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Photos: The 2016 Benchmark finalists revealed

Awards alumni, new entrants gather to celebrate great projects of the last year.

on Nov 26 2015 10:53AM

Past and present Benchmark Awards entrants gathered at the Hilton in Sydney to find out which projects made the cut as finalists in each category this year.

The winners will be announced in February during the 8th annual CIO Strategy Summit in Melbourne.

Last year's CIO of the year, ING Direct's Simon Andrews, spoke about the impact winning the award had on him and his team.

This year's finalists are revealed. [From left to right]: Kelvin McGrath, Asciano; Colin Jones, Service NSW; Paul Keen, Dick Smith; iTnews editor Penny Wolf; Sandeep Dharni, Norse Skorg; Neil Louis, Telstra; and Trevor McDougall, Open Colleges.

Check out the full list of finalists for 2016 here.

And then there was wine.

Sampling the grapes.

NSW Electoral Commission CIO Ian Brightwell, ING Direct COO Simon Andrews, Telstra Retail head of wi-fi Neil Louis, and Telstra Air project managers Dan Kelly and Dmimiti Polydorou.

Harris Farm CIO Simon Maizels, Mi9 CIO Kelly Ferguson and Mi9 network development manager Kunaal Ramchandani.

Belinda Cook and Vince Cosentino from the Department of Agriculture, and Ben Coutts and Radi Kovacevic from the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet.

The Tourism Australia team: Rachel Bernauer, Aman Bajwa and Manjit Gill.

Matt Coulter from DDLS, Sarah McCullough from Asciano and David Gee from Sapien Ventures.

The Professional Standards Council team: Suzanne Salopek, Carla Oliver and Jessica Duffy.

Expedia's Kim Stockham and Norse Skorg's Sandeep Dharni.

Angela Cobble from Johnson & Johnson Healthcare and Lisa Cutmore from Expedia.

Past and present Benchmark Awards entrants gathered at the Hilton in Sydney to find out which projects made the cut as finalists in each category this year.

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