Confirmed Presenters

The presenters are split into six alphabetical groups. Click on the below letter range options to view information in that section.

Presenters H-M Click on the presenter's name to jump to their bio
	Andrew Hamilton SVA, Australia		Andy Kuper Leapfrog, UK
	Dr Manuka Henare University of Auckland Business School, New Zealand		Geoffrey Lacey Myrhee Primary School, Australia
	David Hetherington Per Capita, Australia		Steve Lawrence Australian Social Innovation Exchange, Australia
	Gerry Higgins CEiS, UK		David LePage Enterprising Non-Profits, Canada
	Olivia Hilton Social Ventures Australia, Australia		Chief Clarence Louie Osoyoos Indian Band Centre & National Aboriginal Economic Development Board, Canada
	Pauline Hinchion Community Recycling Network Scotland(CRNS), UK		Alice MacDougall Freehills, Australia
	George Housakos Urban Communities, Australia		Andrew Mahar Infoxchange, Australia
	Jon Huggett Bridgespan, USA		Marc Manion Fair Business, Australia
	Rob Hunt AM Australia		Jack Manning Bancroft Australian Indigenous Mentoring Experience Indigenous Corporation, Australia
	Tracee Hutchison Australia		Lillian Masebenza Mhani Gingi Social Entrepreneurial Networks, South Africa
	Emma Hutton Fair Business, Australia		Stuart McGougan Mission Australia
	Rod Jackson St.George Bank, Australia and Westpac Foundation		Cameron McKern CCM Software Technologies, Australia
	Doug Jacquier Connecting Up Australia (CUA), Australia		Denis Moriarty Our Community, Australia
	Glenn James Northern Australian Indigenous Land and Sea Management Alliance(NAILSMA), Australia		Paul Moulds Salvation Army, Australia
	Owen Jarvis Aspire Foundation, UK		Jim Mullan KibbleWorks, UK
	Khalid Kabeer Kashf Microfinance Bank, Pakistan		James Murphy Kerekere, Australia
	Associate Professor Cheryl Kernot Centre for Social Impact, Australia
Andrew Hamilton SVA, Australia Andrew's SVA responsibilities include portfolio management and corporate and investor support in Queensland. He also coordinates the Accelerator Program of the QLD Social Enterprise Hubs. Andrew holds a BComm and MBA and has specialised in sales and marketing roles. These roles include senior management positions in the financial services and technology sectors for small entrepreneurial firms in Brisbane. He has served on the board of Foresters Community Finance and is currently a board member of Jabiru Community Youth and Children's Services Association.
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Dr Manuka Henare University of Auckland Business School, New Zealand Manuka Henare is involved in the private sector with a specialty in Māori business enterprise and development economics. He is a member of the Institute of Directors and a board member of the Environmental Risk Management Authority (ERMA) since 2003. He advises private companies, civil society organizations, government, government departments, local authorities and other institutions on international interfaith dialogues, diversity and bicultural policies, and has headed NZ Government delegations and advisory committees on interfaith dialogues in Asia, and served on development assistance, peace and disarmament, archives, history and social policy. Manuka joined the University of Auckland Business School in 1996 where he is Associate Dean (Māori and Pacific Development) and Senior Lecturer in Māori Business Development in the Department of Management and International Business.
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David Hetherington Per Capita, Australia David Hetherington is the founding Executive Director of Per Capita.  He has previously worked at the Institute for Public Policy Research, as a consultant to the OECD and for L.E.K. Consulting in Sydney, Munich and Auckland. He has authored or co-authored numerous reports on economic and social policy including Employee Share Ownership and the Progressive Economic Agenda (2009), The Full-Cost Economics of Climate Change (2008), Unlocking the Value of a Job (2008), The Investing Society (2007) and Would You Live Here? (2006). His articles have appeared in the SMH, the AFR, the Age and the Australian and he is a regular commentator on ABC Radio National. David holds a BA with First Class Honours from UNSW and an MPA with Distinction from the London School of Economics where he won the George W. Jones Prize for Academic Achievement.
