lord mayor's multicultural Awards for Business

THE Lord Mayor's Multicultural Awards for Business celebrate the contribution multicultural businesses make to the Brisbane economy and community through their creativity, innovation and resilience.

Winners of the 2023 Lord Mayor's Multicultural Awards for Business were announced at the Lord Mayor's Multicultural Business Dinner and Awards on Friday 17 November 2023.

2023 AWARD WINNERS

Congratulations to the winners of the 2023 Lord Mayor's Multicultural Awards for Business.

NICk

MULTICULTURAL yOUNG BUSINESS PERSON OF THE yEAR

This award recognises the success, creativity and energy of a multicultural young business leader under the age of 35, celebrating both their contribution to their community and that of Brisbane’s continued economic prosperity.

MENGTING (NIkE) ZHAO, PEER CONSULTING ENGINEERS PTy LTD

In 2009, the opportunity to study a Bachelor of Business brought Nike from Chengdu to Brisbane. She later transferred into QUTs Bachelor of Civil Engineering degree and graduated with First Class Honours in 2014. Nike's passion for making a difference led her to volunteer on building projects supporting abused women and children in South Africa. She also furthered her global engineering experience through working on diverse major projects in Fiji. Grateful for the opportunities her education and career in Brisbane provided, Nike was keen to give back to the community through her onstop professional structural and engineering services business. PEER Consulting Engineers allows young, talented professionals to develop their careers and learn and thrive under Nike's leadership.

MULTICULTURAL BUSINESS PERSON OF THE yEAR

This award recognises a successful multicultural Brisbane business leader and celebrates the recipient’s contribution to the Brisbane economy and recognises them as a local champion of enterprise who may have a global outlook for their business