Chief Executive of the Year
[Executive name]
[Office] at [organisation]
Entries open 1 October 2026
Voting opens 3 May 2027
Be recognised.
Melbourne, Sydney, Singapore, London, Frankfurt, New York, Dallas, Toronto, The Expys Middle East and Riyadh on stage. Hong Kong online. Then the Global Final in Las Vegas, December 2027.
Country winner
EXPY Icon, Las Vegas
The 2027 live nights
Then Las Vegas, December 2027
Melbourne,Australia17 Jun 202717 June 2027
Sydney,AustraliaJune 2027Date to be confirmed
Singapore23 Jun 202723 June 2027
OnlineHong Kong27 Jun 202727 June 2027
Toronto,CanadaJuly 2027Date to be confirmed
London,United Kingdom29 Jun 202729 June 2027
New York,United States13 Jul 202713 July 2027
Dallas,United States20 Jul 202720 July 2027
Dubai,United Arab Emirates16 Nov 202716 November 2027
Riyadh,Saudi ArabiaNovember 2027Date to be confirmed
Frankfurt,GermanyJuly 2027Date to be confirmed
Global FinalLas Vegas,United States15 Dec 202715 December 2027Venues to be confirmed.Tickets
The awards
96 awards in every country. For chief executives, the C-suite, managing directors and boards: the people who run an organisation they do not own.
Office awardsEach in three sizes, by headcount of the organisation
Leadership awards
Organisation awards
The top awardsYou cannot enter these
Executive of the Year
Awarded from the category winners
The EXPY Icons, Las VegasGlobal Icon Awards, chosen from the country winners
Global Executive of the Year
Awarded at the Global Final in Las Vegas
Global Chief Executive of the Year
Awarded at the Global Final in Las Vegas
Global Executive Team of the Year
Awarded at the Global Final in Las Vegas
Global Board of the Year
Awarded at the Global Final in Las Vegas
Global Rising Executive of the Year
Awarded at the Global Final in Las Vegas
What winners get
Every paid entrant starts with a page and a vote card. Finalists add a badge and a wall plaque. Winners add the trophy.

