Global Australian of the Year
Leith Greenslade
Leith Greenslade is a passionate advocate for the empowerment of women and children and founder of JustActions LLC.
Alumni
Dr Sameer Dixit
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.
Thanh Van Dang
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.
Jose Pacamalan
Jose ‘Apollo’ Pacamalan is the ingenious social impact powerhouse behind a range of pioneering provincial agriculture organisations in the Philippines.
Global Impact
Dr Bruce Stillman AO
Dr Bruce Stillman is a visionary biochemist revolutionising cancer research through molecular biology and genetics.
Asia Impact
Jimmy Pham AM
Jimmy Pham AM is the unstoppable force and visionary founder behind Vietnam’s leading social enterprise KOTO (Know One, Teach One).
Dr Cheong Koon Hean
Dr Cheong Koon Hean is the imaginative architect-planner credited with shaping much of Singapore’s urban landscape.
Dr Abu Bakar Suleiman
Dr Abu Bakar Suleiman is a health expert and passionate educator.
Paul Siu Fai Yip
Professor Paul Siu Fai Yip is a crusader for youth suicide prevention.
Global Icon
Simone Young AM
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.
Emerging Leaders
Andrea Boyd
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.
Dr Tristan Clemons
Dr Tristan Clemons is a prominent emerging leader in polymer science and a role model to young sports and science enthusiasts everywhere.
Si Chen
Si Chen is a robotics technology and AI instigator.
Education & Research
Prof Patricia M. Davidson
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.
Dr Victor Squires AM
Dr Victor Squires AM is a desert ecology explorer, educator and researcher.
Prof Anne Bamford OBE
Professor Anne Bamford is a global innovator in education, and a celebrated thought-leader when it comes to the future working world.
Life Sciences
Dr Ben Hindson
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.
Dr Daniel Timms
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.
Prof Lyndon Da Cruz
Professor Lyndon Da Cruz is a retinal surgeon changing the world view for many people suffering blindness across the world.
Sustainability
Dr Darian McBain
Dr Darian McBain is a sustainable ocean economy advocate.
Nicole Iseppi
Nicole Iseppi is an award-winning sustainable development adviser.
Dr Kira Mileham
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
Dr Arjun Goyal
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.
Patrick Grove
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.
Damien Mahoney
Damien Mahoney is a digital media innovator and social content mastermind. Mr Mahoney has flipped brand marketing on its head.
Sarah Lux-Lee
Sarah Lux-Lee is a thought leader and strategist building more inclusive workplaces.
The Arts
Pallavi Sharda
Pallavi Sharda is a Bollywood, Hollywood actor and dancer.
Dr Carolyn Watson
Dr Carolyn Watson is Music Director and one of only two women heading up doctoral level programs in orchestral conducting in the United States.
Darren McIntyre
Darren McIntyre is a professional dancer, choreographer and dance teacher.
FinTech
Ed Robinson
Ed Robinson is a fintech revolutionary and the Australian co-founder of Stash.
Simon Loong
Simon Loong is one of the most successful fintech entrepreneurs and thought leaders in Asia.
Debra Walton
Debra Walton is a dynamic executive at the intersection of finance and technology.
Commercial Creatives
Sam Levy
Sam Levy is the Managing Partner of a New York based theatrical production and consulting firm.
Suhanya Raffel
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
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.