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Gerry Higgins CEiS, UK Gerry Higgins is the CEO at Community Enterprise in Scotland (CEiS) leading a team of 53 people to assist communities, individuals and enterprises to realise their potential. CEiS operates the largest specialist business support service for social enterprises in the UK and provides Business Finance, Employability Services and Community Asset Development. In 2008 CEiS was awarded Social Enterprise of the Year in the UK having hosted the inaugural Social Enterprise World Forum, bringing 417 people from 26 countries to Edinburgh to commence an annual gathering of social enterprise practitioners and support agencies.
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Olivia Hilton Social Ventures Australia, Australia Olivia is a former CEO of an Australian publicly listed communications company, where she devised, led and managed the company’s strategy and day-to-day operations, including a staff of 100 employees in five countries. She has extensive experience in strategy development, implementation, communications and operations. In 2007 Olivia turned her attention towards the non-profit sector and took up a position in Mozambique to work as a consultant for Technoserve, an American NGO focused on assisting entrepreneurial men and women in poor rural areas of the developing world to build businesses that create income, opportunity and economic growth. Olivia holds a Bachelor of Business (Hons) from RMIT and a diploma in Financial Markets from FINSIA.
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Pauline Hinchion Community Recycling Network Scotland(CRNS), UK Pauline is the Chief Executive of the CRNS, a membership led body of 150 Scottish community recycling organisations. Prior to joining the CRNS she was the Chief Executive of FEAT Enterprises and its subsidiary company Grangemouth Enterprises, two social enterprises that seek to provide employment and training opportunities via the operation of environmentally focused businesses. She also established SpringBack the first mattress recycling operation in the UK. Pauline Hinchion has 14 years Social Enterprise experience.  Her past employment history includes working within the London Stock Market and also working at Time-Life magazines at their European headquarters in Amsterdam.
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George Housakos Urban Communities, Australia George Housakos has worked in the not for profit sector for over 10 years. George is the CEO of Urban Communities and has spent the last four years developing and delivering the social enterprise on a mixed tenure public housing regeneration project, managing property for both government and the private sector. George’s senior management experience includes managing social enterprises, research and advocacy for the alleviation of poverty specifically in highly disadvantaged communities (particularly public housing estates) and managing the performance and financial standards of State and Commonwealth Government contracts.
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Jon Huggett Bridgespan, USA Jon Huggett advises chief executives of social enterprises and serves on boards in the UK, the US, South Africa and Australia.  Jon’s 25 years of experience with social and private organisations includes four years as a Partner with The Bridgespan Group in San Francisco and New York, the non-profit affiliate of Bain & Company.  Prior, Jon was a Partner with Bain in Johannesburg and Toronto, and ran three companies and a non-profit.  Jon is the co-author of "Increasing Effectiveness in Global NGO Networks” and other articles published around the world”. He has an Oxford MA and a Stanford MBA.
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Rob Hunt AM Australia Rob retired as MD of Bendigo and Adelaide Bank in July 2009.  During his 36 years with the Group (21 years as MD), Rob guided the Bendigo through many innovations in development of strategy as a regional and community banking organisation. Rob was the architect of the Community Bank® model and, in fact, was instrumental in developing a range of Community Enterprise models now utilised by communities across Australia to provide key infrastructure and essential services through a sustainable commercial structure. These Enterprises provide communities with a framework, the cashflow, capacity and flexibility to address new economy opportunities.
