2020 Winners and finalists

ACCOUNTING CONSULTANT OF THE YEAR

Meena Bebawy, Solution Accountants
Adarsh Dutt, Oyster Hub - Accountants, Brokers & Consultants
Nadia Gupta, CTBS Partners
Debbie Hiscock, Down The Line Accounting Services
Daleen Jansen Van Rensburg, JVR Accounting and Tax

Teddy Kosasih, Pitt Martin

Doug Mitchell, Mitchell Wilson
Elle Sweeney, Link Advisors
Mohammed Taiyab, Tax & Accounting Professionals
Vincent Villafranca, Vista Tax Consultants

ACCOUNTING STUDENT OF THE YEAR

Daniel Foelz, Lawson Accounting
Bradley Goyne, Kilara Group
Brooke Hepburn-Rogers, Stellar Super
Khanh Nguyen, The University of Southern Queensland, Australia

Ellysia Oldsen, The University of Adelaide

Hannah Olsson, DFK Hirn Newey
Taylah Price, Palfreyman Chartered Accountants

ACCOUNTING SUPPORT STAFF OF THE YEAR

Alexandra Bain, Walker Hill
Amelia Carey, Orbit
Leela Egan-Halls, SHB Business & Wealth Advisers
Lynne Gouldthorp, BDO
Kay Green, Condon Noller
Alicia Maher, Stellar Super
Nicole McMillan, Roberts & Cowling

Olivia Palfreyman, Palfreyman Chartered Accountants

Kayte Ratcliffe, YOUtax
Emma Ross, Walker Hill

AUDITOR OF THE YEAR

Judy Brown, Brown Audit and Assurance Services
Deanne Firth, Tactical Super
Matt Renouf, BDO
Daniel Surjenko, Superannuation Audit Services
Jeremiah Thum, Independent Audit Services

Ben Willington, Accru Harris Orchard

BOOKKEEPER OF THE YEAR

Tamara-Lee Beveridge, BizCore 360

Robyn Flynn Large, Somerville Bookkeeping
Allison Gardiner, Carbon Group
Sonya Jacobsen, Your Bookkeeping Angel
Sandra Lee, PLH Accountants
Pam Madytianos, 2 Peas
Renae Petersen, 2 Peas
Sadia Rehman, Live Real Estate Accounts
Paul Tsimopoulos, Assured Business & Wealth Advisors
Roslyn Van Welie, Shaped Business Services

CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER (CFO) OF THE YEAR

Tania Davies, Beginning Boutique
Adarsh Dutt, Oyster Hub - Accountants, Brokers & Consultants
Lisa Evans, Mingara Leisure Group

Sarah Lawrance, Hot Toast

Rathika Mahadeva, G-Force Category Solutions
Nicole Soh, J&N Accountants
John Wise, Acumentis Group

CORPORATE ACCOUNTANT OF THE YEAR

Manesh Bhudia, Alderton & Company
Adarsh Dutt, Oyster Hub - Accountants, Brokers & Consultants
Jean Hardman, InfraBuild Recycling

Kevin Sampath, Hudson

Divya Singh, Kerwin Rae - Business Mastery
Roy Spagnolo, Roy Spagnolo & Associates

NEW PARTNER OF THE YEAR

Mark Farronato, Roy Spagnolo & Associates
Brooke Hepburn-Rogers, Stellar Super

Adam Peacock, Peacock Accounting Services

Manik Pujara, Patison Partners
Shannon Spadavecchia, Truon Accountants

NOT-FOR-PROFIT ACCOUNTANT OF THE YEAR

Adarsh Dutt, Oyster Hub - Accountants, Brokers & Consultants
Harry Hoang, Tailored Accounts
Kaushika Jayalath, Monash University
Agnes Kopras-Ianson, Radford College

Margot Richardson, Business Mapping Solutions

PARTNER OF THE YEAR

Neil Brennan, William Buck (Victoria)

Shane Crommelin, Elevate Accounting

Phillip Miller, Vincents
John Olive, Horizon Accounting Group
Stuart Reynolds, Fullstack Advisory
Shannon Smit, SMART Business Solutions
Timothy Stubbs, Avoda Business Advisory
Chris Tinta, Link Advisors
Paul Tsimopoulos, Assured Business & Wealth Advisors

