Past award winners
We recognise the contribution of all the past winners of the Creative Partnerships Australia and Australia Business Arts Foundation (ABAF) Awards.
Our awards celebrate remarkable leaders who are championing the arts in Australia. A list of all award winners, from
2001 to present day, is below.
ABAF award winners
- Business Leadership Award
- 2001 Michael Chaney AO
2002 Anthony Berg AM
2003 Janet Holmes a Court AC
2004 Ken Tribe AC
2005 David Gonski AC & Harold Mitchell AC
2006 David Clarke AO
2007 Ian Darling AO
2008 James Strong AO
2009 Kerry Stokes AC
2010 Rick Allert AO
2011 Sam Walsh AO
2012 Kim Williams AM
2013 Dr Helen Nugent AO
- Philanthropy Leadership Award
- 2004 The Myer family
2005 The Nelson Meers Foundation
2006 John B Reid AO
2007 The Belgiorno-Nettis family
2008 Robert Albert AO
2009 Philip Bacon AM
2010 Simon Mordant AM & Catriona Mordant
2011 Tim Fairfax AM & Peter Weiss AM
2012 Patrick Corrigan AM
2013 Betty Amsden AO
- Arts Leadership Award
- 2001 Carrillo Gantner AC
2002 Ian McRae AO
2003 John Bell AM OBE
2004 Graeme Murphy AM
2005 Lyndon Terracini AM
2006 Sue Nattrass AO
2007 Greg Mackie OAM
2008 Elizabeth Ann MacGregor OAM
2009 Robyn Archer AO
2010 Edmund Capon AM OBE
2011 Mary Vallentine AO
2012 Dr Gerard Vaughan AM
2013 Lynda Dorrington
Creative Partnerships award winners
- Business Leadership Award
- 2016 Julieanne Alroe & Richard Goyder AO
2017 Ian Narev
2018 Adrian Fini OAM
2019 Helen Carroll & Ian Kew
- Philanthropy Leadership Award
- 2016 Naomi Milgrom AC
2017 Andrew Cameron AM & Cathy Cameron
2018 Tim Fairfax AC and Gina Fairfax
2019 John Gandel AC & Pauline Gandel AC
- Arts Leadership Award
- 2016 Mary Jo Capps
2017 Sheena Boughen OAM
2018 Richard Gill AO
2019 David McAllister AM
- Emerging Philanthropy Leadership Award
- 2016 Peter Wilson
2017 Joseph O’Brien
2018 Mark Rubbo OAM & Beau Neilson
2019 Dr Terry Wu
- Arts Visionary Award
- 2019 John Kaldor AO
