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

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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