The Venture Day judging panel is made up of highly experienced individuals from the investment and venture capital community, as well as the broader start-up ecosystem including serial entrepreneurs, founders, philanthropists and representatives of award donors.

Judging panel

David Langford
Managing Director and Chief Investment Analyst, Long Lake Research

Ali Linz
Co-Founder, GroupTogether

Nick Bishop
Director and Co-Founder, Bishop & Fang

Walta Kazzi
Co-founder and CEO of Quest
Rebecca Smith
Special Counsel, Gilbert + Tobin

Karen Nes
Investment Analyst – Private Equity at Aware Super

Jake Kalabric
Manager, Emerging Technology at Commonwealth Bank

Tom Bass
Growth Product Manager at Atlassian and UTS Entrepreneur in Residence

Maxine Sherrin
Festival Director SPARK Festival

LAILA CHAMAA
Director of Business Transformation at Novartis, Australia & New Zealand