Super Women Unmasked: Introducing The B&T Women In Media Awards Finalists!

After weeks and weeks of anticipation, more than 400 entries from over 200 companies, and some sleepless nights from our fearless judges, the wait is officially over—your B&T Women In Media Awards, finalists, presented by Are Media, are finally here.

Taking up residence on this list is a truly remarkable group of leaders, innovators, storytellers and change-makers who are reshaping the media, marketing and advertising landscape and paving the way for the next generation of super women to rise after them.

Across all categories, this year’s finalists represent professional excellence, of course, but they also embody the courage, conviction and creativity needed to make this industry a better and more equitable place.

Don’t have your tickets yet? What are you waiting for? Early bird tickets close at midnight!

So, without further ado, let’s hear it for the trailblazing super women of media that are the 2025 B&T Women In Media finalists!

There’s still time to vote for your People’s Choice Award winner, too!

Please note! If you’ve entered your name (or your colleague’s) wrong, changes must be submitted by 6 August to [email protected], otherwise trophies and event screen content will reflect the entries as they are written on this article.

Agency Sales/Account Management

Abbie Ridge – Kinesso
Alexandra Reynoldson – M+C Saatchi Group
Emma Jensen – Mindshare
Huong Nguyen – Alchemy One
Jennifer Meyer – iprospect
Laura Stevenson – Thinkerbell
Lauren Doherty – OMD Australia
Mallory Cassidy – Sunny Advertising
Nathasha Fernando – WPP Media Solutions, Advanced TV
Rawanne Auda – Half Dome
Stephanie Jones – WPP Media
Tori Lopez – Special

Best Ad Campaign – Championing the Equality Cause

Suncorp Team Girls, Amanda Wheeler – Leo Australia
Banner Ad Changeroom, The Iconic; Gillian Dalla Pozza and Leisa Ilander – Dentsu Creative

Business Support

Gemma Banning – BMF
Hannah Mansur – Mamamia
Jo Giles – M+C Saatchi Group
Kelly Taylor – OMD Australia
Madison Eyre – Wavemaker
Rita Ye – Trinity P3
Tierney Seeto – SCA
Tracey Pribadi – ARN
Vicky Simister – SCA

Champion of Change

Adele Gibb – Carat
Ellie Angell – Trinity P3
Erin Moy – Entropico
Hayley Monteiro – Hearts & Science
Jacquie Alley – The Media Store
Janette Higginson – Index Exchange
Lauren Thornborough – UM
Lesley Chambers – The Casting Chambers
Lillian Zrim – PHD Media
Linda Wong – MFA
Rebecca Morriss – DDB Group
Renee Stopps – Microsoft Advertising

Client Services

Alexandra Hazlehurst – Foxtel Media
Amanda Wheeler – Leo Australia
Belinda Drew – Droga5
Cassie Broad – Starcom
Helen Guard – OMD Australia
Huong Nguyen – Alchemy One
Kate Smailes – Havas Blvd
Monique Baillie – EssenceMediacom
Nisha Rajamani – Carat
Paula Lopes – Avenue C
Samantha Edwards – NP Digital
Tori Lopez – Special

Creative

Cat Williams – Thinkerbell
Divya Abe – Jack Nimble
Elle Bullen – Hellions
Michelle Walsh – Leo Australia
Rosie Stone – Leo Australia
Steph Kitchin – Asahi Beverages 1house

Creative Producer

Amanda Bainbridge – BBC Studios
Charlotte Wren – Thinkerbell
Emily Commens – BBC Studios
Nat Taylor – Poppet
Natalie Greaves – Howatson+Company
Shaye Guillory – Entropico
Tamsyn Roach – Hogarth

Employer

Communicado
Equality Media + Marketing
History Will Be Kind
Hopeful Monsters
SCA
Symbio
The Content Division
The Guardian
Wink
WPP Media

