2020 WINNERS AND FINALISTS
INDIVIDUAL AWARDS
Regional Professional of the Year
- Robyn Beath, Astute Financial Melbourne City South/Gippsland
- Joanne Dillon, Smartline
- Carol King, Loan Market
- Mhairi MacLeod, Astute Ability Group
- Jane Pollard, Catalyst Accounting & Tax
- Sharon Russell, Westpac
- Georgie Savage, Shadforth Financial Group
* Shannon Smit, SMART Business Solutions
- Katharine Smoother, Smartline
- Tracey Sumpton, Smartline
Accountant of the Year
- Elaine Chim, Bramelle Partners
- Rebecca Cornish, Keats Accounting
* Sonia Gibson, Accounting Heart
- Miriam Holme, Fab Tax Accountants
- Rachel Hunter, Quill Group
- Azlin Lutfi, Pride Advice & Accounting
- Catherine Maguire, Tick Tax Accountants
- Indiah Millard, FAA Accounting Group
- Hana Nguyen, HiCom Accounting
- Angela Stavropoulos, Pilot Partners
Accounting Consultant of the Year
- Anna Beard, KA & Associates
- Minh Dao, KPMG
- Debbie Hiscock, Down The Line Tax Services
- Amy Holdsworth, Clarity Street
- Dianna Jacobsen, Shine at Business
- Andrya McKinlay, PwC Australia
- Stacey Quinn, Moore Australia
* Elle Sweeney, Link Advisors
Auditor of the Year
- Katrina Fletcher, Elite Super
- Jessica Galvin, JG Audit & Assurance
* Naomi Kewley, Peak Super Audits
Banking and Finance Lawyer of the Year
- Michelle Cohen, Harding Stenning & Co Lawyers
- Rebecca Finkelstein, King & Wood Mallesons
- Kelly Hastedt, Bank of Queensland
- Grace Irvin, Denwol Group
- Naomi J. Saba, MoneyMe Limited
- Sarah Jones, JHK Legal
* Paula Nassif, King & Wood Mallesons
- Sarah Rogers, Gadens
- Nadia Sabaini, Bennett & Philp Lawyers
- Susan Verginis, Gadens
Bookkeeper of the Year
* Tamara-Lee Beveridge, BizCore 360
- Nikki Dawes, Above and Beyond Bookkeeping Services
- Kaleena Haas, KH Account Solutions
- Sonya Jacobsen, Your Bookkeeping Angel
- Kaia Kaldoja, BlueRock
- Nicole Lynch, Streamline Management Australia
- Debbie Mirisch, Biz Synergy
- Ammy Sadik, Valiant Finance
- Melanie Thomson, Keats Accounting
- Trudi Yip, Numeric Eight
Director of the Year
- Donna Bruce, Walsh Accountants
- Sue Hayter, Quality Financial Group
- Miriam Holme, Fab Tax Accountants
- Ulrika Lobo, Blue River Finance
- Kelly Morton, Skye Capital Advisory
* Samantha Robinson, Pursue Wealth
- Louisa Sijabat, Vincents
- Bernadette Smith, Aspen Corporate
- Kim Szigeti, FBAA
- Amie Tennant, Future Finance Group
Entrepreneur of the Year
- Judith Beck, Financial Executive Women
- Emma Bowdler, The Women’s Accountant
- Amanda Cassar, Wealth Planning Partners
- Alissa Childs, Two Birds One Loan
- Nikki Firth, Your Accounting Sanctuary
* Pascale Helyar-Moray, Super-Rewards
- Marion Rodwell, Accounting Excellence
- Megan Skinner, Aqua Door Home Loans
- Debra Taylor, OpenSparkz and PAX Technology Australia
- Jade Weller, JadeStart
Executive Assistant/Personal Assistant of the Year
* Bianca Carroll, SMART Business Solutions
- Madeleine Dart, outsource financial
- Rachel Goh, Capital Partners
- Amber Hale, Hewison Private Wealth
- Elena Lee, Yarra Wealth
- Romina Losurdo, Mazars
- Danielle Penley, Truon Chartered Accountants
- Julianne Wallace, Intuit
- Meredith Williams, Bennelong Funds Management
- Stephanie Yip, M Capitol
Marketing Professional of the Year
- Nikki Berzin, Cherry Lending & Finance
- Kate Hill, Futurity Investment Group
- Lisa Jackson, Loan Market
- Erika Jonsson, Six Park
- Anhar Khanbhai, TransferWise
- Luana Rees, WD Nicholls Chartered Accountants
* Andrea Roberts, Connective Broker Services
- Jennifer Snell, Finder
- Brooke Whyte, Future Finance Group
- Linda Wright, Topdocs
Office Administrator of the Year
- Amelia Carey, Orbit
- Elena Lee, Yarra Wealth
- Jane Martin, Keats Accounting
- Anne Ngo, Implemented Portfolios
- Kate O’Sullivan, Mortgage Choice Nowra
* Olivia Palfreyman, Palfreyman Chartered Accountants
- Eujanie Papandreou, Aspen Corporate
- Sanju Shahi, Shore Financial
- Helen Smith, SMART Business Solutions
- Yasmin Weston, Capital Partners
SMSF Adviser of the Year
* Rosario Carbajal, Wealth Inspired
- Lucy Hateley, Red Lion Wealth Advisory
- Shannon Smit, SMART Business Solutions
- Lisa Papachristoforos, Hughes O’Dea Corredig
Thought Leader of the Year
- Sandra Andrews, Loan Gallery Finance
- Jessica Brady, Fox & Hare Financial Advice
- Tracey Dunn, RSM Australia
* Melinda Howes, BT
- Jacqui Lennon, Allianz Retire+
- Michelle Maynard, Carbon Group
- Danielle Main, AMP
- Simone Palfreyman, Palfreyman Chartered Accountants
- Tricia Peters, MELCA - Divorce with a Difference
- Sam Robinson, Pursue Wealth
Young Leader of the Year
- Madeleine Dart, outsource financial
- Zandile Dube, Findex
* Alexandra Grigg, Artesian (Alternative Investments)
- Adriana Jennings, Intuit
- Michelle Knight, Little Miss Bookkeeping
- Olivia Palfreyman, Palfreyman Chartered Accountants
- Kayla Russell, Palfreyman Chartered Accountants
- Brodie Valentine, Aussie
- Cara Williams, Perrier Ryan
- Stephanie Yip, M Capitol
Women in Finance Excellence Award
* Pascale Helyar-Moray, Super-Rewards
GROUP AWARDS
Employer of the Year
- AIA Australia
- Liberty
- Mazars
* TAL
Employer of the Year (SME)
- Adam Cheetham Chartered Accountants
- Apt Wealth Partners
- Keats Accounting
- Paris Financial
- Thinking Big Finance
- TNT Advisor Solutions
* Truon Chartered Accountants
- Vita Gustafson and Associates
- Walsh Accountants
Training and Development Program of the Year
- Financial Executive Women
- Finsure Broker Academy
- JBWere
* Mazars
- Zurich and OnePath Life