2025 Winners & finalists

Academic of the Year

Kerry Bodle, Griffith University

Vicky Krishnamurthy, Glide Accounting
Annette Morgan, Curtin University
Amanda White, University of Technology Sydney

Accounting Consultant of the Year

Meena Bebawy, Solution Accountants
Donnie Buchanan, Entry Counts
Sarah Clayton, Freshwater Taxation

Adarsh Dutt, Oyster Hub Advisory Partners

Manu Gupta, M G Arthur & Associates
Daleen Jansen Van Rensburg, JVR Accounting and tax
Dilpreet Kaur, Account Experts
Bhawana Shrestha, SBS Business Advisory
Kylie Thompson, Sorrento Strategic Accounting
James Yoo, JY Accountants

Accounting Student of the Year

Alyna Arago, University of NSW

Nicholas Davies, William Buck
Brandon Elhelou, Latitude Accountants
Kirtika Gairola, Equil Advisory
Natasha Le, Ax3 Partners
Aurelia Maxima, William Nguyen & Partners
Andrew McKinnon, Deloitte Services
Ronalie Paronable, TaxSmart Cafe
Jaanvi Singh, Grant Thornton Australia
Joel Woodhead, Latitude Accountants

Accounting Support Staff of the Year

Georgia Carter, Rise Accountants
Jade Cui, RSM Australia
Henriette Demirdjian, Hive Wise
Chantelle Izzo, Sorrento Strategic Accounting
Loredana Musumeci, Aquila Super
Kristy Neal, Grow Accounting

Rebecca Noonan, Latitude Accountants

Catrina Orton, Ultimate Tax & Advisory
Kate Sweeny, Elevate Accounting
Tara Warrington, Naked Accounting

Auditor of the Year

Pooja Bajaj, Australian National Audit Office

Thomas Holland, Vincents
Daniel Tai, Ax3 Partners
Jean Zhang, Accru Felsers

Bookkeeper of the Year

Erica Avenell, Accounts In Order
Nikki Dawes, Above & Beyond Bookkeeping Services
Nicole Hurkens, Tradie CFO
Whitney Johnson, Ladies Behind the Tradies
Hayley Kalms, Navwealth
Shelley Lovegrove, Pandanus Noosa Bookkeeping
Philippa Rickards, My Bookkeeping Buddy
Lisa Stoneham, Straight Forward Accounting Solutions

Kathi Tait, Tradie Books Australia

Jamee White, NextEra Bookkeeping

Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the Year

Adarsh Dutt, Oyster Hub Advisory Partners

Priyan Fernando, Metrix Advisory

Andrew Ferrier, MJC Partners
Nicole Hurkens, Tradie CFO
Michelle Kvello, Lantern Partners
Divya Singh, Business Mastery t/as Kerwin Rae
Roy Totino, Trevanta

Corporate Accountant of the Year

Gieorgia Coles, Frost Engineers

Zoe Keck, Canva

Hana Khaled, Hejaz Financial Services/Hejaz Capital
Terry Lim, Stockland
Xiaoyun (Cindy) Lu, E.SUN Commercial Bank
Thomas Mathew, Dentsu

Indigenous Accountant of the Year

Jolene Elliott, Karlaya Accounting and Business Advisory

Tory O’Brien, TJS Accounting
Jeremy Wolf, Origin Business Consultants

Mentor of the Year

Ansley Andoo, Naked Accounting
Kyelie Baxter, IQ Accountants
Jamie Johns, Wize Mentoring/Sky Accountants
Ashley Leslie, Vincents

Givantha (Sam) Naragala, MacKillop Catholic College, Trendy Tax Solutions, and Mortgage Choice Hobart

Simone Palfreyman, Palfreyman Chartered Accountants
Kayla Russell, Vision Beyond Advisory
John Saade, Latitude Accountants
Divya Singh, Business Mastery t/as Kerwin Rae
Roy Totino, Trevanta

New Partner of the Year

Ashley Byrnes, Elevate Accounting
Tanya Holtham, Alto Accounting & Advisory
Rhys Lambert, BlueRock
Lisa Maletta, Bacchus Advisory
Greg Portelli, Portelli Liakos
Roy Totino, Trevanta
Shaun Ward, Carbon Group (Gympie)

Peter Xi, RSM

Angela Yu, CIB Accountants & Advisers
Jean Zhang, Accru Felsers

Not-for-profit Accountant of the Year

Adarsh Dutt, Oyster Hub Advisory Partners

Dale Ettridge, Carbon Group
Jo Fahd, Next Dimension Accounting
Helen Lam, University of New South Wales
Michelle Meng, Sydney Children’s Hospital Network and Bankstown Hospital
Givantha (Sam) Naragala, MacKillop Catholic College and Trendy Tax Solutions
Daniel Tai, Ax3 Partners

