The 2022 Lake Macquarie Business Excellence Awards were held at Belmont 16s on Friday, July 29.

"It was my pleasure to go along and celebrate excellence in local business. I had the pleasure of sponsoring and presenting the award for the Outstanding Business Leader for 2022," Charlestown MP Jodie Harrison said.

"It had a very worthy recipient in Cameron Owen, founding partner and director of Warners Bay-based SAPHI Engineering."

Co-founder and managing director of Jaegersoft, a software engineering consultancy team based in Warners Bay, Vivek Jayachandran, was awarded a Commendation in the category.

Charlestown-based Lake Group Strata, was named Employer of Choice; and Jaegersoft was named Outstanding Start-Up; innovative Dance4wellbeing won for Excellence in Diversity and Inclusion; and Mount Hutton Salon Ten won for Excellence in Small Business.

SAPHI Engineering had a great night, with Cameron's win being bolstered by an Excellence in Sustainability nod and the coveted Business of the Year.

Congratulations to all the winners and nominees.

IMAGE: Charlestown MP Jodie Harrison with Jaegersoft co-founder and managing director Vivek Jayachandran, who was awarded a Highly Commended in the Outstanding Young Business Leader category.