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Tracee Hutchison Australia Tracee Hutchison is a writer, broadcaster, author and producer with over 20 years experience in radio, television and print. Her wide-ranging media roles span from reporter/producer for ABC TV's flagship current affairs program 'The 7.30 Report', Opinion columnist for the 'Saturday Age', co-host of ABC 2 music program 'DIG TV', Program Director of Melbourne's premier community radio station 3RRR.FM, JJJ announcer and field producer for the 'Getaway' travel program. Tracee is the author of three books; an Australian music anthology called 'Your Name's on the Door' and two fundraising cookbooks for the children’s charity 'The Mirabel Foundation' featuring the favorite recipes of Australia's best-loved comedians and musicians - 'Laughing Stock' and 'Rock Chefs for Mirabel'. Tracee is also an experienced event MC and facilitator with a particular interest and focus on social justice
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Emma Hutton Fair Business, Australia Emma joined Fair Business to develop and implement our employment support strategy and has recently taken up an expanded role developing central support services for our social enterprises. Emma has significant experience of supporting social enterprises in the UK to create employment for people with barriers in the labour market, including homelessness and long-term unemployment. She was the founding manager of the Scottish Social Enterprise Coalition and previously worked for the UK’s largest independent funder of non profit organisations, providing advice, guidance and development support to applicants.
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Rod Jackson St George Bank, Australia and Westpac Foundation Rod Jackson was appointed CFO, St.George Bank, in December 2008 after spending 28 years of service at Westpac. Most recently he was the CFO and General Manager, Risk at Westpac Retail and Business Banking. Rod is also a Trustee of the Westpac Foundation which has a particular focus on creating and sustaining social enterprise in disadvantaged communities across Australia and a Trustee of the St.George Foundation. Rod has held a number of senior roles within Westpac including: COO, Retail and Business Banking; General Manager, Enterprise Program Office; General Manager, Quality, Productivity & Efficiency; CFO, Business & Technology Solutions & Services; and CFO, Business & Consumer Banking. Prior to joining Westpac, Rod was with the Commercial Bank of Australia. Rod holds a Bachelor of Economics and an MBA from the International Institute for Management Development, Lausanne, Switzerland.
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Doug Jacquier Connecting Up Australia (CUA), Australia Since 2000 Doug has been the CEO of Connecting Up Australia www.connectingup.org , a not-for-profit providing online IT resources for Australian nonprofits and providing the annual Connecting Up conference series. His strategic networking has led to him being invited to address conferences in the US, UK, New Zealand and South Africa. In 2007 Doug negotiated a partnership with TechSoup Global to establish the DonorTec technology donation program www.donortec.com.au, which has saved Australian and New Zealand not-for-profits over $45m in technology costs. In the 2008 Equity Trustees Not-For-Profit CEO Awards, Doug was awarded Innovator of the Year.
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Glenn James Northern Australian Indigenous Land and Sea Management Alliance(NAILSMA), Australia Glenn James is the Community Programs Officer with the Northern Australian Indigenous Land and Sea Management Alliance (NAILSMA). He has a masters degree in Anthropology and Participatory Developent and has worked and lived in remote parts of the Northern Territory since 1988, developing a particular interest in sustainable Indigenous enterprise. Glenn's work has focussed on strategies for assisting Indigenous groups in making their social and cultural interests firm foundations for developing sustainable enterprise. Now with NAILSMA he is applying his practical skill to facilitating enterprise opportunities for Indigenous land owners and managers in GHG emissions abatement and the carbon economy.
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Owen Jarvis Aspire Foundation, UK Owen Jarvis is Director of Aspire Foundation, championing social enterprises and entrepreneurs tackling social exclusion and unemployment. Aspire’s growing network of social enterprises provides jobs and training to over 250 people a year, including many moving out of homelessness. Owen previously led CAN’s programme on social franchising and his present work has a strong focus on launching new social enterprises based on blueprints of successful models. Owen has a master’s in Community Enterprise from the University of Cambridge’s business school, has published academic papers, and has completed a Winston Churchill Fellowship studying social businesses in the United States and Australia.
