Pemba Summit Awards 2025

29th September 2025
Pemba Summit Awards 2025

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

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