Ambassador Anil Wadhwa Former Ministry of External Affairs Government of India Author, Australia Economic Strategy Report 2020
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Ambassador Anil Wadhwa Former Ministry of External Affairs Government of India Author, Australia Economic Strategy Report 2020
Ambassador Anil Wadhwa Former Ministry of External Affairs Government of India Author, Australia Economic Strategy Report 2020
IABCA in 2014
IABCA annually engages with an independent jury and leaders from across both nations to determine the finalists and winners of our annual awards initiative. Operating on an annual rotational policy, this credibility based approach ensures that entrants are assessed solely on merit, and requires a collection of highly qualified leaders who are willing to invest their time towards furthering the India-Australia relationship.
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Please view our IABCA Awards Jury till date below:
IABCA JURY 2024
Abhinav Bhatia
Senior Trade & Investment Commissioner – South Asia
International Operations
Trade and Investment Queensland
Arnab Pal
General Manager, Commercial Banking
Commonwealth Bank of Australia
Abhay Mehta
Chief Representative
Confederation of Indian Industry, Australia
Gitesh Agarwal
Director - Corporate Affairs
HCL Tech
Jai Patel
Partner, India Business Practice, KPMG Australia
Jodi McKay MP
Director, Australia-India CEO Forum
Business Council of Australia
National Chair, AIBC
Vice Chancellor's Fellow - South Asia, Western Sydney University
Malini Dutt
Trade & Investment Commissioner,
India Investment NSW
Mark Kopec
International General Manager,
Bupa Australia
Michelle Wade
Commissioner
South Asia, Global Victoria
Mitu Bhowmick
Founding Director
Mind Blowing Films
Dr Monica Kennedy
Senior Trade and Investment Commissioner and Minister-Counsellor Commercial – South Asia
Austrade
Nashid Chowdhury
Investment and Trade Commissioner, Government of Western Australia, India-Gulf Region
Nick Hockley
Chief Executive Officer
Cricket Australia
Peter Truswell
Director India Economic Section India Branch | South and Central Asia Division, DFAT
Sai Sudha Chandrasekaran
Vice President
Government of India
Trudi Busch
Chief Marketing Officer
HomeWorld Group of Companies
IABCA JURY 2023
Ashka Navalawala
Program Manager, AIBX
Australian Trade and Investment Commission, Sydney
Dr Badri Narayanan Gopalakrishnan
Head, Trade, Commerce and Strategic Economic Dialogue, NITI Aayog, Government of India
Dianne Tipping
Chair
Export Council Australia
Hugh Boylan
Economic Counsellor
Australian High Commission, New Delhi
Dr Jim Taggart OAM
Non-Executive Director
Jodi McKay MP
Vice Chancellor's Fellow - South Asia, Western Sydney University
National Chair,
Australia India Business Council
John Bolton
Senior Strategic Adviser
Deakin University
Kylie Bell
Deputy Secretary and Managing Director,
Trade and International
Investment NSW
Malini Dutt
Trade & Investment Commissioner, India
Investment NSW
Michelle Wade
Commissioner
South Asia, Global Victoria
Nick Hockley
Chief Executive Officer
Cricket Australia
Sai Sudha Chandrasekaran
Vice President
Invest India, Government of India
Sheba Nandkeolyar
CEO
Multiconnexions
Simon Taufel
Partner
Integrity Values Leadership
Tony Huber
Director, Trade
Department of Foreign Affairs & Trade
Trudi Busch
Director of Marketing and Community
Homeworld Group of Companies
IABCA JURY 2022
Dianne Tipping
Chair
Export Council Australia
Dr Jim Taggart OAM
Non-Executive Director
Moorebank International Company
Gurmesh Singh, MP
Member for Coffs Harbour
NSW Parliament.
Jodi McKay MP
Former Member for Strathfield
John Madew
Head of Group Client Services Australian Trade and Investment Commission (Austrade)
Kylie Bell
A/Managing Director,
Trade and International
Investment NSW
Harriet Diana Richards
Head of Corporate Affairs Australia and New Zealand
Tata Consultancy Services
The Hon Lisa Singh
Deputy Chair, DFAT, Australia-India Council
CEO, Australia India Institute
Michelle Wade
Commissioner
South Asia, Global Victoria
Mitu Bhowmick
Director and Founder
Mind Blowing Films
Nick Hockley
Chief Executive Officer
Cricket Australia
Sai Sudha Chandrasekaran
Sr. Assistant Vice President
Invest India, Government of India
Simon Taufel
Partner
Integrity Values Leadership
Tony Huber
Director, Trade
Department of Foreign Affairs & Trade
Trudi Busch
Director of Marketing and Community
Homeworld
IABCA JURY 2020 - 2021
Dhananjay Singh
Director General
National HRD Network (NHRDN), India
Elena Norman
CEO
Hockey India
Helen Hamilton-James
Office Managing Partner, Western Sydney
Deloitte Australia
Professor Jane Den Hollander AO
Vice-Chancellor
The University of Western Australia
Dr Jim Taggart OAM
Non-Executive Director
Moorebank International Company
Professor K. Baskaran
Pro Vice Chancellor – International Research Partnerships
Deakin University
Kylie Bell
Executive Director – Trade and Investment
NSW Treasury
Margaret Faux
CEO - Founder
Synapse Medical Services
Maria McNamara
Senior Fellow
Australian Strategic Policy Institute
