Katrina Leslie wins EY's top entrepreneur award for AI recruitment platform
Leslie, who built Swipejobs to match jobseekers with employers using AI, was named Australia's Entrepreneur of the Year from 27 finalists.
Katrina Leslie, founder of Swipejobs, won EY's Entrepreneur of the Year award on Thursday night in Melbourne. Katrina Leslie also took out the Technology category.
Leslie grew up on a cattle property in Central Queensland before creating Swipejobs, an AI platform that matches jobseekers with employers based on their experience, location and availability. The platform now operates in the US and UK.
Over the past year, Swipejobs has worked with more than 11,700 companies and filled more than 250,000 roles. RedBalloon founder Naomi Simson, who chaired the judging panel, praised Leslie for challenging traditional thinking about recruitment.
Leslie will represent Australia at the global awards in Monaco next year, competing against entrepreneurs from more than 60 countries.
- More than 250,000
- Roles filled past year
- More than 11,700
- Companies supported past year
- 27 national finalists
- Australia finalists
- More than 60 countries
- Global competition countries
Why it mattersLeslie's win recognises an Australian founder reshaping the job market with AI, and signals growing investor and industry support for locally built recruitment tools.
AustraliaAustralian jobseekers now have access to a homegrown AI platform filling roles across the country, and Leslie's global recognition may attract more investment to Australian tech startups.
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