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Indigenous in Business Award winner Ray Pratt

22 March 2022
Jobs, Land and Economy
A bearded man in a pale shirt sits in front of a large wooden table. In the background are paintings of traditional design.

Ray Pratt is the winner of the Indigenous in Business Award at the recently held 32nd Ethnic Business Awards. Watch how he became the owner of a very successful electrical, smart energy and construction company.

The 32nd Ethnic Business Awards (EBA) held in February includes the Indigenous in Business Award. Over the next few weeks, we will bring you video profiles of the award nominees and their achievements.

We begin with the award winner Ray Pratt, the owner and manager of DICE Australia.

Ray is a Western Arrernte man from Alice Springs now living in Darwin. His business focus is electrical, smart energy and construction.

Watch how a small one-man business transformed into a company employing more than 60 people today and managing multi-million dollar contracts all over Australia.

Find out more

The NIAA funded the Ethnic Business Awards to support the Indigenous in Business Award category.

For more information, read Supporting Indigenous recognition at the 2022 Ethnic Business Awards and read Minister Wyatt’s speech at Remarks at the Ethnic Business Awards.