Aspen Medical Founder and Executive Chairman, Glenn Keys, has been nominated for Australian of the Year.

Glenn joins three other nominees in his category for the top award of Australian of the Year. The other category nominees as

From these finalists, the ACT Australian of the Year, Senior Australian of the Year, Young Australian of the Year and Local Hero Award recipients will be announced at a cocktail reception to be held at the National Museum of Australia in Canberra on Monday 3 November 2014. 

The ACT Award recipients will then join recipients from all other States and Territories as finalists for the national Awards, which will be held in Canberra on 25 January 2015.

National Australia Day Council CEO, Mr Jeremy Lasek, said the ACT finalists are among 137 great Australians being recognised as State and Territory finalists in the 2015 Australian of the Year Awards.

"The ACT finalists work in a wide variety of disciplines from the arts to engineering to community service and they are all doing incredible work that we can be extremely proud of," said Mr Lasek.

Commonwealth Bank has been a Major Sponsor of the Australian of the Year Awards for more than 35 years.

“The Awards recognise extraordinary Australians who have made a positive contribution to the community and the 2015 State and Territory finalists are a great example of this. Congratulations to each finalist and thank you for being an inspiration to all Australians,” said Mr Ian Narev, Chief Executive Officer of the Commonwealth Bank.