Organisation Awards
Each organisational Award category will comprise of a judging panel of between six and eight business leaders with expertise relevant to the Award. The judges will consider entries against the stated Judging Criteria and produce a shortlist prior to determining the category winner.
Shortlisted organisations will be contacted in the lead up to the Awards Ceremony to ensure their attendance on the evening.
For detailed information relating to the nomination and selection of the WA Business Leader of the Year Award, please click here.
2017 JUDGES
Mr | Terry | Agnew | Group CEO | RAC WA |
Ms | Jennifer | Allen | Director | WA Museum Foundation |
Mr | Dean | Brajevic | General Manager Human Resources | Monadelphous Group Ltd |
Mr | Brian | Briscoe | Managing Director | Briscoe Search Consulting |
Dr | Steve | Brown | Manager Executive Education | AIM WA+UWA Business School Executive Education |
Mr | Peter | Byala | Deputy Chief Executive Officer | AIM WA |
Mr | Fred | Chaney | Principal | Chaney Architecture |
Ms | Lorna | Cook | Company Director | chemo@home |
Mr | Mario | D'Orazio | Managing Director | Channel 7 Perth |
Ms | Simone | Ellul | State Manager | Bendigo & Adelaide Bank |
Ms | Maryna | Fewster | Director of Operations | Seven West Media |
Mr | Russell | Gibbs | Chief Executive Officer | Hawaiian |
Mr | Scott | Glendinning | Capture Branding | |
Mr | Richard | Godfrey | Chief Operating Officer | West Coast Eagles Football Club |
Mr | Michael | Golleschewski | Manaing Director - Pilbara Mines | Rio Tinto Iron Ore |
Ms | Mary | Hackett | Regional Director ANZ & PNG and Operations Leader - Asia Pacific | GE Oil and Gas Australia |
Mr | Ben | Harvey | Group Business Editor | The West Australian |
Professor | Colleen | Hayward AM | Pro-Vice-Chancellor | Edith Cowan University |
Mr | Dean | Hely | Managing Partner | Lavan Legal |
Mr | Warwick | Hemsley | Chairman | Hemsley Paterson |
Ms | Nichola | Holgate | Head of Corporate Affairs | Bankwest |
Mr | John | Hughes | Owner | John Hughes Group of Companies |
Ms | Fiona | Kalaf | Chief Executive Officer | Youth Focus |
Mr | Matthew | Macfarlane | Investment Director | Yuuwa Capital |
Mr | Michael | Malone | ||
Mr | Adam | Marshall | Managing Director | CARAT |
Ms | Dixie | Marshall | Head of Creative and Partnerships | The Story Lab |
Mr | Brodie | McCulloch | Managing Director | Spacecubed |
Ms | Tonya | McCusker | Founder | McCusker Charitable Foundation |
Mr | Patrick | McCutcheon | Head of Human Resources | Lotterywest |
Hon | Sheila | McHale | Chief Executive Officer | Palmerston Association |
Mr | Patrick | Moran | Managing Director | EDGE Employment Solutions |
Mr | Michael | Ottaviano | Chief Executive Officer | Carnegie Clean Energy |
Mr | Chris | Palandri | Regional Managing Director | Multiplex |
Hon | Melissa | Parke | Former Member | Australian Labor Party |
Ms | Maria | Perez | Director, Centre for International Development | AIM WA |
Ms | Alex | Quinn | Director Marketing and Public Relations | AIM WA |
Dr | Shaun | Ridley | Deputy Chief Executive Officer | AIM WA |
Mr | Paul | Rosair | Principal | NAJA Business Consultancy Services |
Ms | Natalie | Sarich-Dayton | Marketing Director | Brownes Dairy |
Mr | Andrew | Sharry | Chief Executive Officer | Adventure World |
Mr | Dan | Stinton | Head of Digital | The West Australian |
Mr | James | Symons | Chief Executive Officer | PC Locs/LocknCharge |
Mr | John | Van der Wielen | Chief Executive Officer | HBF Health |
Ms | Dianna | Vitasovic | Director | Innovation Culture |
Ms | Andrea | Walters | Director Personal Membership Services | AIM WA |
Dr | Fiona | Wood AM | Co-Founder | The Fiona Wood Foundation |
Ms | Heather | Zampatti | Head of Wealth Management | Bell Potter Securities Limited |
Note: An organisation cannot apply for any Award category for which an employee or board member is a judge. Please refer to the Eligibility Criteria/ Terms & Conditions.