By
Jennifer O'Brien
on Jul 8, 2021 11:59AM
Changing mindsets and developing 'data vision' across ACT Government.
Look closely – and get to know her story – and you’ll see she has “data eyes.”
Admittedly, Angkana Whiley, executive branch manager of ACT Government’s Data Analytics Centre, says she’s “in love with the power of data” and its transformative and far-reaching implications for not only government and society, but all aspects of humanity.
Whiley - who grew up in Southeast Asia, but migrated to Queensland with her family at age 11 - always had a soft spot for numbers and science (particularly social sciences and the study of humanities and human behaviours, and eventually graduated from University with an Anthropology Degree) - and so her care for ‘societal good’ was always in her DNA.