2022 Winners and finalists

Accounting Consultant of the Year

Meena Bebawy, Solution Accountants
Dante Garcia, Link Advisors
Sonia Gibson, Accounting Heart
Teddy Kosasih, Pitt Martin Advisory
Sarah Lawrance, Hot Toast

Natasha Milne, Vincents

Bobby Serval, Ultimate Tax & Advisory
Shannon Spadavecchia, Truon Chartered Accountants
Kaleem Ullah, The Kalculators
Vincent Villafranca, Vista Tax Consultants

Accounting Student of the Year

Lachlan Bruce, Smart Business Solutions Group
Jayden Dagg, Bottrell Business Consultants

Kylie Diaper, Smart Business Solutions Group

Daniel Foelz, Lawson Accounting
Jasper Kong, PwC Australia
Jaydon Luk, HLB Mann Judd
Daniel Mortel, Bottrell Business Consultants
Hana Northey, Smart Business Solutions Group
Monika Pipek, HiCom Accounting
Rasha Toza, Western Sydney University

Auditor of the Year

Pooja Bajaj, Australian National Audit Office

Alexandra Carvalho, PKF Perth

Ryan Dummett, Ashfords Audit and Assurance

Accounting Support Staff of the Year

Annabelle Clare, Walshs

Stacey Gillies, MGI Joyce|Dickson
Emma Hardy, BDO Sunshine Coast
Lisa Le, Box Advisory Services
Emma Louis, Cutcher & Neale
Ana Lukac, New Wave Accountants & Business Advisory
Becky McGuinness, Kerrie Wallace & Associates
Heather Moore, The Garis Group
Stacie Shaw, PKF Sydney and Newcastle
Alison Wilkinson, Bottrell Business Consultants

Bookkeeper of the Year

Sharon Crombie, MicroChilli
Robyn Flynn Large, Somerville Bookkeeping
Kaleena Haas, KH Account Solutions
Sonya Jacobsen, Your Bookkeeping Angel
Bianca Macliver, Bee Counting
Brittny Porter, New Wave Accountants & Business Advisory
Gabrielle Rogers, Sander Partners Accountants & Advisors
Lisa Stoneham, Straight Forward Accounting Solutions
Courtney Wallen, CW Bookkeeping

Trudi Yip, Numeric Eight

Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the Year

Dinesh Bhatia, Phoenix Accountants & Advisors
Matt Crowley, ACO
David Dillon, Custodian Backoffice
Kerryn Divall, The Tax Institute

Mason Dunn, Carbon Group

Zac Hayes, The Business and Wealth Collective
Michelle Kvello, Lantern Partners
Sarah Lawrance, Hot Toast
Ryan Maddock, Maddock's Accounting & Advisory
Joseph Vitalone, Penrith RSL Club

Corporate Accountant of the Year

Maha Gandhan, Synergy

Nicholas Rokkas, University of Technology Sydney

Tone Veca, Oper8 Global
Luka Zivkovic, Gold Road Resources

Mentor of the Year

Kurt Baker, ESV Business advice and accounting

Andrew Beattie, PKF Sydney and Newcastle

Mikhva De, Telstra Corporation
Amanda Gascoigne, Amanda Gascoigne Consulting and The Balanced Firm
Teddy Kosasih, Pitt Martin Advisory
Ashley Leslie, Vincents
Simone Palfreyman, Palfreyman Chartered Accountants
Ben Richards, Domino's Pizza Enterprises
Kayla Russell, Palfreyman Chartered Accountants
Benjamin Walker, Inspire - Life Changing Accountants

New Partner of the Year

Matthew Bramhall, MGI Joyce|Dickson

Melvyn Gilbert, Fortuna Advisory Group

Zac Hayes, Ignite Strategy & Tax
Sarah Lawrance, Ignite Strategy & Tax
Natalie Macdonald, Ulton
Amanda Oppel, Illumin8
Rizal Ramzan,Inspire - Life Changing Accountants

Not-for-profit Accountant of the Year

Kym Coogan, Ipswich Hospital Foundation

Felicia Goodes, NFPAS

Karen Groves, Successful Alliances
Harry Hoang, Tailored Accounts
Geraldine Lee, Glint Accountants
Tamara Mitchell, Booth Partners
Anna Ronald, Anna Ronald Accounting
Pradhima Shyamsunder, Settlement Services International

