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
The 2026 Awards judging panel brings together experienced business analysis professionals from across Australia, New Zealand and internationally, representing a diverse range of industries and expertise.
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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