2025 ProGradian Awards Night

Celebrating Australia’s Rising Sales Leaders

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The 2025 ProGradian Awards: A Night of Impact

The 2025 ProGradian Awards brought together our most ambitious alumni and industry partners for a night of recognition, inspiration, and impact. Congratulations to all finalists and winners who continue to shape the future of Australia’s sales workforce.

2025 PROGRADIAN WINNER

ANDREW MAILER🏆

This award represents a significant lifetime career achievement, recognising an individual who began their journey as a ProForce graduate and rose to the level of Chief Executive Officer. It celebrates long-term success, consistent high performance and the leadership qualities required to guide an organisation at the highest level. It is the highest honor we can bestow on our Alumni and is one of the most competitive Awards to win in Australian Business.


Andrew is the Managing Director Australia, at Beca, one of the largest engineering consultancies in the Asia Pacific region with 850 staff in Australia and 4000+ in the Asia Pacific.


Hear from Andrew Mailer as he shares how ProForce helped set him on the right track in those early years through career guidance and initial training.


Click below to see our shortlisted candidates:

2025 PROGRADIAN WINNER

ANDREW MAILER🏆

This award represents a significant lifetime career achievement, recognising an individual who began their journey as a ProForce graduate and rose to the level of Chief Executive Officer. It celebrates long-term success, consistent high performance and the leadership qualities required to guide an organisation at the highest level. It is the highest honor we can bestow on our Alumni and is one of the most competitive Awards to win in Australian Business.


Andrew is the Managing Director Australia, at Beca, one of the largest engineering consultancies in the Asia Pacific region with 850 staff in Australia and 4000+ in the Asia Pacific.


Hear from Andrew Mailer as he shares how ProForce helped set him on the right track in those early years through career guidance and initial training.


Click below to see our shortlisted candidates:

Shortlisted ProGradians

2025 BUSINESS LEADER WINNER

DAVID SHORTEN🏆

This recognition highlights outstanding leadership, strategic vision, and a demonstrated ability to drive significant business outcomes. It acknowledges an individual who has consistently aligned people, processes, and performance to achieve strong organisational results and long-term success.


Dave is the General Manager for NSW at Metricon, the largest home builder in Australia. He is recognised for his leadership, driving operational excellence, and delivering high-quality residential projects that meet the needs of homeowners across the region.


Many graduates aspire to become the leaders of tomorrow. David Shorten has achieved just that, taking on a leadership role early in his career.

Hear from David as he shares how ProForce’s training and mentorship set him up for success and helped him take the next step in his leadership journey.


Click below to see our shortlisted candidates:

Shortlisted Business Leaders

2025 ENTREPRENEUR WINNER

CHRISTOPHER

FENNELL🏆

This award acknowledges outstanding innovation paired with strong sales capability. It celebrates an individual who consistently turns strategic ideas into tangible results through smart execution, customer insight, and a deep understanding of commercial opportunity.


Chris is currently the Co-Founder of Northstar and previously the Founder of Braze Australia, a business he successfully built and sold back to its parent company in USA. He is recognised for his entrepreneurial expertise, strategic vision, and ability to scale businesses to achieve impactful outcomes.


Many ProForce graduates have an entrepreneurial flair. After gaining experience in corporate sales, they’re equipped with the skills to take on the ultimate challenge, founding and running their own business.

Hear from Christopher as he shares how the sales training he received at ProForce was critical in setting him up for success.


Click below to see our shortlisted candidates:

2025 ENTREPRENEUR WINNER

CHRISTOPHER

FENNELL🏆

This award acknowledges outstanding innovation paired with strong sales capability. It celebrates an individual who consistently turns strategic ideas into tangible results through smart execution, customer insight, and a deep understanding of commercial opportunity.


Chris is currently the Co-Founder of Northstar and previously the Founder of Braze Australia, a business he successfully built and sold back to its parent company in USA. He is recognised for his entrepreneurial expertise, strategic vision, and ability to scale businesses to achieve impactful outcomes.


Many ProForce graduates have an entrepreneurial flair. After gaining experience in corporate sales, they’re equipped with the skills to take on the ultimate challenge, founding and running their own business.

Hear from Christopher as he shares how the sales training he received at ProForce was critical in setting him up for success.


Click below to see our shortlisted candidates:

Shortlisted Entrepreneurs

2025 EMERGING SALESPERSON WINNER

CHRIS DRACOS🏆

Recognition as Australia’s extraordinary early-career sales talent means being acknowledged as one of the brightest rising stars in the industry, someone who has demonstrated exceptional potential, drive, commercial impact and leadership far beyond their years.


Chris works at Veeam Software, the global leader in backup, recovery and data management solutions. He partners with organisations across the NSW Public Sector, Higher Education and Utilities, delivering modern data protection across Cloud, Virtual, Physical, Kubernetes and SaaS environments, achievements that have seen him recognised as a two-time Presidents Club recipient and Global Exec Fast Starter at Dell.


Hear from Chris in his acceptance speech for Best Emerging Sales Person, a well-deserved recognition of his dedication, talent, and impact.

Congratulations, Chris! Your achievements set a benchmark for aspiring sales leaders.



Click below to see our shortlisted candidates:

Shortlisted Emerging Salespeople

2025 RISING STAR WINNER

PARIS WONG🏆

Recognition as Australia’s extraordinary early-career sales talent means being acknowledged as one of the brightest rising stars in the industry, someone who has demonstrated exceptional potential, drive, commercial impact and leadership far beyond their years.


Paris started her career at Webjet and has significantly superseded targets truly embracing what it means to have the ProGradian spirit and drive to excel.


A true combination of raw talent, strong mentorship, and applying the sales training provided by ProForce during that critical early stage has brought her this well-deserved recognition.


Let’s hear from Paris, winner of the Rising Star Award, on what it means to become one of the most successful graduates early in her career journey.


Click below to see our shortlisted candidates:

2025 RISING STAR WINNER

PARIS WONG🏆

Recognition as Australia’s extraordinary early-career sales talent means being acknowledged as one of the brightest rising stars in the industry, someone who has demonstrated exceptional potential, drive, commercial impact and leadership far beyond their years.


Paris started her career at Webjet and has significantly superseded targets truly embracing what it means to have the ProGradian spirit and drive to excel.


A true combination of raw talent, strong mentorship, and applying the sales training provided by ProForce during that critical early stage has brought her this well-deserved recognition.


Let’s hear from Paris, winner of the Rising Star Award, on what it means to become one of the most successful graduates early in her career journey.


Click below to see our shortlisted candidates:

Shortlisted Rising Stars

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