Past Winners

Past Award Winners - 2007 National

2007 Telstra Australian Business Woman of the Year

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Leanne Preston

Leanne Preston is Chief Executive Officer of Wild Child, which develops and markets natural health care products internationally. The Wild Child range of baby, children and family products, including baby care and sunscreens, contains only natural or nature identical ingredients. Leanne founded the company in 1997 as a home-based business and has since grown the company to retail Wild Child products in more than 14 countries around the world.

National Business Owner Award

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Leanne Preston

Leanne Preston is Chief Executive Officer of Wild Child, which develops and markets natural health care products internationally. The Wild Child range of baby, children and family products, including baby care and sunscreens, contains only natural or nature identical ingredients. Leanne founded the company in 1997 as a home-based business and has since grown the company to retail Wild Child products in more than 14 countries around the world.

National Hudson Private and Corporate Sector Award

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Susan Filby

Susan Filby is General Manager Services at ETSA Utilities, an electricity distribution company which provides services to over 780,000 customers throughout South Australia. Susan's role includes the operational responsibilities of providing reliable connection, billing and complaint resolution, stakeholder management and the representation of ETSA Utilities in the media. Susan currently sits on the Rural Solutions SA Board, the state government's Development Policy Advisory Committee, and is also a member of the Energy Industry Ombudsman Scheme Board.

National Community and Government Award

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Linda Sorrell

Linda Sorrell is Chief Executive of Melbourne Health, Victoria's second largest health service which is internationally recognised for its education and research initiatives, as well as its specialist tertiary health services. Linda's key responsibilities are to lead, manage and develop the operations of Melbourne Health including financials, staff, healthcare and key stakeholder relations. Melbourne Health employs more than 7,000 staff, manages more than 1,000 beds, sees 55,000 emergency patients and provides over 700,000 occasions of services annually.

National Business Innovation Award

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Leanne Preston

Leanne Preston is Chief Executive Officer of Wild Child, which develops and markets natural health care products internationally. Leanne founded the company in 1997 as a home-based business and since has grown the company to retail Wild Child products in more than 14 countries around the world. Leanne is also responsible for developing ‘Quit Nits', the only head lice treatment to use naturally occurring insect hormone disruptors that are safe for pregnant and nursing mothers.

National Young Business Women's Award

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Kristina Karlsson

Kristina Karlsson is Managing Director and Owner of kikki.K, a Swedish-designed range of stylish, everyday use, home and office stationery products. From a fledging start-up in 2001, Kristina's boutique retail concept has grown into a multi-million dollar business with 17 kikki.K boutiques in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and Auckland. As well as overseeing the business strategy and managing senior staff, Kristina is also Creative Director and heads up the design and production teams, and the visual merchandising department.

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