Within the Management class, Manasseh Paradesi, previously of Tyro Funds, took the highest honour. Recognising that organisational resilience depends upon sustainable experience, Paradesi championed stakeholder engagement and applied complete mentoring applications each internally and throughout the broader business.
Joss Howard of Scyne Advisory was extremely recommended on this class. Throughout a interval of main organisational transformation, Howard constructed the cyber crew from the bottom up, with a concentrate on range, functionality uplift, and sustainable profession pathways.
In the meantime, an rising chief was recognised with the 2025 Subsequent CISO Award. Duné Sookloll, Cyber & Info Safety Officer at Horizon Energy, gained this 12 months’s award, with Jumar Pando, Cyber Safety Operations Supervisor at Emeis Cosmetics Pty Ltd (Aesop), additionally named as a finalist.
