Mentor Profile

Anna Barlow

Startupbootcamp

Food & Agri Innovation Partner

About Anna

Anna is a dynamic and motivational leader with a passion for innovation in the food and agritech sector. Anna's career has evolved from academia through to executive roles for multi-national food and beverage companies such as Asahi Beverages, JDE Coffee, Mondelez International and Kraft Foods working from NZ, Australia, Europe and the UK leading global and Asia-Pac corporate innovation, technology, R&D and commercialisation programs in chocolate, coffee, biscuits, alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages.

As Partner, Food & Agri Innovation at Startupbootcamp, Anna leads SBC’s food and agritech startup and scaleup accelerator FoodTech Tasmania and works with multiple corporate and RDC clients across the food and agritech sector.

Anna also serves as NED on the Boards of FermenTasmania and Australian Institute of Food Science & Technology and is an advisory board member of Cellular Agriculture Australia.

Country

Australia

City

Melbourne

Mentorship

Advisory Mentor, 5+ hours

Areas of Expertise:

AnalyticsB2CBioTechBusiness DevelopmentBusiness Model InnovationConsultingEntrepreneurshipFoodTechHRInnovationIntellectual PropertyLeadership DevelopmentManagementMinimal Viable Product (MVP)Operational ExcellencePartnerships & AlliancesPitching & StoryboardingRecruitmentRegulation/ComplianceStrategySustainabiltyTeambuildingTechnology

BUPA
AustralianSuper
Capgemini
EY
DiUS
Pitcher Partners
KHQ Lawyers
Australian Government
Victorian State Government
City of Melbourne
Airwallex
Facet5
Adventum Legal
Acclime
Amazon Web Services
Stripe
HubSpot