Partner of the Year

Cameron Allen, Marsh & Partners

Matthew Ashley, Mazars

Jarrod Bramble, Cutcher & Neale
Shane Crommelin, Elevate Accounting
Michelle Grech, Hughes O'Dea Corredig
Nick Hill, Walker Hill
Davie Mach, Box Advisory Services
John Olive, Horizon Accounting Group
Bradley Seeto, Bramelle Partners
Shannon Smit, Smart Business Solutions Group & Transfer Pricing Solutions

Partner of the Year (Boutique Firm)

Ben Andrews, Air Accounting

Danielle Fagents, Onyx Business Group

Sonia Gibson, Accounting Heart
Sarah Lawrance, Hot Toast
James Marshall, MWM Advisory
Simone Palfreyman, Palfreyman Chartered Accountants
Christopher Tinta, Link Advisors
Mace Turco, M2 Corporate
Andrew Van De Beek, Illumin8
Jeni Wilcock, Sullivan Dewing Chartered Accountants & Business Builders

Property Specialist Accountant of the Year

Shukri Barbara, Property Tax Specialists

Graham Chee, Local Knowledge
Tony Deng, Tony Deng & Co.
Steve Douglas, Australasian Taxation Services
Gulshan Gupta, Inspire - Life Changing Accountants
Linda Holmes, PLH Accountants
Geraldine Lee, Glint Accountants
Imran Rasheed, GBS Accountants & Advisors
Vincent Villafranca, Vista Tax Consultants
Morgan Wilson, creditte

Public Accountant of the Year

Unni Ashok, Success Tax Professionals Nundah

Kyelie Baxter, IQ Accountants
Harry (Truong Giang) Dang, Walker Wayland NSW Sydney
Sonia Gibson, Accounting Heart
Robin Martis, Elevate Accounting
Rakesh Nairn, Daxcel Financial
Kayla Russell, Palfreyman Chartered Accountants
Tegan Shayler, Ultimate Tax & Advisory
Elizabeth Shimmin, Bluebird Accounting
Brooke Steedman, ESV Business advice and accounting

Rising Star of the Year

Nadia Afrin, Mazars

Diana Burrows, Bachmayer Accounting

Matthew D'Cruz, Canva
Jared Guan, MGI Dobbyn Carafa
Jerrhyd Hipolito, BRC Capital
Ashley Huynh, Bottrell Business Consultants
Jennah Moroney, Two Sides
Caroline Nguyen, Ultimate Tax & Advisory
Jess Tran, HiCom Accounting
Sean Yee, Box Advisory Services

Superannuation Auditor of the Year

U-Li Cheong, Strategic Integrative Accountants
Christopher Craggs, SMSF Audit Firm
Katrina Fletcher, Elite Super
John Giannicos, Johnson and Associates

Naomi Kewley, Peak Super Audits

Superannuation Specialist Accountant of the Year

Christopher Craggs, SMSF Audit Firm
Dennis Eagles, Grant Thornton Australia
Petra King, Xperion - Proud to be boring accountants
Susan Manns, MWM Advisory
Scott Maroske, McConachie Stedman

Susan O'Connor, Susan O'Connor Accounting

Mailene Wheeler, Vincents

Thought Leader of the Year

Amanda Gascoigne, Anova Chartered Accountants and Amanda Gascoigne Consulting
Zac Hayes, The Business and Wealth Collective
Nick Hill, Walker Hill
Shanna Hunter, Hunter Taxation Services

Robyn Jacobson, The Tax Institute

Timothy Munro, ChangeGPS
Simone Palfreyman, Palfreyman Chartered Accountants
Heather Smith, ANISE Consulting
Brent Szalay, SEIVA
Shaye Thyer, Intuit Australia

Young Accountant of the Year (30 years or under)

Nathan Caccamo, MGI Parkinson

Matthew D'Cruz, Canva

Beatriz Angela de Grano, Corporate Technology Services
Anurika Fernando (Abeyasekera), Smart Business Solutions Group
Matthew Hudson, SV Partners
Sarah Hyland, Together Business Australia
Caitlin O'Brien, Power Tynan
Jade Rein, Fishburn Gardner Accounting & Advisory Services
Nicholas Rokkas, University of Technology Sydney
Benjamin Tansky, Power Tynan