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Khalid Kabeer Kashf Microfinance Bank, Pakistan Khalid Kabeer is Chief Financial and Risk Officer at Kashf Microfinance Bank. He joined Kashf Foundation in early 2003 and currently is seconded to the bank. Besides being part of the strategic management team, he has played key roles in various initiatives including developing and operationalising with a specialized microfinance bank as its first subsidiary, structuring and raising debt and equity, designing and implementing risk management systems.  Khalid is a Chartered Accountant and he completed his professional training with PricewaterhouseCoopers He also has BA in economics. Khalid teaches finance courses in Lahore University of Management Sciences and has developed a specialised course on microfinance.
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Associate Professor Cheryl Kernot Centre for Social Impact, Australia Cheryl joins the Centre for Social Impact, Australia as its first Director of Social Enterprise. Following her distinguished political career, Cheryl has spent the last five years working in the UK as a Programme Director at the Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurs at the Said Business School at Oxford University and as the Director of Learning at the School for Social Entrepreneurs in London. Her specialist role at the Skoll Centre was to assist and mentor start-up social businesses particularly in the delivery of innovative health services. Cheryl has been appointed Chair of the Australia New Zealand Fair Trade Association.
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Dr Andy Kuper Leapfrog, UK Andy is Founder and President of LeapFrog, the world’s first microinsurance fund. LeapFrog targets private equity returns while financing the provision of life-changing financial services to 25 million low-income and financially excluded people in Africa and Asia. Launched by President Clinton, the fund has been hailed by the likes of Bloomberg and Private Equity International as opening up a new frontier for social investment and microfinance. LeapFrog was inspired by Andy’s extensive experience enabling entrepreneurs in emerging markets. He is a former Managing Director of Ashoka, which has financed and connected over 2000 social entrepreneurs in over 60 countries. He worked with both Grameen and BRAC, the world’s largest microfinance institutions, to market their social ventures. He also co-founded Kuper Research, which designed The Daily Sun, now sub-Saharan Africa’s largest newspaper, with five million daily readers. Born and raised in South Africa, Andy holds a PhD from Cambridge, where he was supervised by Nobel laureate Amartya Sen – who first stimulated Andy’s interest in market-based solutions to poverty.
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Geoffrey Lacey Myrhee Primary School, Australia Geoff became Myrrhee School Principal in 1989 after 5 years as a district curriculum consultant. Myrrhee was in a period of declining enrolments. Geoff was able to re-establish the school as a vibrant and sustainable educational setting focused on developing innovative curriculum. With a supportive and collaborative staff they developed programs which engaged the whole community and brought life back to Myrrhee. Being small has never stopped Geoff thinking outside the square and creating a learning culture which meets the challenges of the 21st century.
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Steve Lawrence Australian Social Innovation Exchange, Australia Steve Lawrence is Chief Executive of the Australian Social Innovation Exchange, created to find fresh solutions to Australia’s social challenges through cross-sector collaboration.  He also consults in Social Innovation & Entrepreneurship.  For the last 29 years Steve has been Founder, CEO and Social Entrepreneur with WorkVentures, based in Sydney. Started with a $3000 loan, WorkVentures has annual revenues around $20million and places hundreds of unemployed Australians in jobs each year. Over the last 30 years Steve has also played a key role in creating over 13 nonprofit organisations. They include JOB futures, United Way Sydney, Jobs Australia, Social Ventures Australia, School for Social Entrepreneurs Australia.
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David LePage Enterprising Non-Profits, Canada David LePage is the Program Manager of Enterprising Non-Profits (enp). Enp supports the development and growth of social enterprise by providing technical assistance grants, maintaining www.enterprisingnonprofits.ca as a major resource and marketplace, and collaborating on creating an enabling environment for social enterprise across Canada. He is a member of the Social Enterprise Council of Canada and the Policy Council of the Canadian Community Economic Development (CCEDNet). David has over 30 years experience in the social economy, including the development of the Social Purchasing Portal, a tool to leverage private and public sector purchasing for social value.
