Confirmed Presenters

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

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	Muthu Velayutham CCD, India		Anzetse Were Allavida and KSIX, Kenya
	Natalie Walker Australian Indigenous Minority Supplier Council		Marcus Westbury Renew Newcastle, Australia
	Tricia Wallace TechnoServe, Mozambique		Neil Willmett Willmett Consultants, Australia
	Louise Walsh Artsupport, Australia		Alastair Wilson School for Social Entrepreneurs, UK
	Yan Li Wang Herbert Geer Lawyers, Australia		Kaely Woods Indigenous Business Australia
Muthu Velayutham CCD, India Muthu Velayutham through his organisation CCD, in the past five years successfully created six community based enterprises with its 4,200 members in business and a cumulative turnover of over Rs.100 million. These include eco-friendly fabrics (KAPAS), bio-mass pellets (Oorja), a mango pulping unit (Aharam), quality seeds production facility with ICRISAT, an export unit of coconut fibre and medicinal plant resource based activities (Village Herbs) for generating livelihood to the rural masses. Muthu is an advisor for promoting social enterprises with Acara and Hystra international initiatives. Muthu has been awarded the Ashoka and LEAD Fellowship.
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Natalie Walker Australian Indigenous Minority Supplier Council Natalie is the Chief Executive of the Australian Indigenous Minority Supplier Council. AIMSC is a not for profit company which connects its members – Corporate Australia and government agencies – with Indigenous businesses with the purpose of increasing the procurement of Indigenous services, goods and products. Prior to her current role, Natalie built the Indigenous social policy stream within KPMG’s Government Advisory Service. Natalie has also worked for the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner at the Australian Human Rights Commission and led youth justice initiatives for the Queensland State Government in Far North Queensland. Natalie has also been a director of the Aboriginal Employment Strategy and NSW YWCA. In 2002, Natalie was a delegate to the United Nations Working Group on Indigenous Populations. Natalie’s vision as AIMSC Chief Executive is for AIMSC to play a leading role in building a vibrant and prosperous Indigenous enterprise sector.
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Tricia Wallace TechnoServe, Mozambique Tricia Wallace is the Director of Client & Product Services for TechnoServe Mozambique.  TechnoServe, an NGO with operations in Africa and Latin America, helps entrepreneurial men and women in the developing world build businesses that create income, opportunity and economic growth for their families, their communities and their nations. Tricia assists TechnoServe clients in the development of business plans and in raising capital for their projects. Prior to joining TechnoServe, she was a vice president in JPMorgan’s Investment Banking Division, where she spent 8 years working with clients in the Oil & Gas and Mining & Metals industries.
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Louise Walsh Artsupport, Australia Since May 2003, Louise has been the founding Director of Artsupport Australia, an initiative of the Australia Council for the Arts to grow cultural philanthropy in Australia. It has facilitated over $35 million of philanthropic grants and donations for the arts and cultural sector. Louise commenced her professional career as a corporate lawyer at Allens Arthur Robinson and was then seconded to the Sydney Olympic. Following the success of Sydney’s Olympic Bid, Louise commenced working for the Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (SOCOG). She became the first member of SOCOG’s successful Sponsorship/Marketing team in 1994. In 1998, Louise left SOCOG to work for the City of Sydney as Director, Look of the City. Louise’s career took on an arts focus in late 1999 when she became the Director of Development or Fundraising for the Sydney Symphony. Ms Faulkner is KPMG’s national Leader, Healthcare and Chair of the Prime Minister’s Social Inclusion Board. She is a member of the COAG Reform Council and is also Chair of the Board of the Peter Mac Cancer Centre and Jesuit Social Services.
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Yan Li Wang Herbert Geer Lawyers, Australia Yan Li Wang is a partner of Herbert Geer Lawyers based in Melbourne, Australia. She has had extensive experience and involvement in advising and assisting organisations in the non-profit sector, both as a legal advisor and also in her role as an advisory board member of some private philanthropic foundations. As such, she is actively involved in the evaluation and selection of non profit ventures and initiatives seeking funding in areas including health, medical/scientific research, education, social welfare and micro enterprises.
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Anzetse Were Allavida and KSIX, KenyaI Anzetse Were works with Allavida, a non-profit organisation at the forefront of driving the development of Social Investment in Kenya through the creation of the Kenya Social Investment Exchange (KSIX). Anzetse has a background in building social enterprises and has worked with rural and urban low-income communities in Kenya creating alternative funding mechanisms to promote local economic and social development. She has also worked to develop the thinking on how Social Investment can be best used in the Kenyan context. Anzetse has keen interest in the development and use of Social Investment funding mechanisms as a tool for social and economic development in Africa.
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Marcus Westbury Renew Newcastle, Australia Marcus Westbury is writer, broadcaster and creative director who has created some of Australia's most innovative, unconventional and successful cultural projects and events. Marcus is the founder and Chair of Renew Newcastle - a not for profit urban renewal project that takes over empty and transitional buildings and makes them available to artists, cultural projects and community groups. Marcus written and presented two series of ABC TV's Not Quite Art, has a weekly column in The Age and his writings about art, media, culture, and cities have appeared in Meanjin. Griffith REVIEW and Crikey. Marcus is a member of the Federal Creative Australia advisory group and was a delegate to the 2020 Summit. Marcus has directed or worked on festivals including Newcastle’s This Is Not Art Festival, Melbourne's Next Wave Festival, The cultural program of the Melbourne Commonwealth Games, Free Play, Creative Sydney, LOUD and NOISE.
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Neil Willmett Willmett Consultants, Australia Neil Willmett is an entrepreneur, business and employment advisor and author. He owns the Brisbane based Willmett Group. His business is a consortium of successful businesses that operate in the business services, media and recruitment sectors. In 2008 Neil wrote ‘How to Start a Successful Aboriginal Business in Australia’ – Australia’s first Aboriginal business book. Neil is passionate about building the capacity of individuals and communities and has helped establish over 100 businesses and a number of key community initiatives. He understands the skills and knowledge required to operate a business and has a keen interest in social enterprise development and knowledge sharing.
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Alastair Wilson School for Social Entrepreneurs, UK Following six years in the private sector, Alastair spent a year as a student of the School for Social Entrepreneurs (SSE). This led him to start up Homeless Direct, a capacity-building project supporting local providers of emergency care for homeless people in recruiting donors/volunteers. After three years running Homeless Direct, he returned to the School for Social Entrepreneurs in 2001, initially as Development Director and now as Chief Executive.  SSE has since expanded significantly in the UK and internationally. Alastair is also a trustee of UnLtd, The London Funders Group, The Sheila McKechnie Foundation and the Social Enterprise Coalition.
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Kaely Woods Indigenous Business Australia Kaely is Deputy General Manager of Indigenous Business Australia (IBA), a statutory authority established to support Indigenous economic development, primarily through business and home ownership. At IBA, Kaely leads the development of new policy and partnership approaches with Indigenous groups, industry and government to increase these opportunities for Aboriginal people and Torres Strait Islanders, as well as construction and corporate support functions. Kaely’s background spans more than 20 years in Indigenous affairs including senior roles in the Australian Government dealing with Indigenous policy issues, including land rights and economic development, complemented by tertiary studies in economics and Indigenous studies. Kaely is a Graduate member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
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