Priyanka Ashraf
Founder
Priyanka is an ex-lawyer turned technologist who has worked across technology strategy and startups, leading a range of functions across growth marketing and sales. She’s a migrant of Bangladeshi heritage who has called Australia home for the last 20 years and has also lived in Singapore, Vietnam, Sri Lanka and Japan.
She is the founder of #sharetheplatform – a world first initiative that successfully catalysed a conversation about systemic racism in the Australian startup ecosystem, for the first time in history. Household names like Malcolm Turnbull, Janine Allis, Daniel Flynn, Guy Kawasaki, Seth Godin and Mark Bouris interviewed and amplified the voices of First Nations and People of African Descent founders to help drive the success of their startups.
- Women in IT Awards 2019 – Advocate of the Year
- ConnectingUp Awards 2019 – Technology Volunteer of the Year
- Money2020 Asia Awards 2019 – Semi Finalist