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Chief Clarence Louie Osoyoos Indian Band Centre & National Aboriginal Economic Development Board, Canada Since 1984, when he first became Chief of the Osoyoos Indian Band in British Columbia, Canada, Clarence Louie has consistently emphasized economic development as the fundamental method for improving the standard of living of his people. Under his direction, the Band has become a multi-faceted corporation that owns and manages numerous successful businesses. In addition to the businesses, the band is enjoying socio-economic development that is vastly improving the community's social, educational and health needs. Under his leadership, there is virtually zero unemployment. Chief Louie has been recognized for his work with many honours, and numerous Board appointments. He has been featured in The Economist, in Profit Magazine and in Maclean's as one of 50 Canadians to watch.
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Alice MacDougall Freehills, Australia Alice Macdougall is a special counsel at Freehills, a large national law firm, in the Melbourne office. She has been specialising in tax advice and structuring for charities and foundations for 10 years. Alice is part of the Charity Law team at Freehills. The Charity Law team are recognised as experts and leaders in this area of law, covering all aspects of Federal and State laws effecting charities and trusts, working with Governments on policy issues and doing numerous papers and presentations to the sector. Alice has been involved in advising a number of different social enterprises on structuring and tax concessions and has an interest in tackling the complexities of setting up a social enterprise.
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Andrew Mahar Infoxchange, Australia Andrew is the driving force behind the social enterprise Infoxchange, which bridges information technology and the needs of the disadvantaged. Infoxchange provides training and other multimedia services focused on the improved efficiency and effectiveness of the directed service delivery sector, and through its Green PC program, refurbishes computers for low-income individuals and organisations. Andrew has also set up the Info Timor enterprise outside Dili, providing, computers for local schools, orphanages and NGO’s, and training to refurbish old units. This enterprise currently employs 12 East Timorese. Andrew has been recognised internationally for his work including winning the prestigious Stockholm Challenge Award in 2000.
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Marc Manion Fair Business, Australia Marc joined Fair Business from its start and is an integral link for all the businesses, supporting their commercial growth and identifying new business development opportunities. He is a Director of each subsidiary company. Marc previously worked with Social Ventures Australia, supporting social enterprises to improve their commercial performance. Prior to this, Marc owned and operated a significant portfolio of hotels and restaurants and was involved in the operational management group “HANDS ON” providing specialised advice in business turnarounds in many of Sydney’s most successful clubs and hospitality businesses. He has worked closely in the government and business sectors, including fulfilling the role of General Manager for the Moore Park Golf Complex and Middle Harbour Yacht Club, Mosman.
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Jack Manning Bancroft Australian Indigenous Mentoring Experience Indigenous Corporation, Australia At 22 years old Jack Manning Bancroft became the CEO of a national charity – Australian Indigenous Mentoring Experience (AIME).  In 2008 Sydney Magazine included Jack on its list of Sydney’s Top 100 Most Influential People. Jack completed his Bachelor of Arts (Media & Communications) in 2006 at the University of Sydney where he also received a Leadership and Excellence Award in 2005.  In 2007 jack was awarded the USYD Alumni of the Year award. Growing up in Sydney Jack undertook his secondary education at Sydney Boys High School. Jack’s family is from the North Coast of NSW.
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Lillian Masebenza Mhani Gingi Social Entrepreneurial Networks, South Africa Lillian holds an Honours Degree in Communication and Marketing from University of South Africa, Leadership Diploma from University of Cape Town. Lillian is passionate about empowering women and youth through enterprise development. In 2006 she established Mhani Gingi Social Entrepreneurial Networks. Her model of Power of the Collective adapts and enhances traditional/indigenous village collective models called stokvels. This model responds to the fact that marginalised individuals have difficulty accessing developmental finance and markets to expose their products. It also promotes that these individuals should be Creating Wealth Together rather than always being consumers of services, products and suppliers of labour. It is this replicable model that won Lillian an Ashoka Fellowship in 2008.
