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2021 Global Australian Award winners & finalists

Global Australian of the Year 

Leith Greenslade - Overall

Leith Greenslade

Global Australian of the Year & Social Impact Award winner

Leith Greenslade is a passionate advocate for the empowerment of women and children and founder of JustActions LLC.

Global Impact

Bruce Stillman

Dr Bruce Stillman AO

Global Impact Award winner

Dr Bruce Stillman is a visionary biochemist revolutionising cancer research through molecular biology and genetics.

Global Icon

Simone Young AM

Simone Young AM

Global Icon Award winner

Australian-born Simone Young is internationally recognised as one of the leading conductors of her generation, and is regularly invited by the world’s leading orchestras and major opera houses across Europe, the United States and Asia.

Alumni

Sameer Dixit

Dr Sameer Dixit

Alumni Award

Dr Sameer Mani Dixit is an intrepid biomedical researcher, proving to the world that preeminent research institutes are not only vital but viable in emerging nations. 

ALUMNI - Thanh Van Dang

Thanh Van Dang

Alumni

Thanh Van Dang grew up in a small rural village in the north of Vietnam. As a peanut seller on the street, she dreamed of more than having one new tee-shirt per year and travelling beyond the 18km radius from her home.

ALUMNI - Jose Pacamalan

Jose Pacamalan

Alumni

Jose ‘Apollo’ Pacamalan is the ingenious social impact powerhouse behind a range of pioneering provincial agriculture organisations in the Philippines.

Asia Impact

Jimmy Pham AM

Jimmy Pham AM

Asia Impact Award

Jimmy Pham AM is the unstoppable force and visionary founder behind Vietnam’s leading social enterprise KOTO (Know One, Teach One). 

ASIA IMPACT - Cheong Koon Hean

Dr Cheong Koon Hean

Asia Impact

Dr Cheong Koon Hean is the imaginative architect-planner credited with shaping much of Singapore’s urban landscape.

ASIA IMPACT - Abu Bakar Suleiman

Dr Abu Bakar Suleiman

Asia Impact

Dr Abu Bakar Suleiman is a health expert and passionate educator. 

ASIA IMPACT - Paul Siu Fai Yip

Paul Siu Fai Yip

Asia Impact

Professor Paul Siu Fai Yip is a crusader for youth suicide prevention.

Emerging Leaders

Andrea Boyd

Andrea Boyd

Emerging Leader Award

Andrea Boyd is a moonshot believer. She grew up in country South Australia, watching Star Trek avidly, and worked hard to become the first Australian flight controller, talking to the astronauts who lived in the space station as it orbits Earth.

EMERGING LEADERS - Tristan Clemons

Dr Tristan Clemons

Emerging Leader

Dr Tristan Clemons is a prominent emerging leader in polymer science and a role model to young sports and science enthusiasts everywhere.

EMERGING LEADERS - Si Chen

Si Chen

Emerging Leader

Si Chen is a robotics technology and AI instigator. 

Education & Research

Patricia Davidson

Prof Patricia M. Davidson

Education & Research Award

Professor Patricia M. Davidson is a global leader in cardiac health and a trailblazer when it comes to the care of vulnerable populations, person-centred care delivery and evidence-based teaching.

EDUCATION AND RESEARCH - Victor Squires AM

Dr Victor Squires AM

Education & Research

Dr Victor Squires AM is a desert ecology explorer, educator and researcher.

EDUCATION AND RESEARCH - Anne Bamford

Prof Anne Bamford OBE

Education & Research

Professor Anne Bamford is a global innovator in education, and a celebrated thought-leader when it comes to the future working world.

Life Sciences

Ben Hindson

Dr Ben Hindson

Life Sciences Award

Dr Ben Hindson is an entrepreneur and a visionary at the forefront of life-science tools. He co-founded early-stage biotech company 10x Genomics with a mission to democratise single cell analysis.

LIFE SCIENCES - Daniel Timms

Dr Daniel Timms

Life Sciences

Dr Daniel Timms is a medtech heart throb, having designed a device to totally replace the heart! Growing up in Brisbane, the young Dr Timms spent many hours helping his plumber father build contraptions with water pumps and waterfalls.

