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More pics: Celebratory highlights from the inaugural CMO Awards gala dinner

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Attended by Australia's most important and respected marketing and industry leaders, the inaugural CMO Awards gala dinner was the must-attend event of the year as we celebrated the achievements of a diverse range of CMOs and their marketing teams. Here are few more pictorial highlights from our sensational event. Photos by Dave Thomson.

CMO Awards Gala Dinner 2025

CMO Awards gala dinner

Yash Gandhi and Andrew May

Adobe's Katrina Troughton with Mi3's Nadia Cameron

Nadia Cameron addressing this year's CMO Awards gala event attendees

The inaugural CMO Awards trophies

Jo Boundy, Emily Massey-Greene and Sheerien Salindera

Todd Stevenson (left), Lara Thom and Josh Faulks (right)

Featured: Sheridan Jones

Pete Chapman

Louise Cummins (left) with Corrina Brazel and Gavin Bell

Guests networking at the CMO Awards

Centre: Andy Morley

Selfies at the CMO Awards gala dinner

The CMO Signature cocktail

Clare Pickens (left) and Nadia Cameron

Andrea Martens

Paul McIntyre

Nadia Cameron

Adobe's Duncan Egan addresses attendees at the CMO Awards gala dinner

Naysla Edwards

Jenni Dill

Susan Coghill and Duncan Egan

Brad Firth with Lou Barrett

Joanne Smith

Mi3's Nadia Cameron with this year's #1, GyG's Lara Thom

Lara Thom

Lara Thom (left) and Susan Coghill on the CMO Awards balcony

Geoff Ikin with Nadia Cameron

Paul McIntyre and Kristy Rutherford

Bronwyn Heys with Katrina Troughton

Jason Piggott

John Batistich with Nadia Cameron

Aisling Finch with Kristy Rutherford

Wendy Mak

Sarah Myers with Gai Le Roy

Pete Macgregor

The Mi3 and CMO Awards team

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