Partner of the Year

Stewart Blizard, Insight Advisory Group
Danette Cheung, RSM Australia
Shane Crommelin, Elevate Accounting

Dinesh Aggarwal, Fortuna Advisory Group

Rick Hipwood, CTB Advisory
Lorin Joyce, MGI Joyce|Dickson
Michael McGann, Boyce Assurance Services
John Saade, Latitude Accountants
Chris Simmons, MJC Partners
Steven Zabeti, Accru Felsers

Partner of the Year (Boutique Firm)

David Fitzgerald, Factor1 Accountants & Advisers
Simon Freeman, Aquila Super
Ashneel Kumar, Rise Accountants
Lisa Maletta, Bacchus Advisory
James Marshall, MWM Advisory
Daniel Ngo, HDQ Chartered Accountants
Bobby Serval, Ultimate Tax & Advisory
Krishan Nath Sharma, KNS Accounting

Rod Sherrington, Trinity Advisory

Nika Widanage, AIM S Australia

Property Specialist Accountant of the Year

Rajat Chopra, M G Arthur & Associates
Tony Deng, Tony Deng & Co

Manu Gupta, M G Arthur & Associates

Linda Holmes, PLH Accountants
Amir Ishak, Property Tax Specialists
Isagani Manaois, TaxSmart Cafe
Daniel Ngo, HDQ Chartered Accountants
Steven Quach, HDQ Chartered Accountants
Liana Tenggara, Burswood Accounting
Morgan Wilson, creditte chartered accountants & advisors

Public Accountant of the Year

Ansley Rony Andoo, Naked Accounting
Renee Cooper, InDepth Accounting
Jacob Fahmy, Latitude Accountants

Teddy Kosasih, MaxGrowth

Leon (Phung Phu) Lam, William Nguyen & Partners
Kayla Russell, Vision Beyond Advisory and Palfreyman Chartered Accountants
Elizabeth Shimmin, Bluebird Accounting
Ellen Soh, Factor1 Accountants & Advisers
Liana Tenggara, Burswood Accounting
Kylie Thompson, Sorrento Strategic Accounting

Rising Star of the Year

Hugh Conron, Wheelhouse Advisory
Sarah Kelso, RSM Australia (Toowoomba)
Jaemi Kim, Sedley Koschel Financial Group
Huong Lisner, Rubiix Business Accountants
Bianca Morelli, Fordham Group
Aijo Ong, Equil Advisory

Joanna Perry, Firm Ready

Keilah Reyes, Rise Accountants
Harry Reynolds, MGI Dobbyn Carafa
Joshua Vassel, Fordham Group

Superannuation Auditor of the Year

Katrina Fletcher, Elite Super
Naomi Kewley, Peak Super Audits

Benjamin Lacey, Aquila Super

Ben Willington, Australian Super Audits

Superannuation Specialist Accountant of the Year

Natalia Clack, Easy Super

Susan Manns, Approach Super
Susan O’Connor, Susan O’Connor Accounting
Bradley Raw, Insight Advisory Group
Robert Ricevuto, ABR Partners
Daniel Simmons, MJC Partners
Michelle Stewart, Slack-Smith Partners
Liana Tenggara, Burswood Accounting

Thought Leader of the Year

Kyelie Baxter, IQ Accountants
Adarsh Dutt, Oyster Hub Advisory Partners
Harry Hoang OAM, Tailored Accounts
Jaemi Kim, Sedley Koschel Financial Group

Sarah Lawrance, Hot Toast

Natalie Lennon, Two Sides Accounting
Xiaoyun (Cindy) Lu, E.SUN Commercial Bank
Sanchi Rajamanthri, Diabetes Australia
Liam Telford, RSM Australia
Roy Totino, Trevanta

Young Accountant of the Year (30 years or under)

Kunal Batra, All in one Accounting Solutions
Abhay Chellani, M G Arthur & Associates
Joshua De Jesus, TaxSmart Cafe
Hripsime Demirdjian, Hive Wise
Patrick El-Bitar, Latitude Accountants
Dale Ettridge, Carbon Group
Patricia Liyady, Equil Advisory

Ramy Singh, Rio Tinto

Shivam Singla, G & S Associates
Alexander Thompson, Sorrento Strategic Accounting

Accountants Daily Excellence Award

Sarah Lawrance, Hot Toast