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Sharon Gray

Chief People Officer • OzHarvest

WHY THEY MADE THE LIST

Sharon Gray leads people at Australia's most recognised food rescue charity, managing a workforce spanning drivers, warehouse staff, corporate teams, and volunteers aligned to a single mission.

She has developed a volunteer-to-paid pipeline model and a purpose activation framework that others in the NFP sector reference as best practice.

AFR Best Places to Work (NFP). SEEK Employer of Choice (NFP). HRD 5-Star Employer. Named frameworks: volunteer-to-paid pipeline and purpose activation model.

From the judges

"Sharon proves that purpose-led HR is not a slogan. The volunteer-to-paid pipeline and the independently validated employer brand at OzHarvest show what happens when people strategy and organisational mission are genuinely the same thing."

— Rudy Crous, CEO of Compono