Ravin Mirchandani
Chairman
Ador Powertron & Acusensus Pty Ltd
Councillor Reena Jethi
Deputy Mayor
Hills Shire Council
Ritesh Singh
Risk Management
Westpac
Sandip Hor
Chairman
AITCC
Sneha Chatterjee
Regional Director
Department of Home Affairs
Trudi Busch
Director of Marketing and Community
Homeworld
Xavier Moloney
Diversity Manager
AFL Australia
IABCA JURY 2019
Christine Holman GAICD
Non-Executive Director
Moorebank International Company
Arun Sharma
Chairman
Celebrate India
DD Saxena
Managing Director
ROBE
Dr Clinton de Bruyn GAICD
Director
Treasury Queensland
Elena Kirillova
State Director, NSW/ACT
​Australian Trade and Investment Commission,(Austrade)
Francis Wong OAM, OSJ, FAICD
Board Member
Tourism Australia
Jasmin Kaur
Managing Director
PWC
Jonty Ephron
Former CRO
ANZ
Dr Maurice L Newman AC, HonDBus Macq, FSIA, FSAA, FAICD
Chairman
Tracey Vieira
CEO
Screen Queensland
Mukund Narayanamurti
CEO
Asialink Business
Tracey Winters
Head of Government and Public Affairs
Santos
Petula Thomas
Director
Indo - Australian Chamber of Commerce
Swati Dave
Managing Director & CEO
EFIC
Vivek Bhatia
CEO
Australia Pacific, QBE
IABCA JURY 2018
Andrea Gleason
Director
DFAT Western Australia
Andy Fell
Founder
GiFT 631
Brendan Smyth
Commissioner for International Engagement
Office of International Engagement
Anupam Sharma
Director
Temple Films
Chidambaram Srinivasan
Former Victorian Multicultural Commissioner
The East West Overseas Aid Foundation
Michelle Wade
Commissioner to South Asia
Government of Victoria
Tess Bishop
Deputy Director General of Strategy and Engagement
Queensland Department of Premier and Cabinet
Kylie Bell
Executive Director Industry
Trade & Investment at NSW Department of Industry
Natasha Malani
Deputy Lord Mayor
Adelaide City Council
Linda Fazldeen AM FAICD FIML
Director Community Engagement Defence NT
Department Trade, Business and Innovation NTG
Marcia Hoffmann
Deputy CEO
Trade & Investment Queensland
Neville Roach AO
Chairman
Tata Consultancy Services
Rohini Kappadath
General Manager
Immigration Museum
IABCA JURY 2017
Dan Gregory
CEO
The Impossible Institute
Doug Ferguson
Chairman
Asia Society
Gail Ker OAM
CEO
Access Community Services Ltd
Jacinta Thompson
Executive Director
University of South Australia Bob Hawke Prime Ministerial Centre
Elena Kirillova
State Director, NSW/ACT
​Australian Trade and Investment Commission, (Austrade)
Erin Watson-Lynn
Director
Asialink Diplomacy
Kumar Parakala
Global Digital Leader
GHD
Dr Parag Shirnamé
Vice President Client Services
Aurus Inc USA
Peter O'Byrne
Chair, National Advisory Board
Export Council of Australia
Sam Graham
CEO
Australian Football League NSW/ACT
Sheba Nandkeolyar
Founder & CEO
MultiConnexions
Umesh Chandra
CEO
Chantex
Virginia Greville
Former Chief Executive Officer
Trade & Investment Queensland
IABCA JURY 2016
Anthea Hancocks
CEO
The Scanlon Foundation
Associate Professor Adrian Vicary
Fellow of the University of SA
The Honourable Daniel Mookhey MLC
NSW Parliament
Dhruba Gupta,
Managing Director
DBM Consultants
Linda Fazldeen
Former Ministerial Adviser to the Chief Minister of NT
Lisa McAuley
CEO
Export Council of Australia
Nicola Watkinson
Minister Commercial and Senior Trade & Investment Commissioner South Asia
Austrade
Neville Roach AO
Chairman
Tata Consultancy Services
Parsuram Sharma-Luital JP
Hon Secretary
FECCA
Peeyush Gupta
Board member
SBS
Professor Arun Sharma
Deputy Vice-Chancellor
QUT
Robyn Hendry
CEO
Canberra Business Chamber
Stuart Davis
Chairman
South Asia Forum
IABCA JURY 2015
Brian Hayes QC
Barrister and Legal Policy
Environmental and Human Rights Lawyer
Dr G.K (Harry) Harinath, OAM
Chairman
Multicultural NSW
Dr Marlene Kanga AM
Chair & President
World Federation of Engineering Organisations
Dr Sev Ozdowski OAM FAICD
Former Chair
Australian Multicultural Council
Harish Rao
Global Head - Business Development
Sundaram Business Services
Jim Varghese AM
Chairman
Australia India Business Council
Julie Owens MP
Federal Shadow Minister for Small Business
Kumud Merani
National Executive Producer
SBS Hindi Radio
Michael Moignard
Former Australian Trade Commissioner
Peter Kerr
Sydney-based Executive Director
Asialink Business
Michael Carter
State Director, Western Australia
Austrade
Lisa Singh
Tasmania Labor Senator
The Hon Philip Ruddock MP
Member for Berowra
Sarat Chandran
Former Director
Indo-Australian Chamber of Commerce
Sunil Lal
Executive Chairman
Barker Henley
IABCA JURY 2014
Federal Shadow Parliamentary Secretary Ed Husic
Member for ​Chifley
Professor Amitabh Mattoo
Director
Australia India Institute
Anupam Sharma
Director
Temple Films
Dr Geoffrey Lee MP
Minister for Skills and Tertiary Education, Sport, Multiculturalism, Seniors and Veterans
Dr G.K (Harry) Harinath, OAM
Chairman of Multicultural NSW
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Kartik Mohandas
Former Regional Head
Zee Network International
Marlon Fraser
Former Partner, Deloitte Private
Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu
Linda Taylor
Pro Vice-Chancellor (International)
UWS
Vic Alhadeff
CEO
NSW Jewish Board of Deputies