Winners
The trophy
A crystal block holding the Expys sphere, on a pillar engraved with your award. Handed over on stage at your country’s night, or shipped to you.
A render of the design, engraved with an example award.
Winners and finalists
The wall plaque
Chief Financial Officer of the Year 2027
The day your entry is paid.
Your own page
Your name, role, organisation and LinkedIn, on a page of your own at expys.org.
Your vote card
Sized for LinkedIn, Instagram Stories and text messages. It links straight to your vote.
Nominee 2027 badge and media kit
The day you go live: the Nominee badge and a LinkedIn banner, and an image for your socials, on your own private media kit page.
Your press release, published on expys.org
Written from your entry and published in The Expys newsroom the day you go live, with a link to your page.
Announced online on 25 May 2027, when the vote puts you on the shortlist.
Finalist badge, banner and press release
The Finalist 2027 badge, a banner for the top of your LinkedIn profile, and your finalist press release, the day the finalists are announced.
Finalist wall plaque
A Finalist 2027 wall plaque to hang in the office.
An invitation to the live night
To your country’s night, where the winners are revealed live on stage, in the room or not.
Revealed live on stage at your country’s night, and online the same moment. Countries without a night are revealed at the Virtual Awards Night.
Your digital trophy, the moment you win
A file of your trophy, yours the moment you are revealed, for LinkedIn, your website and your email signature. The trophy in your hands follows.
Your trophy, on the night
Handed over on stage at your country’s night. If you cannot be there, we ship it to you.
Your award, presented on stage
A film of your award being presented on stage in your name, in the room or not. You don’t have to attend to win.
Photographs and film from the night
If you are in the room: photographed and filmed on stage, a green-screen acceptance film, all edited, with vertical cuts for Reels, TikTok and LinkedIn.
Winner badge, credential and banner
The Winner 2027 badge the moment you are revealed, the profile credential, and a banner for the top of your LinkedIn profile.
Your full media kit
One private page with every file, drawn from your entry: your badge at each stage, the LinkedIn banner, the Instagram ring, your link card, the post images and your press release.
A press release, distributed on a global newswire
Written for you and published the moment you are revealed, then distributed on a global newswire that syndicates it to its network of outlets. No coverage is promised.
Written and distributed by Eventpresseventpress.org
Named in our winners’ announcement
Every winner of the night, named in one release in The Expys newsroom.
The Global Final
Every winner is invited to the Global Final in Las Vegas. Win a Global Icon Award there and you are an EXPY Icon. A guest spot on It’s Showtime, the official podcast of The Expys, hosted by David Via, for the EXPY Icons.
An article
A written piece on expys.org about your work.
An interview
An interview with you about how you did the work.
Winner’s wall plaque
Your award and the year, framed to hang in your office or reception.
Add-ons for winners and finalists. Extra trophies for the team, a framed certificate, more decals or plaques. Prices to be announced.
Placements available in
Press pack levelsAvailable soon
01Release
US$495
02Spotlight
US$1,200
03Feature
US$1,950
04Global
US$3,450
Packs are promotion only. They never affect the vote. Pickup and placement are decided by each outlet.
How it works
Step 01
Your own page
Every entrant gets a profile page and a vote. Apply yourself, or be nominated for free.
Step 02
Share it
Send your page to the people who know your work. LinkedIn, Instagram or a text message.
Step 03
The community votes
Voting is online, 3 to 23 May 2027, and it picks the finalists.
Step 04
The count is sealed
Every vote is checked and the count is certified. The finalist with the most counted votes wins.
Step 05
Revealed live on stage
The winner is revealed at your country’s night, and online the same moment. You do not have to be in the room.
Entrants
Entries open 1 October 2026. Until then, this is how a page looks.
Chief Executive of the Year
[Office] at [organisation]
Entries open 1 October 2026
Voting opens 3 May 2027
Chief Financial Officer of the Year
[Office] at [organisation]
Entries open 1 October 2026
Voting opens 3 May 2027
Chief Operating Officer of the Year
[Office] at [organisation]
Entries open 1 October 2026
Voting opens 3 May 2027
Chief Marketing Officer of the Year
[Office] at [organisation]
Entries open 1 October 2026
Voting opens 3 May 2027
The Executive Awards night, live: all three programmes, one room. Optional, and premium. You do not have to attend to win.
The run of the night
Indicative times. Every winner’s name is called and filmed on stage, in the room or not. Running times are set with the venue.
On stage
Every winner is filmed walking up and accepting, edited, and sent to you ready to post.
SearchChief Financial Officer
Chief Financial Officer at [an organisation]
2h · 🌐
Chief Financial Officer of the Year. My acceptance, filmed on the night. #TheExpys
Chief Financial Officer of the Year
The room

The nights
Reserve your seat now. We email you when tickets release.
Reservations openThursday 17 June 2027
Melbourne, Australia
250 seats
Reservations openJune 2027
Date to be confirmed
Sydney, Australia
250 seats
Reservations openWednesday 23 June 2027
Date to be confirmed
Singapore
250 seats
Reservations openJuly 2027
Date to be confirmed
Toronto, Canada
250 seats
Reservations openTuesday 29 June 2027
London, United Kingdom
250 seats
Reservations openTuesday 13 July 2027
Date to be confirmed
New York, United States
250 seats
Reservations openTuesday 20 July 2027
Dallas, United States
250 seats
Reservations openTuesday 16 November 2027
Date to be confirmed
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Reservations openNovember 2027
Date to be confirmed
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
250 seats
Reservations openJuly 2027
Date to be confirmed
Frankfurt, Germany
250 seats
Reservations openWednesday 15 December 2027
Date to be confirmed
Las Vegas, United States
300 seats
The Virtual Awards Night, Sunday 27 June 2027, streamed, always runs for every region. Venues to be confirmed. City photographs: Paul Macallan, Terry Ling, Sigrid, Jochem Raat, Eduard Pretsi, Florian Wehde, Max Fray, Hongbin, Saif Aldhaher, Nick Andreas, Julian Paefgen, Unsplash.

The Global Final
Country winners. One stage.
One night in December, all three programmes on one stage, and the biggest performance of the year. Only country winners compete, and there is no public vote: the Global Icon Awards are chosen from the winners of all eight countries, and every winner becomes an EXPY Icon.
Venues to be confirmed.
Photograph: Julian Paefgen, Unsplash
Packages and add-ons
Choose a tier, or add what you want. Reserve today, pay when tickets release.

