IIBA Australia & New Zealand 
2026 Business Analysis Awards

Previous Winners, Finalists & Judges

Explore past award winners and judges across each year. Select a year below to view full results, including categories, finalists, and judging panels.
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2026

Finalists

Dr Cecily Macdougall Business Analyst of the Year 
Bambang Hermanto, Suncorp
Paramjyot Chadha, Jackadder International
WINNER: Catherine Gabbott, Suncorp
PM-Partners Emerging Business Analyst of the Year Award
David Hanna, Australian Payments Plus
Tanya Armitage, Townsville City Council
WINNER: Thi Thu Tran, Jackadder International
Business Analysis Leader of the Year Award  
Akhila Mohan, IIBA Australia (Sydney)
Daniel Lindsay, Mercury NZ
WINNER: Ramya Palraj, Toyota Finance Australia
ScrumCraft Business Analysis Innovation of the Year
Coen Critchley, Chartered Accountants ANZ
Briana Ertanin, Yarak Consulting
WINNER: Paul Kelly, Australian Payments Plus
Business Analysis Practice of the Year 
Adam Bury, Townsville City Council
Krishna Nandagopal, WorkSafe Victoria
WINNER: Henny Shone, Suncorp Analysis Practice

Judges

  • Art Grochala, NGCC
  • Ashutosh Singh, Rest Super
  • Claire Pullan, ASC
  • Dean Firmin, Talexa
  • Emma Cockroft, Suncorp
  • Erivan De Sena Ramos, Esri Australia
  • Harshal Dave, Bailey Abbott
  • Iryna Sizikova, Dentsply Sirona
  • Liza Laya, Building & Plumbing Commission
  • Nathan Whalen, IMA Management & Technology
  • Promise Akwaowo, Royal Mail Group
  • Shravan Cunchala, UNSW Canberra
  • Shweta Nandwate, Equifax
  • Tara Sutherland, Spark Ignite
  • Vishakha Sachdev, South Australian Government
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2025


Business Analysis Practice of the Year 2025
ATO Smarter Data - Business Analysis Capability
ASB Bank Limited (NZ)
WINNER: BA Practice @ Reserve Bank of Australia

Business Analysis Innovation of the Year 2025
Analysis Collective Aotearoa
WINNER: Digital Enablement, Datacom

Business Analysis Leader of the Year Award 2025
Jayanti Reddy, WICET
Melissa-Jo Wides, Suncorp
WINNER: Philip Tod, TPG Telecom

Emerging Business Analyst of the Year Award 2025, sponsored by PM-Partners
Bolor-Oyu Natsagdorj, GPC Asia Pacific
Ashwin Malhotra, A & D Consulting Pty Ltd
WINNER: Shravan Cunchala, UNSW Canberra

Dr Cecily Macdougall Business Analyst of the Year 2025
Rebecca Lawless, Australian Bureau of Statistics
Kiran Sangwan, UniSuper
WINNER: Muthukumar Murugesan, Lane8 Consulting
 

Judges

  • Anna Rajander, RAC
  • Claire Pullan, ElectraNet
  • Daniel Glenton, NRI
  • Dean Firmin, Talexa
  • Erivan De Sena Ramos, Esri Australia
  • Gaurav Gupta, Wipro Ltd
  • Harshal Dave, Bailey Abbott
  • Iryna Sizikova, Dentsply Sirona
  • Katherine Berrosco, Bankwest
  • Linda Field, Adept Technology
  • Martin Witchard, Department of Youth Justice
  • Mohamed Zahran, World Organisation of the Scout Movement
  • Monisha Athi Kesavan Premalatha, Microsoft
  • Siobhan Badrock, Arup
  • Vishwajeet Agarwal, KMM
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2024


Business Analysis Practice of the Year 2024
BA Chapter Bankwest
Optus CX Digital Business Analysis Chapter
WINNER: WorkSafe Victoria - Enterprise Business Analysis Practice

Business Analysis Innovation of the Year 2024
WINNER: Lauren Hickman and Lillie Lamb, Pāmu Task Manager - Pāmu (Landcorp Farming Ltd.)

Dr Cecily Macdougall Business Analyst of the Year 2024
Abdul Majeed Khan, WorkSafe Victoria
Sandy Chow, City of Casey
WINNER: Katherine Claudia Berrosco Monterroso, Bankwest

Emerging Business Analyst of the Year Award 2024, sponsored by PM-Partners
Sugul Rasakulasingas, UniSuper
Qiong Zhou, Plant & Food Research
WINNER: Connor Christie, Empower Wealth

Business Analysis Leader of the Year Award 2024
Inderpreet Bhatia, Optus
WINNER: Krishna Nandagopal, WorkSafe Victoria
 

Judges

  • 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
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2023


Business Analysis Practice of the Year 2023
WINNERS: UniSuper and Victorian Building Authority (VBA) BA Practice

Business Analysis Innovation of the Year 2023
WINNER: Torrens University – Foundations in Business Analysis

Dr Cecily Macdougall Business Analyst of the Year 2023
Naomi Pollock, Enterprise Agility
Sophal In, UniSuper
WINNER: Lesley Powell, Bankwest

Emerging Business Analyst of the Year Award 2023, sponsored by PM-Partners
Laura Denby, Xam Consulting Pty Ltd
Kristina Gwizdek, WorkSafe Victoria
WINNER: Epsy Shiny Edward, WorkSafe Victoria

Business Analysis Leader of the Year Award 2023
Not awarded in 2023
 

Judges

  • Paul Benn | Senior Business Analysis Consultant
  • Nadene Crickmar | New Zealand Customs Service
  • Erivan De Sena Ramos | Aurion Payroll Systems
  • Vivian Fu | Auckland Transport
  • Hadi Hormozi | Prime Professional Services
  • Abhishek Puri | Yarra Trams
  • Ashish Singh | Accenture
  • Mohamed Zahran | e-finance

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