Entrepreneur / Founder

Haley McDonald – 3P Studio
Hannah Moreno – Third Hemisphere
Katie Barclay – Hopeful Monsters
Kym Treasure – Audacia Audio
Lyndelle O’Keefe – Match & Wood
Marilla Akkermans – Equality Media + Marketing
Michelle Hampton – WiredCo.
Nat Taylor – Poppet
Nicole Webb – The IMPACT Agency
Rebecca Jarvie-Gibbs – EXAMPLE
Tessa Westerhof – WOOM
Vanessa Liell – Orizontas and Rethink Everything

Executive Leader

Bridget Fair – Free TV Australia
Clare Pickens – Leo Australia
EJ Granleese – History Will Be Kind
Jacquie Alley – The Media Store
Jo McAlister – Initiative
Joanna Robinson – THE ICONIC
Justine Jones – Publicis
Laura Nice – OMD
Lou Barrett – News Australia
Maria Grivas – Mindshare
Pia Coyle – PHD
Pippa Berlocher – EssenceMediacom

Glass Ceiling Award

Elle Bullen – Hellions
Jaime Mills-Blayney – Hearts & Science
Jessica White – Cassette
Megan Kay – Zenith
Nathalie Delpierre – News Australia
Nicole Geekie – Jaywing Australia
Felicity Grey – Theory Crew / RISER
Sian Whitnall – OMD Australia
Simran Kaur – Pounce Agency
Tara Coverdale – oOh!media
The Aunties
Vanessa Liell – Orizontas and Rethink Everything

Innovator presented by Dentsu

Claire Bryan – Carat
Emilia Ball – dentsu Queensland
Hayley Monteiro – Hearts & Science
Jasmine Allen – Impressive Digital
Lily Nielsen – Wavemaker
Megan Quinn – Asahi Beverages 1house
Natasha Cormier – News Australia
Priya Addams Williams – Dylan Alcott Foundation
Sam Turley – Mindshare
Sarah Minassian – Metcash
Stephanie Drabble – Nine
Zoe Kostos – Paramount Australia

Journalist / Producer

Alana Riley – ARN
Michelle Escobar – Optus Sport
Natasha Robinson – The Australian
Susanne Tegen – National Rural Health Alliance
Ursula Heger – Paramount Australia

Marketing, presented by Mamamia

Allana May – Sigma Healthcare
Clare Tsubono – Lion
Georgia Thomas – THE ICONIC
Louise Crompton – Paramount Australia
Michelle Martinis – National Australia Bank
Naomi Gorringe – SCA
Natalie Latimore – Noumi
Natalie Miller – ReadyTech
Rapthi Thanapalasingam – Suncorp
Sara Herbert – Audience360
Sasha Mackie – Warner Bros. Discovery
Tennille Burt – QMS

Media Planner / Buyer, presented by Paramount

Abigail Charlesworth – EssenceMediacom
Annie Marendaz – The Media Store
Cara Sayer-Bourne – Alchemy One
Catherine Shen – Thump Media
Elizabeth Baker – Zenith Media
Emma Greenhalgh – Initiative
Emma Wood – PHD
Kristy Kinzett – Wavemaker
Laura Fell – Mindshare
Liz Lonsdale – Howatson+Company
Tahlia Mayer – Audience360
Victoria Jaeger – Carat

Media Sales/Account Management

Ella Keddie – Snapchat
Georgie de Visser – SCA
Jessica Roach – Amazon
Kat Droulers – Paramount Australia
Louise Wilson – LinkedIn
Emily Qureshi – Meta
Ash Vogel – Spotify
Maddie Basso – Yahoo DSP
Manuela Lopez – PubMatic
Marie Joyce – Mamamia
Melissa Shapland – Foxtel Media
Rosie McLeod – Google
Tarlyn McStay – GumGum

