Chapter Honourees

The University of Sydney Business School's honour society, Beta Gamma Sigma recognises our academic staff and business professionals through the Chapter Honouree Award.

Academic of the Year

Student members of the University of Sydney Business School's honour society, Beta Gamma Sigma recognise the support and guidance offered during their degree through the Academic of the Year award.

Current BGS members select the award recipient according to the following criteria:

encourages and honours high academic achievement by students of business and management;
fosters in students an enduring commitment to the founding principles and values of the Society: honour and integrity, pursuit of wisdom, and earnestness; and
supports the advancement of business thought and practice to encourage lifelong learning.

2024

Dr Mattia Anesa, Discipline of Strategy, Innovation and Entrepreneurship

2023

Dr Stephen Tierney, Discipline of Business Analytics

2022

Dr Abdul Razeed, Discipline of Accounting

2021

Professor Michael Bell, Institute of Transport and Logistics Studies

2020

Professor Rico Merkert, Institute of Transport and Logistics Studies

2019

Wes Hamilton-Jessop, Discipline of Accounting

2018

Associate Professor Dirk Hovorka, Business Information Systems

Chapter Honouree

Each year the University of Sydney Business School's honour society, Beta Gamma Sigma will nominate outstanding business and community leaders as Chapter honourees.

2022

Suet Koon Lai, founder of #careerhackwithkoon

2021

Dr Catherine Keenan AM, Co-founder and CEO of Story Factory

2020

Camilla Schippa, CEO of The Social Outfit

2019

Ronni Kahn, CEO and founder of OzHarvest

2018

Meredith Scott, CEO of Opportunity International Australia

Beta Gamma Sigma Medal

Being invited to Beta Gamma Sigma is the highest achievement a student can receive from a AACSB-accredited university. The University of Sydney Business School Beta Gamma Sigma Medal recognises exceptional academic achievement by a student undertaking a bachelor or master degree.

2024

Isabella Du, Bachelor of Advanced Computing and Bachelor of Commerce

Simran Raikar, Master of Commerce (Extension)

2023

Jingyao (Eloise) Bai, Bachelor of Commerce

Chenhua (Catherine) Chen, Master of Commerce

2022

Angelo Nicolas, Bachelor of Engineering Honours and Bachelor of Commerce

Marjorie Docor, Master of Logistics and Supply Chain Management

2021

Adriana Halias, Bachelor of Commerce

Iris (Yirui) Xu, Master of Commerce

2020

Yibei Liu, Bachelor of Commerce

Patrick Magee, Master of Management

2019

Shangyue Mu, Bachelor of Engineering Honours and Bachelor of Commerce

Xin Miao, Master of Commerce

2018

Xinying Wang, Master of Commerce