Kuppal Palaniappan

Kuppal is a member of the Social Impact Consulting and Technology Advisory teams. The Social Impact practice is a specialised team that works at the intersection of government, business and the non-for-profit sector to tackle society’s most complex challenges and ignite and inspire social change.

Kuppal has over seven years of experience in the public, private and social sector. Her areas of expertise include IT strategy, governance, growth strategy, operating model design and innovation. Kuppal is also working on executing Deloitte’s Indigenous Reconciliation Action Plan.

Kuppal is also the co-founder of Soleful Shoes, an online designer shoe store for women with size 4-5 and size 10-11 feet. Our shoes are made in Bangalore (India) and our business model aims to make an impact to communities without access to shoes. When a customer purchases a pair of shoes, they have the option of donating a lightly worn pair of shoes to our impact partner, Dress for Success Sydney.