Victoria Business School Excellence awards
Victoria Business School’s top graduating students were celebrated at the School’s sixth annual Excellence Awards held at Rutherford House on Monday 14 May.
The Victoria Business School Excellence Awards recognise the highest achieving students who have excelled academically across each of our business disciplines – Accounting, Commercial Law, Taxation, Economics, Finance, Management, Human Resource Management and Industrial Relations, Tourism Management, Marketing, International Business, Information Systems, Public Policy and Public Management.
The awards celebrate students in the specialist disciplines across our Professional Master’s programmes.
At the awards ceremony on Monday evening, Pro-Vice-Chancellor and Dean of Commerce Professor Ian Williamson said it was great to acknowledge the successes of Victoria Business School’s outstanding students amongst their friends, family, fellow students, University supporters and staff.
"Students come from far and wide to study at Victoria Business School – from all over New Zealand, and around the world. These awards recognise the years of hard work and commitment our students have dedicated to their education, and to being the very best they can be.
"They have done us proud and have a bright future ahead of them—it's a really exciting time for them, and for us, as we send them out into the world to make their mark."
Guest speaker, Victoria Business School alumnus and founder and CEO of Flick Electric Steve O’Connor, offered his congratulations to the award winners and shared his experiences at Victoria and the impact this has had.
"It was a privilege to attend Victoria Business School's awards evening and speak to the students being recognised," he said afterwards.
"The evening was a great celebration of their hard efforts and achievements, and really highlighted the breadth of students excelling in their business studies.
"I am sure those that attending had an early sight of many of our future business leaders."
Acknowledging our sponsors
Professor Ian Williamson expressed his gratitude for the generous support received from sponsors who partner with Victoria Business School to recognise their highest achieving graduates.
"We are proud of the strong relationship we enjoy with leading New Zealand businesses and government agencies. Their involvement in these awards not only demonstrates their ongoing support for Victoria Business School, but their investment in the future leaders who received awards".
The sponsored prizes for the 'best of our best' students are highlighted in the complete list of winners below.
Top Professional Master’s Students
Thomas Goldfinch — Master of Professional Business Analysis
Matthew Almond — Master of Professional Accounting
James Palmer — Master of Applied Finance
Catherine Woeber — Master of Information Studies
Mira Bradshaw — Master of Information Management
Graeme Tweedie — Master of Information Management
Julia Marshall — Master of Public Policy
Morgan Dryburgh — Master of Public Policy
Richard Davies — Master of Public Management
Varsha Narasimhan — Master of Business Administration
Michael Letts — Master of Business Administration
Tim Penney — Master of Public Administration (Executive)
Jason Tabarias — Master of Professional Economics
Winda Dwi Melisa — Master of e-Government
Management
Reuben Cox — New Zealand Trade and Enterprise Award for Excellence in Management
Julia Kennerley — Excellence Award in Management
Kara Eaton — Excellence Award in Management
Ben Johnston — Excellence Award in Management
Tuteremoana Durie — Excellence Award in Management
Elliot Dunn — Excellence Award in Management
Sarah Smith — Excellence Award in Management
Human Resource Management and Industrial Relations
Kara Eaton — HRINZ Award for Excellence in Human Resource Management & Industrial Relations
Zoe Watson — Excellence Award in Human Resource Management & Industrial Relations
Tourism Management
Sophie Harrison — Wellington Airport Award for Excellence in Tourism Management
Joerg Domroes — Excellence Award in Tourism Management
Accounting, Taxation and Commercial Law
Meghan Coomber — CPA Australia Award for Excellence in Accounting; Excellence Award in Taxation; Excellence Award in Commercial Law
Roshan Patel — Excellence Award in Accounting; Excellence Award in Taxation; Excellence Award in Commercial Law
Louis Justice — Excellence Award in Accounting
Daniel Phillips — Excellence Award in Accounting; Excellence Award in Commercial Law
Ryan Palmer — Excellence Award in Accounting
Jean Lean — Excellence Award in Accounting; Excellence Award in Commercial Law
Ben Johnston — Excellence Award in Accounting
Economics and Finance
Arkadiusz Wojasz — Infometrics Award for Excellence in Economics
Wenjin Jia — Infometrics Award for Excellence in Economics; Excellence Award in Finance
Eleanor Tvrdeich — Excellence Award in Economics
Dawson Falwasser-Logan — Excellence Award in Economics
Amy van Bunnik — Excellence Award in Economics
Maisie Prior — Excellence Award in Economics
Liam Dennis — Fisher Funds Award for Excellence in Finance
Susanna Lees — INFINZ Award for Excellence in Finance
Marketing and International Business
Lucy Davy — Marketing Association Award for Excellence in Marketing; Excellence Award in International Business
Julia Kennerley — Marketing Association Award for Excellence in Marketing
Phuong Ho — Marketing Association Award for Excellence in Marketing
Jeremy Young — Excellence Award in Marketing
Rachel Sharrow — Excellence Award in Marketing
Sana Witheford-Smith — Excellence Award in Marketing
Guy Bennett-Longley — Excellence Award in Marketing
Jonathan Goodson — Wellington Airport Award for Excellence in International Business
Information Systems
Reuben Cox — GS1 Award for Excellence in Information Systems
Susanna Lees — Excellence Award in Information Systems
Jack Clarke — Excellence Award in Information Systems
Regan Nelson-Clark — Excellence Award in Information Systems
Nicole Yee — Excellence Award in Information Systems
Georgia Eng — Excellence Award in Information Systems
Ella Underdown-Gray — Excellence Award in Information Systems
Public Policy
Eleanor Tvrdeich — Excellence Award in Public Policy
Susanna Lees — Excellence Award in Public Policy