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Celebrating, acknowledging, and encouraging business excellence.

 

The aim of the 2024 Federation University Commerce Ballarat Business Excellence Awards is to showcase, celebrate and support our local businesses in all that they have achieved, and contribute to our city. Take it a step further by nominating others that you believe are worthy of recognition and reward.

The Federation University Commerce Ballarat Business Excellence Awards provides an excellent opportunity for self-assessment, promotion, marketing and networking. Through the process, applicants gain a fresh insight into their operations and are better able to judge their potential for growth and development. In completing their applications, owners and operators can take the time to step back from and assess their operations in a manner usually reserved for the time when problems arise.

In addition, finalists and winners will receive extensive brand awareness, promotion and gain invaluable advice from industry professionals. These businesses can display their certificates and trophies for all existing and potential clients to see and use this recognition as part of future advertising campaigns.

The Federation University Commerce Ballarat Business Excellence Award Gala Dinner is one of the most eagerly anticipated business events on the Ballarat business calendar. Held in August each year, as part of B31 August Business Festival, the Gala Dinner is the culmination of months of excitement and expectation during which businesses have gone through the nomination, application and judging process.

 

The Process

Businesses are encouraged to nominate themselves or another, all nominees will be mailed an application booklet and additional information. Application information sessions and one on one mentoring sessions are arranged by Commerce Ballarat throughout the process.

After applications close, a judging panel, consisting of experienced independent business representatives drawn from diverse backgrounds, are surveyed on conflicts of interest, divided into pairs and assigned their category/ies. The judges then assess all written applications in the category/ies they had been assigned, and determine the category finalists.

The judges will conduct site visits of the finalists in each category, the winners will be announced at the Gala Dinner at the end of August.

 

Key Dates

  • Nominations Open/Launch Party Tuesday 26 March
  • Nominations Close Wednesday 10 April
  • Applications Open Tuesday 16 April
  • Earlybird Entries Closes Tuesday 4 June
  • Application Close Wednesday 12 June
  • Finalist Event Thursday 25 July
  • Gala Awards Night Thursday 29 August

 

2024 Judging Panel

Chair

TBC

Judges

Professor Bridget Aitchison Campus Dean (Ballarat), Australian Catholic University

Tony Chew Director, Ripon Nth Pty Ltd

Dr Dianne Gibney Director, Ballarat Family Vets & Senior Associate, Eureka Veterinary Hospital 

Jenny Berry Regional Manager, Australian Industry Group   

Annie De Jong CEO, Ballarat Cemeteries

Andrea Cameron Office Manager, Vitrafy Life Sciences

Sean Cameron Executive Director & Co-Founder, Vitrafy Life Sciences

Dominic Dunne Director, Mahar Accounting

Peter Flynn Director, W.M.Flynn

Dannielle James Director, James Vac Solutions 

Ange Connor Director, Inspire HQ

Jason Yean Former Business Owner & Publican 

Dr Jessie Harman Director, Harman & Associates

Kay Jackson Director, Simplex Insurance Solutions

Leigh Edward CEO, Ferndale Foods Australia

Andrew Harman Director, Harman & Associates           

Adrian Doyle Director, Adrian K Doyle & Assoc Pty Ltd

 



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