Rebecca Zhang from the University of Sydney is winner of the inaugural Ernst and Young corporate finance woman of the year award. Students competed by analysing a transaction case study and presenting their case. Ms Zhang beat eight women from six universities. Runners up were Jessica Young from UWA and Aarthi Packirisamy from Macquarie U. Ms Zhang will compete for the world award in February. The competition objective is to encourage more women to pursue careers in transaction services and corporate finance at EY.