Penelope Barr
Years judged
2020
2021
2022
Penelope Barr is a startup founder, mentor, and advisor with 20+ years' expertise as a global Innovation, Technology, Product, Change & Transformation Executive. Through new ways of working, Penelope leads individuals & teams to help them unlock opportunities to drive value.

Years judged
2020
2021
2022
Penelope Barr is a startup founder, mentor, and advisor with 20+ years' expertise as a global Innovation, Technology, Product, Change & Transformation Executive. Through new ways of working, Penelope leads individuals & teams to help them unlock opportunities to drive value.
What excited you to judge Pause Awards?
I love the thought of having the opportunity to review new and growing businesses, and learning about people working hard to deliver value through unique products, developing new markets, and seeing the world in new ways.
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Startup Boardroom

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Supernormal Agency

Cheryl Mack
Aussie Angels

Andrew Farrell
Netambition

Davy Rennie
Tribal DDB

Nicole Scherer
Artgeist

Peter Brennan
Heaps Normal

Chris Jeffares
Safari

James Callahan
Forever

Ben Bars
We Are Unity

Helen De Ornellas
Westpac

Vanessa Toholka
Allens

Doug Rathbone
Airtasker

Alan Kirszner
July

Giles Gunesekera OAM
Global Impact Initiative

Jonny Levi
Planet Earth Ventures

Peter Bakker
Unhedged

Jonny Schneider
Humble Ventures

Laurent Marcus
Special Group

Karl Svacic
Coles Group

Jules Brooke
She’s The Boss and Handle Your Own PR

Stuart Richardson
Adventure Capital

Hayley Rose
Archer

Carolyn Breeze
Zepto

Paola Rocchetti
Void N' Disorder

Juan Ciapessoni
The Electric Factory

Tanya Christie
Fullstack Advisory

Christina Gerakiteys
WAVIA

Mickey Rummery
Connect Experience Design

Judy Sahay
Crowd Media Group

Laura Parr

Eneko Bilbao
Amazon Web Services

Joseph Badr
Dsmile

Shamila Gopalan
HerWit

Ben Ford
Tiimely

Cass Mackenzie
Storyfolk

Kate Gooden
Amazon

Steve Coochin
Lumigo

Robyn Wilson
Superora

Andy Rosic
Metaplex Studios

Daniel Sparkes
Bullfrog

Stuart Reynolds
Fullstack

Nicole Tj
Travis

Kellie Morton
Birchal

Sarah Greenan
B&T

Ricky Fung
Origin Energy

Albert Mai
Simply Wall St

Anna Lee
Leading Insight

Julie Demsey
Julie Demsey Hypnotherapy & Coaching

Nikki Shah
MyMuse

Melinda Podesta
Kollektive

Sali Sasi
Her Black Book

Irene Lemon
Irene Lemon

Marion Burchell
Azolla Holdings

David Constantine
Ellis Jones

Emile Rademeyer
VANDAL

Kate Thompson
Hardie Grant Media

Genevieve Reynolds
Sayers Advisory and Investments

Kirsty Dare
evee

Sarah Gross
Storyfolk

James Stewart
Loyal VC

Jocelin Abbey
The Guardian AU/NZ

Amir Ansari

Stephen Foxworthy
Time Under Tension

Beau Ushay
Astraeus Labs

Fabio Oliveira
Kmart Australia

Vanessa Doake
Art Processors

Yi Hsia Koh
Kit (part of x15ventures)

Nikita Le Messurier
AWS

Callum Fitzhardinge
Media.Monks

Brian Borowsky
Hive Growth

Penelope Barr
BeautifulAgile

Tom Leyden
Longview

Jacqui Fisher
By Jacs

Lucy Lin
Forestlyn

Jason Perelson
Synergy Group

Jodette Cleary
hipages Group

Sergio Brodsky

Rupert de Paula
SEIKK

Evan Davey
DEPT®

Shelin David
CFOWorx

Joel Hanna
Big Little Brush

Annette Densham
The Audacious Agency

Nima Idel
Loopit.co

Julie Stevanja
Her Black Book

Phil Ore
25eight

Harini Janakiraman
Rowy

Ashleigh Gardiner
My Muscle Chef

Josh Howard
Single Use Ain't Sexy

Celia Harding
Founder & CEO

Tipu Sultan
Clipboard Hospitality Pty LTD

Tori Benzie

Taylor Tran
i4 Connect

Aniyo Rahebi
Good-Edi

Nathaniel Diong
Future Minds Network

Penelope Shell
OMD Australia

Antonia Grimard
AOK Creative

Hal Josephson
NZ Access

Patrick Tam
Westpac

Jake Booker
Antler

Vanessa Ronan-Pearce
Payments NZ

Lalitha Wemel
Techstars

Makenzie Thomas
MedTech Actuator

Chloe Leclerc
Fleet Space Technologies

Mark Davis
Today

Eric Boone
Madison Marcus

Angus Tait
Xero

Roberto Daniele
Startspace – SLV

Gilbert Guaring
Urban Art Projects

Lee Tonitto
Tonitto and Partners

Theodora Chan
Tech Council of Australia

Ed Pullen
Marmalade

India Gad
Shipeezi

Lauren Barber
NeedleCalm

Deepak Singh
Uber Carshare

Bryan Williams
Hockey Stick Advisory

Irfan Malik
INQ Innovation Global

Ben Peterson
IBM

Adam Ferrier
Thinkerbell

Nick Hoskin
Something™

Michael Zyla
Mastercard

Veljko Golubovic
New Moment

Frankie Layton
The Dirt Company

Nathan Connors
Granicus

Sonia Clarke
Clever Manka

Trevor Townsend
Startupbootcamp Australia

Joel Connolly
Blackbird