LIFE SCIENCES - Lyndon Da Cruz

Prof Lyndon Da Cruz

Life Sciences

Professor Lyndon Da Cruz is a retinal surgeon changing the world view for many people suffering blindness across the world.

Sustainability

Darian McBain

Dr Darian McBain

Sustainability Award

Dr Darian McBain is a sustainable ocean economy advocate.

SUSTAINABILITY - Nicole Iseppi

Nicole Iseppi

Sustainability Talent

Nicole Iseppi is an award-winning sustainable development adviser.

SUSTAINABILITY - Kira Mileham

Dr Kira Mileham

Sustainability Talent

Dr Kira Mileham is the ecological cupid of species conservation. She connects the world’s leading conservationists and scientists from 163 countries with organisations, governments, donors and practitioners to collectively ensure species survival. 

Technology & Entrepreneurship

Arjun Goyal

Dr Arjun Goyal

Technology & Entrepreneurship Award

Dr Arjun Goyal is a venture capitalist in personalised medicine, motivated to create and invest in companies that translate groundbreaking science into innovative medicines across oncology and genetic diseases to impact patients globally.

TECH ENTREPRENEUR - Patrick Grove

Patrick Grove

Technology & Entrepreneurship Leader

Patrick Grove is known as a guru technology entrepreneur. As Co-Founder and Group CEO of Catcha Group, Mr Grove was responsible for Malaysia’s first tech unicorn.

TECH ENTREPRENEUR - Damien Mahoney

Damien Mahoney

Technology & Entrepreneurship Leader

Damien Mahoney is a digital media innovator and social content mastermind. Mr Mahoney has flipped brand marketing on its head.

TECH ENTREPRENEUR - Sarah Lux-Lee

Sarah Lux-Lee

Technology & Entrepreneurship Leader

Sarah Lux-Lee is a thought leader and strategist building more inclusive workplaces.

Social Impact

SOCIAL IMPACT - Adam Garone

Adam Garone

Social Impact

Adam Garone is a big-hearted socially savvy change-maker.

SOCIAL IMPACT - Jennifer Robinson

Jennifer Robinson

Social Impact

Jennifer Robinson is a human rights lawyer and bonified UK national hero. 

The Arts

Pallavi Sharda

Pallavi Sharda

The Arts Award

Pallavi Sharda is a Bollywood, Hollywood actor and dancer.

THE ARTS - Carolyn Watson

Dr Carolyn Watson

The Arts

Dr Carolyn Watson is Music Director and one of only two women heading up doctoral level programs in orchestral conducting in the United States.

THE ARTS - Darren McIntyre

Darren McIntyre

The Arts

Darren McIntyre is a professional dancer, choreographer and dance teacher.

FinTech

Ed Robinson

Ed Robinson

FinTech Award

Ed Robinson is a fintech revolutionary and the Australian co-founder of Stash.

FINTECH - Simon Loong

Simon Loong

FinTech

Simon Loong is one of the most successful fintech entrepreneurs and thought leaders in Asia.

FINTECH - Debra Walton

Debra Walton

FinTech

Debra Walton is a dynamic executive at the intersection of finance and technology.

Commercial Creatives

Sam Levy

Sam Levy

Commercial Creatives Award

Sam Levy is the Managing Partner of a New York based theatrical production and consulting firm.

COMMERCIAL CREATIVES - Suhanya Raffel

Suhanya Raffel

Commercial Creatives

Suhanya Raffel is a cutting-edge Australian Museum Director. She works internationally to secure the history and recognition of artists across song, dance, art, literature, film, photography, design, architecture and ‘everything that is just good in the world’. 

Derek Muller - COMMERCIAL CREATIVES

Derek Muller

Commercial Creatives

Derek Muller is revered as a millennial science communicator. Combining his love of science and film, Mr Muller created the Youtube channel Veritasium, a pioneering learning platform that has gone viral on social media and is now used by teachers in classrooms around the globe.