A luxury room for the night, at a partner rate. The hotel is confirmed with the venue.
A$675per room, for the night

A luxury car or van, door to door, there and back.
A$295per person, return

The day after the night, eighteen holes with the room.
A$595per person

Lunch and a tasting at a Yarra Valley winery, the day after the night.
A$445per person

Top shelf all night, for the people on your order you add.
A$295per person

Get your own press before the show: a portrait, an interview on camera, the media wall.
A$745per person, 30 a night

The late lounge with a DJ, after the closing act.
A$145per person, 150 a night
Draft prices, per person, in Melbourne’s currency. The stay is one room. Hotels, cars, courses and the bar list are confirmed with the venue and named then. The Press Party gives you time with the press in the room; no coverage is promised. The winners’ breakfast is by invitation and never sold.
Sponsors
A programme, a band, an award, a night. Sponsors never vote, and no sponsorship includes a finalist place.
Sponsor the programmeOne country
The whole programme
The whole programme in one of the 8 countries: all 96 awards, from the day entries open to the night the winners are named.
One country
A band
One of the three bands (Growth, Mid-market, Enterprise) in a country: every office award at that size.
One country
An office
One of the 26 offices in a country, across all three of its bands, so three winners carry the name.
The Executive Awards Hall of Fame
Chosen by our Hall of Fame panel. Inducted on stage.
It is not entered and it cannot be bought. The inductee is our guest of honour, with a complimentary seat for them and one guest.
ExampleHall of Fame 2027
30 years in the C-suite
Photo: Vitaly Gariev, Unsplash
Free
The panel reads every nomination. Nominees are not told, and nothing is published unless they are chosen and say yes.
Questions
The person accountable for a function inside a business they do not own. Chief executives, the C-suite, managing directors and the board seat. A founder chief executive may enter both programmes, and the entry declares which hat.
If nobody can sack you, you belong in the Entrepreneur Awards.
US$99 per category, one-time. Your office at your band, plus one leadership category if it is honestly yours. Two entries, each at US$99. The organisation awards are entered by the organisation. Nominating someone is free. It is 100% refundable if your application isn’t approved.
Entries open 1 October 2026 and close 30 April 2027. Before they open, you can sign in and build your whole entry; it is saved to your account, and you pay and go live from 1 October 2026.
Sunday 23 May 2027, for every country. The vote opens Monday 3 May 2027, finalists are announced 25 May 2027, and the nights start with Melbourne on Thursday 17 June 2027.
By public vote. One verified vote per person, per category. The vote names three to five finalists on 25 May 2027, and the finalist with the most counted votes wins, revealed live on stage at your country’s night and online the same moment. Sponsors never vote, and US$99 pays for your page, never the result.
No. Voting happens online, and the vote decides. Every country’s winners are revealed live on stage at that country’s night, and online the same moment, whether or not the winner is in the room. Finalists are invited to attend. A winner who cannot be there is revealed online the same night, with the digital trophy, the Winner badge, the press release and a film of the award being presented on stage in their name, and the trophy is shipped to them. Hong Kong is revealed at the Virtual Awards Night, streamed.
Yes, free. They get an email saying you nominated them and for which award, with a link to apply. Before entries open, the email says when they can apply, and we email them again the day entries open.
The dates are set: one night in each city, June to July 2027, and Dubai in November and Riyadh in November, Melbourne first on Thursday 17 June 2027. Sydney, Frankfurt, Toronto and Riyadh have their month; the dates follow. Venues to be confirmed. Reserve your seat now. We email you when tickets release.
The digital trophy, the Winner badge and a press release the moment you are revealed, the trophy handed over on stage, the winner’s wall plaque, the LinkedIn banner, an article, an interview, and an invitation to the Global Final in Las Vegas, to become an EXPY Icon. The full list is above.
Your entry
US$99
per category one-time
100% refundable if your application isn’t approved.
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Plus a banner for your LinkedIn and Instagram.
Your entry
Your award. Your page. Your badges.
Plus a banner for your LinkedIn and Instagram.
US$99 one-time per category
100% refundable if your application isn’t approved.
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Nominate someone. Or apply yourself.
Nominating is free, and they get the email. Entries open 1 October 2026.