Celebrating Excellence: The 2025 Pemba Summit Awards Winners and Finalists
Last Thursday, we gathered in Sydney to celebrate the 2025 Pemba Summit Awards — a night dedicated to recognising outstanding performance, bold ambition, leadership, and innovation of Australia and New Zealand’s most inspiring founders and businesses.
From hundreds of nominations, our finalists and winners stood out for their exceptional growth, impact, and leadership across six key sectors, as well as in innovation and emerging potential.
Sector Award Winners
- Business Services
Winner: H People
Runners up: Trace Consultants - Software
Winner: URBAN X
Runners up: Convincely - Specialist IT Services
Winner: Aviato Consulting
Runners up: TechEnvy - Financial Services
Winner: JustFund
Runners up: Kernel Wealth - Healthcare
Winner: Olinqua
Runners up: Paratus Clinical
Specialist Award Winners
- Innovation Award:
Winner: JustFund
Runners up: BusiVet & Leora Healthcare - The One to Watch
Winner: Pathzero
Runners up: Volta Energy Group & Paperly - Leader of the Year
Winner: Dane Meah – MyCISO
Runners up: Mathew Tolley – Trace Consultants & Tom Carlton – Bailey Abbott
This year’s Summit was co-hosted and sponsored by:
- Gilbert + Tobin
- Alvarez & Marsal
- ASX
To all our winners and finalists: your success is a reflection of your relentless drive and commitment. We’re honoured to celebrate your journey and look forward to seeing what you achieve next.
Let’s keep climbing.
www.pemba.com.au/awards