PARTNER OF THE YEAR (BOUTIQUE FIRM)

Kyelie Baxter, IQ Accountants

Shane Crommelin, Elevate Accounting
Emmanuel Ihanimo, Lifetime Accountants & Advisers
Kim Jay, Initiative Group
John Olive, Horizon Accounting Group
Simone Palfreyman, Palfreyman Chartered Accountants
John Pititto, Mead Partners
Chris Tinta, Link Advisors
Andrew Van De Beek, Illumin8
Tom Walsh, Walsh Accountants

PROPERTY SPECIALIST ACCOUNTANT OF THE YEAR

Matthew Bebawy, Choice Accountants
Meena Bebawy, Solution Accountants
Graham Chee, Local Knowledge
Wei Deng, Tony Deng & Co.
Linda Holmes, PLH Accountants
Owen Lonergan, BDO
Kon Paraskevas, MP Tax & Business Solutions
Mark Pozzi, Pozzi Financial Services
Catherine Smith, Wholistic Financial Solutions

Vincent Villafranca, Vista Tax Consultants

PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT OF THE YEAR

Cam Cengiz, BDO
Paul Cunningham, SMART Business Solutions
Tracey Dunn, RSM Australia
Mary Farquhar, BDO
Rachel Hunter, Quill Group
Teddy Kosasih, Pitt Martin
Natalie Lennon, Two Sides

Simone Palfreyman, Palfreyman Chartered Accountants

Jo Sampson, Accountant C
Elle Sweeney, Link Advisors

RISING STAR OF THE YEAR

Matthew Dodds, Gold Coast
Casey Forrest, Deloitte
Adam Lawson, SHB Business & Wealth Advisers
Kayla Russell, Palfreyman Chartered Accountants
Elle Sweeney, Link Advisors

Brandon Tilley, SMART Business Solutions

Angela Minniti, Deloitte
Brittany Morgan, DFK Hirn Newey
Catherine Antcliff, Lombardi Partners
Deanna Niarhos, Health and Life

SUPERANNUATION AUDITOR OF THE YEAR

U-Li Cheong, Strategic Integrative Accountants
Deanne Firth, Tactical Super

Katrina Fletcher, Elite Super

Naomi Kewley, Peak Super Audits
David Saul, Saul SMSF
Daniel Surjenko, Superannuation Audit Services
Jeremiah Thum, Independent Audit Services
Willington, Audit Your Superfund

SUPERANNUATION SPECIALIST ACCOUNTANT OF THE YEAR

Brooke Hepburn-Rogers, Stellar Super

Petra King, Xperion - Proud to be boring accountants
Lisa Papachristoforos, Hughes O’Dea Corredig
Bradley Seeto, Bramelle Partners
Shannon Smit, SMART Business Solutions

THOUGHT LEADER OF THE YEAR

Tracey Dunn, RSM Australia

Robyn Jacobson, The Tax Institute (formerly TaxBanter)

Sarah Lawrance, Hot Toast
Natalie Lennon, Two Sides
Pam Madytianos, 2 Peas
Dr Marcus Rodrigs, The University of Newcastle
Catherine Smith, Wholistic Financial Solutions
Heather Smith, ANISE Consulting
Brent Szalay, SEIVA
Tom Walsh, Walsh Accountants

YOUNG ACCOUNTANT OF THE YEAR (30 YEARS OR UNDER)

Adell Adams, Bottrell Business Consultants
Matthew Hudson, SV Partners
Maggie Lo, Woolworths Group Limited

Walter Lomax, PricewaterhouseCoopers

Davie Mach, Box Advisory Services
Adrian Montagner, Roy Spagnolo & Associates
Ryan O’Shaughnessy, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu
Andrew Quinn, Mackay Goodwin
Nick Tankard, Fullstack Advisory
Salvatore Urbano, PwC

ACCOUNTANTS DAILY EXCELLENCE AWARD

Robyn Jacobson, The Tax Institute (formerly TaxBanter)