In pictures: The 2025 Digital Nation Awards winners

L-R: Siddharth Oza (Astellas Pharma on behalf of Nick Eshkenazi), Kanella Salapatas (QBE), Samantha Lawson (Optus), Andrew Dome (Uniting), Cara Pring (Winc), Lucy Wilson (Gumtree Group), Dino Velusamy (Wurth Australia), Michael Williamson (Monash College), Chris Grisdale (hipages), Kurt Brissett (Built), Gemma Dias (Tyro Payments).

Kurt Brissett, of Built and formerly of TfNSW was highly commended in the Customer Experience Transformation Champion category. L-R: Velvet-Belle Templeman (iTnews), Kurt Brissett (Built), Kate Weber (Digital Nation)

Winc’s Cara Pring was awarded the Customer Experience Transformation Champion prize. L-R: Velvet-Belle Templeman (iTnews), Cara Pring (Winc), Kate Weber (Digital Nation)

Kanella Salapatas of QBE  received a highly commended in the Employee Experience Transformation Champion category. L-R:  Rohini Sharma (monday.com), Kanella Salapatas (QBE), Velvet-Belle Templeman (iTnews).

Gumtree Group's Lucy Wilson was titled Employee Experience Transformation Champion. L-R: Rohini Sharma (monday.com), Lucy Wilson (Gumtree Group), Velvet-Belle Templeman (iTnews).

Monash College's Michael Williamson took home the Finance Transformation Champion award. L-R: Eleanor Dickinson (iTnews), Michael Williamson (Monash College), Velvet-Belle Templeman (iTnews).

Tyro Payments' Gemma Dias received a highly commended in the Data & AI Transformation Champion category. L-R: Liam Barton (Skyhigh Security), Gemma Dias (Tyro Payments), Velvet-Belle Templeman (iTnews).

Samantha Lawson of Optus was titled Data & AI Transformation Champion. L-R: Liam Barton (Skyhigh Security), Samantha Lawson (Optus), Velvet-Belle Templeman (iTnews)

Chris Grisdale of hipages Group received a highly commended in the Governance Champion category. L-R: Anthony Saba (Adapt), Chris Grisdale (hipages), Velvet-Belle Templeman (iTnews).

Dinesh (Dino) Velusamy from Wurth Australia won the Governance Champion award. L-R: Anthony Saba (Adapt), Dino Velusamy (Wurth Australia), Velvet-Belle Templeman (iTnews).

Uniting NSW.ACT's Andrew Dome was awarded a high commended in the Digital Transformation Champion category. L-R: Velvet-Belle Templeman (iTnews), Ramesh Raghavan (Uniting), Doug Hammond (Uniting), Andrew Dome (Uniting), Ben Neill (Interactive).

Nick Eshkenazi of Astellas Pharma received the Digital Transformation Champion award. L-R: Velvet-Belle Templeman (iTnews), Siddharth Oza (Astellas Pharma on behalf of Nick Eshkenazi), Ben Neill (Interactive).