Previous Selection Panel Members
Members of the award selection panels from previous editions.
Pardip Pangly
(Panel Member 2023 & 2024)
Pardip is a multifaceted technology executive leader with over 20 years’ experience across operations, program and department/account management. He has specialised in the automotive sector to deliver innovative technical solutions that have supported major business transformations. He currently managing three of his own businesses spanning the Caravan, Manufacturing and Farming sectors.
Pardip’s passion is sports, and he has been a soccer coach and player for 20 years across seniors and juniors. This has included a player, coach and manager at the Australian Sikh games for 20 years.
Pardip is Secretary of the Adelaide Punjab Lions Sport Club (Soccer, Cricket, Basketball and Netball), and has held a number of roles for the Australian National Sikh Sports and Cultural Council (ANSSACC), including being Treasurer of the South Australian Regional ANSSACC, Tournament Director of the 2017 Adelaide Sikh Games, and also has been Secretary of the National ANSSACC Committee since 2018.
Pardip holds a Bachelor of Manufacturing & Automation Engineering, and a Masters in Commerce/Engineering from the University of South Australia.
Gurmesh Singh
(Panel Member 2024)
Gurmesh is a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, representing Coffs Harbour for the NSW Nationals.
He is a third-generation Coffs local and has worked in various industries from digital marketing to design, as well as agriculture. He is dedicated to ensuring small industries aren’t forgotten and there is less red tape so such businesses can thrive.
Gurmesh is passionate about representing the constituents of the Coffs Harbour electorate in the State Parliament and ensuring that the Coffs Harbour electorate gets its fair share of State Government funding.
Gurmesh’s path to Parliament is summed up by a journey that began 120 years ago with the decision made by his great-grandfather to migrate to Australia, and his vision for growth and opportunity can be read in his Inaugural Speech at the NSW Parliament House in May 2019.