Mentor, Presented by Australian Women’s Weekly

Carly Hollis – Google
Deb Trela – Val Morgan Group
Dr Sameera Durrani – University of Technology Sydney
Joana Inch – Hat Media
Julie Dormand – Dormand: The Culture Creator
Kate O’Ryan – Roeder Mindshare
Kerri Knowles – Scentre Group BrandSpace
Laura Henry – OMD
Maddie Marsh – Meta
Nat Taylor – Poppet
Renee Murray – Half Dome
Sara Lappage – QMS

People and Culture

Ashlee Carey – Gawk
Caroline Fanning – Entropico
Eloise Baker – Atomic 212º
Georgina Gellert – Channel Factory
Jacquie Alley – The Media Store
Jen Davis – EssenceMediacom
Jodi Paton – HOYTS Group
Jodi Rosenthal – QMS
Nalina Cat Tuong Tran – News Australia
Nicole Jurke – Bench Media
Rebecca Ackland – SCA
Renee Murray – Half Dome

Project Manager

Bec Coulson – IMAA
Chelsea Peters – Nova Entertainment
Elinor Willes – News Australia
Hayley Olsson – Jack Nimble
Jenna McManus – Bespoken Agency
Kylie Ridler-Dutton – Trinity P3
Lily Lambert – EssenceMediacom
Melanie Aslanidis – MFA
Olivia Carmichael – News Australia
Samantha Wessel – ARN
Sarah Urquhart – News Australia
Tara O’Keefe – QMS

Public Relations

Catherine Tomlinson – Thinkerbell
Chloe Fitzgerald – Dentsu Creative PR
Georgie Robertson – The Regional PR & Co
Julie Wright – Third Avenue Consulting
Madeleine Page – Dentsu Creative PR
Maya Ivanovic – Palin Communications
Ashleigh Dyer – Theory Crew
Sharon Zeev Poole – Agent99 PR
Simone Gupta – Supermassive
Sophie Breheny – Lion
Sophie Curtis – BLACK Communications
Vanessa Liell – Orizontas and Rethink Everything

Social Change Maker, presented by ELLE

Dee Madigan – Campaign Edge
Ellie Angel-Mobbs – SCA
Haley McDonald – 3P Studio
Jacquie Alley – The Media Store
Jenny Gray – Intrepid Travel
Lauren Thornborough & Louise Wilson – The Village
Michelle Testa – Carat
Priya Addams Williams – Dylan Alcott Foundation
Rochelle Courtenay – Share the Dignity
Vanessa – Liell Orizontas and Rethink Everything

Social Media

Daria Willis – Woolworths
Harleen Sodhi – dentsu Queensland
Jenna Benson – ARN
Olivia Fleming – Half Dome
Shivani Maharaj – WPP Media
Steph Edwards – WiredCo.
Vicky Turner – M+C Saatchi Group

Strategy

Catherine King – Leo Australia
Dani Davies – Wavemaker
Eb Yusuf – Yango
Emily Smith – Paramount Australia
Linda Fagerlund – Mediahub
Marine Turner – EssenceMediacom
Megan Stormer – Mamamia
Millie Lester – Cassette
Molly Blacker – Slingshot
Penelope Shell – Zenith
Sophie Gallagher – Clemenger BBDO
Summer Treseder – Wavemaker

Sustainability Champion

Alexandra Heaven – JCDecaux
Charlotte Berry – Howatson+Company
Michaela Ryan – Bespoken Agency
Tracy Harber – Google
Xue Ying Chen – WPP Media

Tech, presented by Perion

Aimy Le – Meta
Alison Morris – The Trade Desk
Alison White – Spark Foundry
Bonnie Dodemaide – iProspect
Caroline Laird – Google
Hayley Monteiro – Hearts & Science
Jade Watson – WPP Media
Marianne Hawkins – Initiative
Paula Malysevaite – PHD
Sofia Polak – Akin Agency
Vicki Chen – Foxtel Media
Winnie Lui – Nine

Don’t miss your opportunity to celebrate all the incredible finalists, and of course, the winners on August 29 at the White Bay Cruise Terminal.

Early bird tickets close at midnight tonight!

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