Photos: CRN Channel Awards Australia 2026

See all the behind the scenes at this year’s inaugural awards.

CRN Australia held its inaugural CRN Channel Awards Australia in Sydney.

More than 450 partners, vendors, disties and titans of the industry came to the Hyatt Regency in the heart of Sydney to celebrate the Aussie IT channel.

It was the industry’s night of nights where everyone came dressed to the nines and were ready to commemorate the first-ever CRN Channel Awards.

The night began with a Welcome to Country and then a stunning acrobatic performance to hype us up for the night ahead.

Throughout the evening, 40 awards, including nine GTIA Spotlight ANZ Awards were handed out.

On CRN’s end, Ingram Micro won 5 awards, including Woman of the Year (Non-Partner) for Hope McGarry.

For GTIA, Avocado Consulting, Gerardo Barranquero, CEO at Avocado Consulting won the Community Leadership Award.

Michael Demery at Seccom Global also received the elusive Lifetime Achievement Award.

See who else won at the CRN Channel Awards Australia.

Here are all the pictures from the CRN Channel Awards Australia 2026.