E127 - Sara Harrup - The Pathway to Using Data Analytics to Relieve Hunger & in the Business

Over 2,000,000 households in Australia went hungry in the last 12
months due to lack of funds.


And 1,300,000 million children in Australia have lived in food
insecure households in the past year.


How is data analytics driving hunger relief in Australia?


And how can others learn from their data analytics pathway to
success?


Catch the latest TAS episode to hear it from Sara Harrup.
Meet Sara Harrup Sara’s Role as an Executive Leader at Foodbank
Queensland

Sara Harrup is the Chief Executive Officer of Foodbank
Queensland. Foodbank Queensland is the largest hunger relief
charity in the state, sourcing millions of kilograms of food from
farmers, manufacturers, and retailers to distribute to hundreds
of Food Relief Charities and School Breakfast Programs
state-wide. Foodbank’s operations also actively reduce food
landfill, positively impacting the environment. They feed 48,000
Queenslanders in need and 33,000 school children per week,
support 300 Food Relief Charities and 300 School Breakfast
Programs each year, and reduce landfill CO2-e emissions by 26
million kilograms each year.
Sara’s Other Work in Leadership

Other than her work with Foodbank, Sara is also a Chair with The
Executive Connection (TEC). TEC is a dedicated community of
successful business leaders sharing diverse thinking with a
trusted circle of success advocates. TEC connects over 1,000
senior executives across Australia and New Zealand, joining over
27,000+ global business leaders across 26 countries. TEC blends a
dynamic group setting with one-to-one mentoring to keep leaders
at the forefront of their industry.


Meanwhile, Sara is Non Executive Director at Health Care
Insurance (HCI), which has been providing comprehensive private
health insurance since 1938. A not-for-profit private health
insurer, they are proud of the high level of personal service
provided to members and the comprehensive range of health
insurance options. Sara is also an Executive and Developmental
Coach with experience across sectors ranging from transport and
logistics to community services, professional services,
insurance, health and education.
Hunger, Digital Transformation, and Data Analytics In this
exclusive analytics podcast episode, Sara shares:

The story behind her win of the Alf Kretchmer Award from the
Queensland Cancer Fund

How these experiences changed how she works now

Her current role as the Chief Executive Officer of Foodbank
Queensland

How much reach Foodbank gets across the country and how
others react to this

The stigma around hunger and reaching out for help

Reaching out for supply and donations for the Foodbank

The logistics behind it all

How data analytics helps to alleviate hunger on a large scale

Advice for those in physical businesses seeking digital
transformation

A positive impact from this

How humans are an important aspect of the digital
transformation journey

Ensuring psychological safety when carrying out the digital
transformation journey

Some of the early challenges when integrating data analytics
the business

The most important steps on this pathway towards using data
analytics in business

Her advice to other businesses thinking of using data
analytics but are intimidated by what seems like a long path



If you are a data analytics professional or business owner
looking to implement digital transformation into your business,
this is the episode you do not want to miss.