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On behalf of Maurie Stack, Chair, Rotary Foundation of Australia, John McLeod, Co-Founder of JB Were Philanthropic Services, and the ESG Forum, I am pleased to invite you to a very special breakfast event for the Rotary Foundation of Australia.

Our Guest Speaker, John McLeod, will discuss the relationship between Australia's for-purpose sector and both the business sector and the private donors who support them. His long-term analysis of both philanthropy and corporate community investment makes him particularly well placed to discuss these trends and comment on where private sector support is heading. John McLeod will discuss the relationship between ESG and Australia’s for-purpose sector, the business sector, and private donors, and why ESG creates real value. And Past District Governor Maurie Stack, Chair of the Rotary Foundation Australia, will provide us the details of the Rotary Foundations new CSR Grants.

Guest Speaker: John McLeod, Co-Founder of JB Were Philanthropic Services

John co-founded JBWere Philanthropic Services in 2001 after 16 years as a financial analyst and manager of the Resource Research group within the firm's top-ranking strategy team. He researches and produces widely read reports on the operation of and trends in the for-purpose and philanthropy sectors. He co-authored the Impact – Australia report in 2013 highlighting the practice and growth potential for Impact Investing and more recently co-authored Growing Impact in New Zealand, released at the Social Enterprise World Forum held in Christchurch in 2017. He also authored The Cause Report examining the evolution of the NFP sector in Australia over the last 20 years and examined the implications for its future direction. He has compiled the annual list of Australia’s major philanthropists for the Australian Financial Review’s (AFR) annual special, Philanthropy 50 since 2016. In 2018, John authored The Support Report which focused on the dramatic trends occurring in Australian giving and the implications for recipients over the coming decade. More recently, he also authored the JBWere NAB Charitable Giving Index report providing a timely view on giving during COVID. John has co-authored the list of Australia’s top 50 companies for corporate community investment published in the AFRs Boss magazine since 2019. He also sits on the Board of several charities including Summer Housing and Philanthropy Australia.

Location

Level 89, Eureka Tower
7 Riverside Quay, Southank VIC 3006

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