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8 May 2025 -
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Full list of Finalists for Chief Marketing Officers of the Year 2025
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This inaugural Chief Marketing Officers of the Year award is open to the most senior marketing executive representatives for an organisation based in Australia with a remit that includes the Australian market. Entrants can either purely have the Australian remit, or be Australia-based with responsibility for plus a regional or global footprint for their organisations. This year’s inaugural program recognised 51 finalists, then a top 25 list of Chief Marketing Officers of the Year, as well as an SMB CMO of the Year (up to 200 employees) and a First-Time CMO of the Year. Below is the full list of the 51 finalists for the inaugural Chief Marketing Officers of the Year awards.
| First | Last Name | Job title | Company |
| Catherine | Anderson | Chief marketing officer | Origin Energy |
| Natalie | Ashes | Chief marketing officer | Novated Lease |
| Ana Sofia | Ayala | Chief marketing and revenue officer | Voyages Indigineous Tourism Australia |
| Caitlin | Bancroft | Chief marketing officer | Collective Wellness Group |
| Leigh | Barnes | Chief customer officer | Intrepid Travel Group |
| Jo | Boundy | Chief marketing officer | Commonwealth Bank |
| Cath | Brands | Chief marketing officer | Flintfox Group |
| Bev | Bury | Chief marketing officer | Flinders University |
| Dean | Chadwick | Chief customer officer | MYOB Australia |
| Sian | Chadwick | GM marketing | ANZ Bank |
| Peter | Chapman | Chief marketing officer | Reflections Holidays |
| Lindene | Cleary | Chief marketing officer | Tourism Tasmania |
| Susan | Coghill | Chief marketing officer | Tourism Australia |
| Amanda | Connors | Global chief marketing officer | Total Beauty Network |
| Louise | Crompton | VP marketing and growth, Paramount+ | Paramount Australia |
| Louise | Cummins | Chief marketing officer | World Vision Australia |
| Rebecca | Darley | Chief marketing officer | TPG Telecom / Domain |
| Jenni | Dill | Chief marketing officer | The Arnott's Group |
| Tom | Dusseldorp | Chief marketing officer | AVL Wines |
| Nick | Ellery | VP marketing and growth | Hipages |
| Jo | Feeney | Chief marketing officer | Michael Hill Jeweller |
| Kate | Ferguson | Chief marketing officer | Sydney Children’s Hospitals Foundation |
| Bradley | Firth | Chief marketing officer | Mountain Culture Beer Co |
| Angela | Greenwood | Chief marketing officer | Youi |
| Laura | Halbert | GM customer strategy and marketing | Allianz |
| David | Hirsch | GM marketing and customer insights, AU and Pacific | QBE Insurance |
| James | Holloman | Chief marketing officer | David Jones |
| Kathryn | Illy | GM consumer marketing | Destination NSW |
| Michelle | Klein | Chief customer and marketing officer | IAG |
| Christine | Le Maitre | head of marketing, consumer healthcare | Inova Pharmaceuticals |
| Sofia | Lloyd-Jones | Executive director, marketing and digital experience | University of NSW |
| Robert | Lopez | Chief marketing officer | Norths Collective |
| Maria | Loyez | Chief customer officer | Australian Ethical Investment |
| Cameron | Luby | Head of Consumer Marketing | Optus |
| Miki | Luong | Chief marketing and communications officer | IBM |
| Peter | Macgregor | Chief marketing officer | Amaysim |
| Manelle | Merhi | GM marketing and customer experience | Kennards Hire |
| Andy | Morley | Chief marketing officer, APAC | Uber |
| Sarah | Myers | General manager, audience and marketing | REA Group |
| Leandro | Perez | SVP and chief marketing officer, ANZ | Salesforce |
| Jason | Piggott | GM marketing and franchisees | Freedom Furniture |
| Jess | Richmond | GM customer and online | Officeworks |
| Joanna | Robinson | Chief marketing officer | The Iconic |
| Kristy | Rutherford | Marketing director A/NZ | Pernod Ricard |
| Brent | Smart | Chief marketing officer | Telstra |
| Joanne | Smith | Chief brand, innovation and communications officer | Blackmores |
| Anand | Surujpal | Chief marketing and growth officer | Patties Foods |
| Lara | Thom | Global chief marketing officer | Guzman y Gomez |
| Jeremy | Weiss | Chief marketing officer | Australian Red Cross Lifeblood |
| Lahnee | White | Chief marketing officer | G'Day Group |
| Ben | Wicks | VP marketing ANZ |
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SMB CMO of the Year: Bradley Firth, CMO of Mountain Culture Beer Company
