Sue Sukkar – Planning Director, C. Kairouz Architects
Divya Mehta – Chief Executive Officer, Decode Group
Toni Ryan & Charlotte Brabant – Fund Manager, Australia / Head of Investments, Australia, Realterm
Bettina Sheeran – Partner, Maddocks
Belinda Goglia – General Manager, Property, YWCA Australia
Kym Wilkinson – Principal Engineer, Wilkinson Shaw & Associates
Sonia Jeffrey – Founder & Creative Director, iCreate Agency
Morgan Rooney and Janelle Kerrisk – Directors, Helix Impact Solutions
Peita Piper – Chief Executive Officer & Executive Director, Avenue Bank
Anne Michaels – Director, sheBuilt
2025 FINALISTS
Architecture & Design
Kent Pinel – Design Director, Spyre Group
Melissa Park and Casey Talbot – Co-Directors, Studio Collective
Rob Gray and Andrew Gray – Managing Directors, Graya
Joe Adsett – Director, Joe Adsett Architects
John Prentice – Principal & Global Sector Leader – Transport, Woods Bagot
Maria Papadopoulos – Founding Director, Sici Design
Bridie Gough – Founder and Director, Platform Architects
Rafael Contreras and Monica Earl – Co-Founders, Contreras Earl Architecture
Michael Rayner AM – Director, Blight Rayner Architecture
Community Leadership
Victoria Parker – Chief Executive Officer, The Lady Musgrave Trust
Ross Elliott – Director, Suburban Futures
Andrew Torrington – Managing Director, Woodbridge Capital
Construction
Paul Mancini and Anthony Mancini – Directors, Mancini Made
Rob Gray and Andrew Gray – Managing Directors, Graya
Mark Baker – Chief Executive Officer, BESIX Watpac
Andy King – Managing Director, Qore
Antoine Gittany – Managing Director, Dilcara Construction
Joel Davie – Founder and Director, Fleek Constructions
Annabelle Watts – Contract Administrator, Hutchinson Builders
Zak Krcic – Director, Shore Projects
Developer of the Year
Daniel Laruccia & Andrew Malouf – Co-Directors, Spyre
Ross Pelligra – Chairman, Pelligra
Michael McCormack and Shannon Peach – Managing Director / Director, Milieu
Nick Georgalis – Founder and Managing Director, Geocon
Rob Gray and Andrew Gray – Managing Directors, Graya
Pierre Sleiman and Nabil Sleiman – Founder & Managing Director / Head of Construction & Director, P&N Sleiman Group
Joe Adsett – Director, Joe Adsett Architects
Fabrizio Perilli and Marco Fahd – Group Managing Director / Group Chairman & CEO, PERIFA
Justin Brown – Executive Chairman and Founder, Abadeen
Allen Linz – Managing Director, Rebel Property Group
Allen Sammut, John Sammut and Julian Sammut – Managing Director, CFO & COO, Sammut Group
Tom Howgate – Managing Director, Kincrest
Finance
Brad Duff – Director – Property, Major Client Group, Commonwealth Bank
Kate Rundle – Senior Associate Director, Development Finance Partners
Peter O’Connor – Managing Director, Stamford Capital Australia
Barmak Amini – Managing Director, h-Capital
Jy Lazo – Chief Operating Officer, Avenue Bank
Andrew Torrington – Managing Director, Woodbridge Capital
George Karam – Director, BF Money
Future Leader – Property & Development (35 and under)
Brianna Scott – Senior Development Manager, Anthony John Group
Sam Byrne – Director and Head of Sales, Patona Property
Jessica Duce and Troy Brown – Director / Development Manager, Tilkoma Developments
Callan Tate and Matthew Haywood – Co-Founders and Directors, Oviss Group
Julian Sammut – Chief Operating Officer, Sammut Group
Thomas Wessling – Associate – Development Manager, Fluent
Matthew Samuels – Executive Director, Investments, Woodbridge Capital
Future Leader – Design & Construction (35 and under)
Andy Bell and Dan Liddy – Partners, bureau^proberts
Ali Mobarak – Associate Director, Decode Group
