Finalists of the 2025 WID Awards
The Women in Digital Awards were founded based on the idea ‘you can’t be what you can’t see’ and are a celebration of incredible women and non-binary people within the digital industries and the organisations that support them.
For the 2025 Women in Digital Awards, we again received a record number of nominations and completed submissions! It was not an easy decision for our panel of industry expert judges but we are so very excited to announce the FINALISTS for the 2025 Women in Digital Awards.
Meet the 2025 WID Award Finalists
The 2025 AI Leader of the Year Finalists, powered by The National AI Centre
This category recognises the growing importance of artificial intelligence in shaping our digital future by celebrating a dedicated and innovative AI professional.
The 2025 Allyship in Action (Manbassador) Finalists
This category celebrates an impact-driven individual who actively champions gender equity by using their influence to support, advocate for, and elevate others, thus demonstrating true Allyship in Action within the digital industry.
The 2025 Champion of Change Finalists
This category celebrates an impact-orientated individual that is driving change and social good by either harnessing the power of digital or improving the digital industry.
The 2025 Customer Experience Leader of the Year Finalists
Recognising the extraordinary power of customer experience design to create integrated omnichannel experiences. This is an individual entry designed to recognise and showcase incredible intuitive and branded customer experiences.
The 2025 Cybersecurity Leader of the Year Finalists, powered by Sekuro
This award recognises the incredible importance of cybersecurity and governance to keep us safe online by celebrating a dedicated and innovative cybersecurity professional. This is an individual category recognising Australia’s best female cybersecurity leaders driving innovation, strengthening resiliency, and influencing industry change.
The 2025 Data Leader of the Year Finalists, powered by Shell Energy Australia
This award recognises a distinctive business leader who has built a revolutionary data-centric program while guiding teams to outstanding achievement through vision, inspiration, creativity, and commitment.
The 2025 Digital Marketer of the Year Finalists
Celebrating a data-driven Digital Marketer who has achieved exceptional results across any medium including but not limited to search, paid, programmatic, EDM, content or social media.
The 2025 Digital Transformation Leader of the Year Finalists, powered by The Lottery Corporation
This award recognises a distinctive business leader driving the transformation of an organisation through digital technology. For this category we are looking for exceptional change, project and stakeholder management.
The 2025 Employer of the Year Finalists
The Women in Digital Awards were created in the belief that digital services and products should be built by all people, for all people and this award honours that belief. This award recognises the importance of diversity in developing more innovative and inclusive companies to support the future pipeline of women in technology.
The 2025 Executive Leader of the Year Finalists, powered by Cisco
Awarded to Australia’s most outstanding executive leader in the digital sector, this category recognises the importance of leadership in driving digital transformation in Australia and across their organisation and industry.
The 2025 Founder of the Year Finalists, powered by ACS Labs
An award for Australia’s leading female digital founder. Demonstrating a true entrepreneurial spirit and with vision and excellent execution, this founder and their organisation will leave an impact.
The 2025 Indigenous Leader of the Year Finalists
This award acknowledges First Nations’ voices are imperative in helping to build the technology we all use every day and are uniquely placed to use technology to solve problems that are specific to their community including preserving language and culture for future generations.
The 2025 Industry Excellence Award Finalists
This category celebrates an individual working in the digital industry that is consistently demonstrating excellence in their work. Recognising excellence across all skills in the digital industry, nominees are outperformers in their field, delivering best-in-class outcomes and raising the bar for the industry.
The 2025 Innovator of the Year Finalists, powered by Auto & General
Awarded to Australia’s most outstanding innovator, this category recognises the most forward-thinking, innovative and disruptive product, service or business enhancement of the year.
The 2025 Product Manager of the Year Finalists
This award celebrates the best of Australia’s talent in digital Product Management, awarded to an influential Product Manager who has delivered exceptional results through skill in product strategy, leadership, stakeholder management and more.
The 2025 Public Sector: Digital Transformation Team Leader of the Year Finalists
This award recognises excellence in digital transformation and the critical importance of effective digital capabilities within our public sector and government organisations. This award recognises the year’s most successful transformation of a government organisation or its service delivery through digital technology, and is awarded to the team leader.
The 2025 Rising Star of the Year Finalists, powered by Data#3
This award recognises an ambitious innovator who has demonstrated an outstanding level of initiative and leadership as a digital specialist within the first five years of your career.
The 2025 Software Engineer of the Year Finalists
The recipient of this award has shown that they are an industry leader in building and developing software.
The 2025 Technical Leader of the Year Finalists
This award champions someone that leads the successful delivery of high-performing technology applications (or projects) and as a result enhances commercial outcomes for an organisation.
The 2025 UX Leader of the Year Finalists
This category recognises the extraordinary power of user experience design to create meaningful and intuitive digital experiences.
Attend the WID Awards
The awards gala is where the community comes together – providing a great opportunity to network with industry leaders.
Date: Friday, 24 October 2025
Time: 5:30pm – 11:00pm (AEST)
Location: City Hall, Brisbane
Dress Code: Black tie, this is your chance to shine!
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