Business Sydney has awarded Sydney Champion Awards to the following recipients in recognition of their unstinting contribution to Sydney as the premier global city in the Asia-Pacific region.

GILL MINERVINI

Festival Director, Vivid Sydney
April 2021 - August 2025

LYN LEWIS-SMITH OAM

CEO, Business Events Sydney
January 2012 - June 2025


OLIVIA ANSELL

Festival Director, Sydney Festival
November 2020 - February 2025

STEVE COX

CEO, Destination NSW
May 2020 - December 2024

PHILIP HOLLIDAY

CEO, Port Authority of New South Wales
December 2019 - December 2024

GEOFF DONAGHY

CEO, ICC Sydney
April 2014 - October 2024

DAVID CHANDLER OAM

NSW Building Commissioner
August 2019 - August 2024

MICHAEL JOHNSON

CEO, Accommodation Australia/Tourism Accommodation Australia
May 2019 - August 2024