their location.
3. One (1) IIBA Membership
4. Shortlisted and winning submissions will receive exposure in the organizer's communications.
Emerging Business Analyst of the Year Award
The Emerging Business Analyst of the Year Award 2025 recognises the outstanding achievements, growth, and potential of up-and-coming professionals in the field of business analysis. This award aims to celebrate individuals who have demonstrated exceptional progress in their career, actively contributed to the business analysis community, and shown a commitment to continuous learning and development.
Every seasoned Business Analyst remembers the long journey to get where they are today, and those that have seen potential in others know the benefit of encouraging the business analysis leaders of tomorrow. While they may not have the skills or techniques just yet, others can see their drive to demonstrate value, learn from those they admire, and share their experiences to help others.
As part of the nomination process, we ask you to reflect on your career growth and your role in driving that progress, along with the steps you've taken to enhance your skills and knowledge over the past year. We are particularly interested in how you have embraced professional development opportunities, applied IIBA® standards and practices, and fostered improvement both in your career and within the wider industry.
This is also an opportunity for you to showcase your passion for business analysis, the ways in which you actively engage with and support the BA community, and how you seek feedback to continually improve your approach and performance. Finally, we invite you to discuss how you've identified important developments in business analysis and successfully implemented them to drive positive, measurable results.
Through this nomination, we celebrate emerging talent that is poised to shape the future of the business analysis profession.
Award recipient will receive:
1. Award Certificate
2. One (1) complimentary ticket to 2026 Festival of Business Analysis in their location.
3. One (1) IIBA Membership
4. Shortlisted and winning submissions will receive exposure in the organiser's communications.
Business Analysis Leader of the Year Award
Everyone understands the power that great leadership can have in all contexts, and this is especially true in Business Analysis. In a profession that often asks more questions than it answers, Business Analysts look to their leadership to help guide and support them when the best path to success is unclear until after it’s travelled, if ever at all.
The Business Analysis Leader the Year Award 2025 recognises an exceptional leader who has demonstrated outstanding leadership in the business analysis field, driving positive change, fostering innovation, and empowering teams to achieve remarkable success. The recipient of this award exemplifies the qualities of a true leader—vision, problem-solving, collaboration, and the ability to inspire others to reach their full potential.
As part of your nomination, we invite you to reflect on your leadership journey over the past year, showcasing your ability to drive impactful results and support the growth of both your team and the wider business analysis community. We encourage you to provide real-world examples that highlight how you've solved complex problems, made decisive actions that led to success, and inspired others within your organisation.
Your responses should demonstrate the values, skills, and achievements that have made you a leader in business analysis, with an emphasis on how you have embraced emerging trends and supported the growth of the BA community.
Award recipient will receive:
1. Award Certificates.
2. One (1) complimentary ticket to 2026 Festival of Business Analysis in their location.
3. One (1) IIBA Membership
4. Shortlisted and winning submissions will receive exposure in the organizer's communications.
Award Terms & Conditions
Terms and Conditions can be viewed here.
2024 Winners
Business Analysis Practice of Year 2024
WINNER - WorkSafe Victoria - Enterprise Business Analysis Practice
Emerging Business Analyst of the Year Award 2024
Sponsored by PM Partners
- Anthony Behen | Virgin Australia Airlines
- Nadene Crickmar | New Zealand Police
- Erivan De Sena Ramos | Queensland Health
- Jay Du | Expert360
- Daniel Glenton | NRI
- Amanda Knol | Okami Digital
- Marina Pullin | MCBI Learning and Development
- Julie Radcliffe | Redvespa
- Astrid Ries | Cordelta
- Natasha Wilson | Kiwirail | Tash Adele Wilson
- Mohamed Zahran | e-finance
2023 Winners
Business Analysis Practice of Year 2023
WINNERS - UniSuper and Victorian Building Authority (VBA) BA Practice
FINALISTS - UniSuper | Victorian Building Authority (VBA) BA Practice | WorkSafe Victoria
Business Analysis Innovation of the Year 2023
WINNER - Torrens University – Foundations in Business Analysis
FINALIST - Torrens University – Foundations in Business Analysis
Dr Cecily Macdougall Business Analyst of the Year 2023
WINNER - Lesley Powell - Bankwest
FINALISTS - Sophal In - Unisuper | Naomi Pollock - Enterprise Agility | Lesley Powell - Bankwest
Emerging Business Analyst of the Year Award 2023
Sponsored by PM Partners
WINNER - Epsy Shiny Edward – WorkSafe Victoria
FINALISTS - Laura Denby – Xam Consulting Pty Ltd | Epsy Shiny Edward – WorkSafe Victoria | Kristina Gwizdek – WorkSafe Victoria
Business Analysis Leader of the Year Award 2023
Not awarded in 2023
- Paul Benn | Senior Business Analysis Consultant
- Nadene Crickmar | Strategic Business Analyst | New Zealand Customs Service
- Erivan De Sena Ramos | Business Analyst | Aurion Payroll Systems
- Vivian Fu | Senior Business Analyst | Auckland Transport
- Hadi Hormozi | Senior BA | Prime Professional Services
- Abhishek Puri | Lead Business Analyst | Yarra Trams
- Ashish Singh | Director, Business Analysis & Technology | Accenture
- Mohamed Zahran | Business Excellence and Controls Head | e-finance