Tony Phillips – Executive General Manager, Alt.Form
Nicholas Donato – Senior Contracts Administrator, CIP Constructions
Zak Krcic – Director, Shore Projects
Government Leadership
Mayor Peter Flannery – Mayor, Moreton City Council
Scott Langford – Chief Executive Officer, Housing Australia
Sam Betros – General Manager of Housing Development, Department of Housing Queensland
Young Developer of the Year (40 and under)
Andrew Malouf – Director, Spyre Group
Andrew Clark – General Manager – Development, Geocon
Rob Gray and Andrew Gray – Managing Directors, Graya
Christopher Tyas – Managing Director, CADRE
Adam Coff – Managing Director, Coff Property
Vish Singh – Co-Founder, Nexus Developments
Nicholas Coloumbis – Founder, Toohey Miller
Ben Teague – Managing Director, Molti
Legal
Sarah Hundt – Principal Lawyer, Hundt Law
Mark Flint – General Counsel, Geocon
Tina Di Camillo – General Counsel & General Manager, Network Pacific
Jonathan Miliszewski – Director, Helix Legal
Marketing
Paul Mancini and Anthony Mancini – Directors, Mancini Made
Meghan Mulligan – Marketing Manager, Spyre Group
Rob Gray – Managing Director, Graya
Natalie Cheeseman – Managing Director, Hayver
Rosalind Lill-Lusby – GM Brand & Marketing, Scape Australia
Luke Berry – Founder – Director UK & Australia, Thirdi Group
Ben Yong and Justin O’Donnell – Directors, Wülfe Marketing & Cielo Group
Walton Chu – Chief Executive Officer, Home789
Ellie Cashman – Director, Ellie Cashman Consulting
Planning
Lyndelle Seymour – Principal Planner, RPS AAP Consulting
David Hunter – Director, Habitat Planning
Chris Wilson – Managing Director, Willowtree Planning
Melissa Neighbour – Founder and Principal Planner, Sky Planning
Sue Zhang – Director – Planning, Planning & Property Partners
Ashley Lane – Group Director, Urbis
Proptech
Kylie Davis – President and Founder, Proptech Australia
Walton Chu – Chief Executive Officer, Teamlink
Derrick Lim – Chief Technology Officer, Parsel
Mark Bernberg – Founder, PRiMAX AI
Nicolas Parfait – Chief Information Officer, Avenue Bank
Nick Materia – Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Ready Media Group
Chris Hawke – Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Superopti
Christian Schwerdtfeger and Clint Motley – Co-founders, IMMERSIV
Real Estate
James Comino and Rob Klug – Partners, Patona Property
Sherrie Storor – Chief Executive Officer, Real Estate Nation
Paul Jones – Managing Director, Jones Real Estate
Nicki Hay, James Thomas, Steve Hay – Co-CEOs / Chair, Core
James Maitland and Jon Ellis – CEO / Head of Projects, The Move
Stephen Grant – Founder and Managing Director, The Grant Group
Tim Crooks – Director of New Developments & Hotels, ResortBrokers
Sustainability
Jamie Durie – Owner, Jamie Durie
Tony Lam, Jane Lai and Supritha Mariappan – Building Physics & Decarbonisation Lead / National Sustainability & Strategy Lead / Graduate Consultant, erbas™ SUSTAIN
Nick Holden – Founder, Contour 3D
Paul Hameister OAM – Founder, Nature Based Cities
Amy Dowse – Director, Tzannes
Valuation & Advisory
Benjamin Martin-Henry – Head of Private Assets Research, Pacific, MSCI Real Assets
Thomas Wessling – Associate – Development Manager, Fluent
Richard Temlett – National Executive Director, Charter Keck Cramer
Dr Kate Meyrick – Director, Urbis
Women’s Leadership – Emerging (40 and under)
Melissa Park and Casey Talbot – Directors, Studio Collective
Anastasia Campbell – Marketing and Communications Executive, Geocon
Aisling Mulvaney – Estimator, CIP Constructions
Cody Lugg – Contract Administrator, Hutchinson Builders
Angela Prados – Design Director, Shore Projects
