This evening we can reveal the identity of our 2022 Top 50 Small Business Leaders. Download the report here to read the inspiring stories of resilient small-business owners who have excelled in our key judging criteria of innovation, overcoming challenges, embracing sustainability and contributing to their local communities.
Every year our Top 50 Small Business Leaders Report celebrates the achievements and innovation of pioneers in the small-business sector. In the last couple of years we can add a huge dose of resilience into the recipe that makes a leader. Hot on the heels of the pandemic and natural disasters – both fires and floods – SMEs are having to cope with supply chain issues and rising inflation. So, those who have made the Top 50, alongside all their peers, deserve extra acclaim for what they have accomplished.
As is the case every year, our Top 50 represent small businesses in a hugely diverse range of fields. From Anita Aherne’s online resource centre for people with autism to Jackson Yin’s revolutionary sustainable construction company, and Linda Goldspink-Lord’s health supplements for horses and dogs to Freya Tasci’s beeswax food-preservation solution and Jessie Sadler’s breakthrough fashion brand for the wheelchair-bound, our Top 50 eptitomise the resilience, innovation and agility needed to thrive as a small business in today’s challenging economic climate.
I’d like to thank Businesscom, Ikea and Prospa for their generous sponsorship of this year’s report, which you can download here. All three are major service suppliers to small businesses, and we are excited to partner with them to celebrate the sector’s diversity and achievements.
The Report would also not be possible without the dedication of our judges, who give up their time to carefully assess the hundreds of submissions we receive. Thank you to Kate Engler, Marie Robertson-King, Nick Heuzenroeder and Nina Nguyen for their diligence in assessing the submissions and coming up with such an inspiring Top 50.
Australia’s 2022 Top 50 Small Business Leaders
Alita Harvey-Rodriguez, MI Academy, Vic
Anita Aherne, Living on the Spectrum, Vic
Anita Brodian, Dark City Foundry, Vic
Arjun Paliwal, InvestorKit, WA
Carol Hanlon, Belmont Business Enterprise Centre, WA
Cindy Lüken, Lük Beautifood, NSW
Claudia North, With Small Business, NSW
Colleen Callander, Callander & Co, Vic
Cristiana Waismann, Tapioca & Co, NSW
Danielle Holden, dk active, Qld
Deyana Salib, Bundle and Me, WA
Di Van der Walt, Perth Hills Allied Health, WA
Ellen Powell, The Somewhere Co., Qld
Ellie Degraeve, Go For Zero, Qld
Frances Szmark, Intelligent Health Systems, Vic
Freya Tasci, Apiwraps, SA
Jackson Yin, iBuild, Vic
Jay Bonaretti, Amino Z, NSW
Jessie Sadler, Christina Stephens, Qld
Julia Ewert, Julia Ewert Pty Ltd, WA
Katarina Rosa, Embedded Blooms, NSW
Kate Toon, Stay Tooned, NSW
Kaye Lirio, Oh How Kind, WA
Laura Conti, #GoKindly, Vic
Linda Goldspink-Lord, Poseidon Animal Health, NSW
Linden Toll, Apricity Finance, NSW
Lisa Cox, Lisa Cox, Qld
Litsa Adamou, House Inspect Australia, SA
Michael Clark, CXTT Consulting, NSW
Michael Tutek, preezie, Vic
Michael Vidor, Urban Ethos, Vic
Michelle Kvello, Lantern Partners, NSW
Michelle Maynard, Carbon Group, WA
Naomi Derrick, Acting Performance Studio, Vic
Nathan Schokker and Sandy Lokas, SafeCo, Qld
Nicole Davidson, Nicole Davidson Negotiation, Vic
Nikki Kelly, Kellective by Nikki, Qld
Pauline Ceddia, Crystal Healthcare, Vic
Peter Buckingham, Spectrum Analysis Australia, Vic
Peter Kordupel, White Paper Associates, Vic
Phoebe Netto, Pure Public Relations, NSW
Pulkit Agrawal, UR Digital, NSW
Rochelle Courtenay, Share the Dignity, Qld
Sam Trattles, Other Side of the Table, NSW
Sean Wilson, BetterHR, NSW
Sophie Doyle, Alf the Label, WA
Susan Martin, Smart in Planning, NSW
Susie White, Eat Drink Innovate, Vic
Yong-Li Zhou, Enbacci, Vic Yovanka Loria, Yovanka Loria Extensions, SA