Purpose
The Burrell Family Office invests in entities in the circle economy, that have scalable solutions. Philanthropy and venture philanthropy via our trust, is focused towards humanitarian aid and transformational scaling of solutions that focus on improving SGD3.
What we do
circle economy – investments
intelligent assets – investments
intelligent solutions – investments
philanthropy
venture philanthropy
Alan Burrell, Managing Director
Alan Burrell is an Australian born entrepreneur, who has lived more than 20 years abroad. Whilst overseas, Alan co-founded a private family office in the UK which later moved to Switzerland for management of investments. The investment philosophy is to help eliminate waste and continual use and reuse of resources, and engaging technology innovations.
Alan returned to Australia late 2013, to assist Mercy Ships, the hospital ship charity, to expand operational capacity and support for delivering free surgery, medical and developmental aid to the poorest countries in the world.
Alan holds a BSc (Hons) and MBA and has spoken at a number of global conferences on Renewable Energy, Non Food Crops, and Venture Philanthropy as well as writing a collage of papers including: Profit and Purpose; Organizational Change and You; Looking for the Next Profit Frontier; and Africa for Philanthropists and Investors.
His new book when finished Philanthropy for everyone will help pave the way for philanthropy to be redefined to recognise giving of time, talent, as well as treasure.
Some of the topics that Alan likes to discuss include:
• Profit with an authentic social purpose should sit at the heart of family and business. When it does, it will deliver outcomes that family members and employees alike, feel proud of – connecting with causes and communities you can care about.
• His personal journey in charitable giving towards a deeper impact, creating lasting positive change in communities in need.
• Lancet Commission’s Report on Global Surgery findings that 5 billion people in our world do not have access to essential surgery, as a result ~18 million people die each year.
• Forecasts indicate that by 2030, nearly 9 in 10 extremely poor people will live in sub-Saharan Africa – what can be done?
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