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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.