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Stuart McGougan Mission Australia Stuart McGougan has been working in the community sector for over 20 years and has always maintained a focus on education and employment . He began working in social enterprise in 1991 and has extensive experience directly supporting, operating and managing Social Enterprises in hospitality, retail, furniture manufacturing, landscaping and construction. He has a passion for providing support and opportunities to gain and maintain meaningful work for highly disadvantage people particularly homeless young people . His work at Mission Australia within Urban Renewal Landscape and Construction enterprise has grown to 6 operating sites across Victoria employing more than 30 trainees per year. With the support of a dedicated team they hope to build social enterprise to scale providing 100 traineeships per year across Victoria in a variety of industries.
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Cameron McKern CCM Software Technologies, Australia Cameron is a Software Engineer who develops web and work station based information, accounting and other specialist systems. Originally city-based, Cameron made the ‘tree change’ to Yackandandah, in Victoria’s North East, a little over ten years ago. Cameron is a founding director and company secretary of the Yackandandah Community Development Company Ltd that was set up in 2002 to secure the town’s fuel supply. This unlisted public company is proudly ‘for profit’, pays taxes and puts wealth generated to community purposes. Today, it runs the local hardware and rural supplies business as well as the town’s newsletter. A keen community contributor, Cameron served as President of the local school’s Council for six years, and is currently Captain of the local Fire Brigade.
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Denis Moriarty Our Community, Australia Denis is the Chief Operating Officer and Co-Founder of www.ourcommunity.com.au– the national gateway for Australia’s 700,000 community groups. Denis has a strong background in executive management and innovation in both the public and private sectors. He was the former Managing Director of Strategic Australia Pty Ltd and former Commissioner and Deputy CEO of the Victorian Tourism Commission and head of the Victorian Government’s Information Services. He sits on a number of community and business boards and was Deputy Chair of the Victorian Government’s Ministerial Advisory Council on Victorian Communities.  Denis is a graduate of the Vincent Fairfax Ethics in Leadership Awards and a graduate of the Williamson Community Leadership program. He was awarded a Centenary Medal in 2003 for his work in establishing OurCommunity. Denis is passionate for change, challenge and diversity in society.
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Paul Moulds Salvation Army, Australia Paul Moulds has wanted to dedicate his life to helping young people since venturing onto the streets aged 19 as a young idealistic youth worker in a holiday job for The Salvation Army. His journey has led him to work in different roles with youth at Wesley Mission, Mission Australia and eventually as Director of the Oasis Youth Support Network. Oasis is a vast network of services employing over 70 staff and providing a wide range of program encompassing outreach, accommodation, counselling, employment and training services. Recognised for his expertise and understanding of the complex issues surrounding youth homelessness, Paul has advised governments on policy and created innovative youth programs.
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Jim Mullan KibbleWorks, UK Jim’s career began in the development of youth training programmes in Glasgow in the early 80’s. After a period in local economic development, Jim moved to the Republic of Ireland where he managed quality systems on behalf of a US manufacturing operation. Jim returned to Scotland in 2003 and has developed the KibbleWorks group of enterprises which provide vulnerable young people with training and employment. Jim has consulted with social enterprises nationally and internationally in strategic review, change management, risk management, market development and leadership. Jim has an MBA from UWS, is doctoral researcher and a director of CEiS.
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James Murphy Kerekere, Australia James Murphy is a young entrepreneurial social worker.  James owns KereKere, a coffee outlet at the University of Melbourne that lets customers decide how the profits are distributed and provides employment for young people with social, environmental or material hazards.  In 2005, James completed a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Social Work at The University of Melbourne and undertook his first social work job in Child Protection.  He then progressed to a more therapeutic role working intensively with families whilst simultaneously launching KereKere.  Currently, James is undertaking his Master of Management (Finance) and working as Business Development Coordinator at Social Firms Australia.
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