2025 Award Judges

First Round Judges

  • Aisling Clarke

    Investment Principal, Firemark Ventures

  • Andrew Corbett-Jones

    Head of Harbour City Labs, Australian Computer Society

  • Anton Sasson

    Senior Trade Manager of Fintech and Cyber Security Startups, London & Partners

  • Ben Ford

    Head of Sales, Wych

  • Betty Sun-Lucas

    Regional Fintech Director (Trade, Investment and Landing Pad), Australian Trade and Investment Commission (Austrade)

  • Brenton Charnley

    Head of Open Banking ANZ, Mastercard

  • Cathryn Lyall

    Non-Executive Board Member, FinTech Australia & Partner, Seed Space VC

  • Christian Westerlind Wigstrom

    Board Member, FinTech Austraoia & Co-Founder & CEO, Monoova

  • Daniel Knight

    Partner, K&L Gates

  • Danielle Smith

    Independent Consultant

  • Dimitrios Salampasis

    Global FinTech Thought Leader & Associate Professor of FinTech Innovation & Entrepreneurship, Swinburne University of Technology

  • Dirk Steller

    Founder & Managing Partner, Seed Space Venture Capital

  • Dominic Pym

    Board Member, FinTech Australia & Co-Founder/Director, Triple Bubble

  • Dominique Logan

    Associate, Fox Williams

  • Duncan Cameron

    Consultant, Capgemini

  • Harry Godber

    Independent Director, FinTech Australia & Head of Policy & Strategy, Tech Council of Australia

  • Helen Flaherty

    Senior Consultant, NAB

  • James Brown

    Co-Founder and Chief Revenue Officer, findr.digital

  • Jazz Osvald

    Financial Markets, Derivatives and Digital Asset Legal and Policy Expert

  • Jo Mikleus

    Non-Executive Director, Avenue Bank & Acumentis (ASX:ACU)

  • Jodi Ross

    Board Member, FinTech Australia & Chief Risk and Compliance Officer, Tiimely

  • Jodie Imam

    Board Member, FinTech Australia & Cofounder and CEO, Tractor Ventures

  • Kate Harper

    CEO, Apropela

  • Malia Forner

    Partner, EY

  • May Lam

    Chief Information Officer, Australian Payments Plus

  • Michael Benguigui

    Senior Partner Development Manager, Microsoft

  • Michael Saadat

    Board Member, FinTech Australia & International Head of Public Policy, Block

  • Meredith Angwin

    Program Advisor 

  • Nicholas Lewis

    VP | Relationship Director | Financial Institutions Group (FIG) | Australia, Barclays

  • Nikita Le Messurier

    Startup Advisor, Amazon Web Services

  • Sarah Corley

    CEO, Alliance of Digital Finance and Fintech Associations

  • Sarah Gorman

    Chair, FinTech Australia & Head of Growth & Marketing, DAS

  • Simone Joyce

    Co-Founder & CEO, Paypa Plane

  • Stuart Stoyan

    Executive Director, agPay

  • Tim Aman

    Parter in-charge, Audit & Assurance, BDO Australia

  • Tim Poskitt

    Fintech Managing Director APAC, Startupbootcamp

  • Vinnie D'Alessandro

    Board Member, FinTech Australia & Founder, Raishio

Second Round Judges

  • Alex Feldman

    CEO & Managing Partner, Tiger & Bear Partners

  • Amit Singh

    Managing Partner, Mandala

  • Andrew Milsom

    Director, Latimer Partners

  • Andrew Ward

    Co-Founder & Strategic Adviser, liquidise

  • Anthony Molloy

    Anthony Molloy

    Director - R&D Tax & Government Incentives, Moore Australia

  • Art Honeysett

    Associate, Allens

  • Ashima Chaudhary

    Vice President Head of Business Development, Mastercard

  • Bradley Delamare

    CEO, Tank Stream Labs

  • Brian Collins

    Deputy Chair, FinTech Australia & Co-Founder and General Partner, Triple Bubble

  • Carolyn Breeze

    CEO, Scalare Partners

  • Cath Whitaker

    COO, Insurance House and Network Insurance Group

  • Cris Parker

    Director of The Ethics Alliance, The Ethics Center

  • Cheng-Yun Tsang

    Associate Professor, Monash University Faculty of Law

  • Dan Teper

    Partner of M&A and Head of Fintech, KPMG Australia

  • David Brown

    Head of Strategic Partnerships - North America, Acclime

  • David Marsh

    Senior Industry Adviser, Endava

  • Dylan Burke

    Partner, DLA Piper

  • Evan Lever

    Founder and CEO, Escrow London

  • Geo George

    Founder, Mayfly Ventures

  • Gery Bicos

    Director, Audit & Assurance, Moore Australia (VIC & TAS)

  • Graeme Bradford

    VP Oceania, Thales

  • Gulrez Kaur

    Strategy & Innovation Lead APAC, KPMG

  • Hannah Glass

    Special Counsel, Ashurst

  • Janet Salem

    Founder, FootprintLab

  • Jason Churchill

    Lead Account Executive — APAC, Escrow London

  • Karan Kanchan

    Director of Business Development & Strategic Accounts Lead, Probe CX

  • Kirsty Whitford

    Trade and Investment Sector Lead (Technology and Financial and Professional Services), UK Department for Business and Trade

  • Matt Rowles

    General Manager, Scalerr

  • Mark Zmarzly

    Startup and VC Business Development Manager, AWS

  • Max Allan

    Partner, King & Wood Mallesons

  • Michael Riddell

    Head of Corporate Development, NGM Group

  • Natalia Jevglevskaja

    Research Fellow, UNSW

  • Nick Harrington

    Managing Director, Corporate Advisory, Tiger & Bear Partners

  • Paolo Rueda

    Sales Manager, Thales

  • Pardeep Grewal

    Director Regulatory Strategy & Engagement, PayPal Australia

  • Paul Warren-Tape

    Chief of Risk & Compliance, IDVerse

  • Peter Xi

    Partner, R&D Tax and Government Incentives, RSM Australia

  • Piers Cracknell

    General Manager, BC Payments Australia

  • Raaj Rayat

    Investor, Airtree

  • Rohith George

    Chief Operating Officer, Managed

  • Taylor Tran

    General Manager, Newfound — #TechDiversity Champion

  • Tim Ellis

    Senior Director, Client Engagement, ANZ and South Pacific, Visa

  • Yannick Bowe

    Senior Manager - R&D and FinTech, Westpac