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Marc Purcell - short biography
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Marc Purcell commenced as Executive Director of the Australian Council for International Development (ACFID) in June 2009. ACFID represents 70 Australian not-for-profit aid and development organisations and runs a Code of Conduct which sets out best practice for the aid and development sector.
Marc started his career in the community sector 20 years ago working with disabled people in independent living programs. Before joining ACFID, Marc held the role of Advocacy Manager with Oxfam Australia from 2004. He was previously the Executive Officer with the Catholic Commission for Justice Development and Peace and worked on refugee detention reform and building social movements. He worked as Country Program Manager for Africa for Australian Volunteers International covering 13 countries in Southern and Eastern Africa, including responsibility for HIV and AIDS peer education programs in Southern Africa. Marc has also worked for UNHCR in Nepal and researched China’s global rise and impacts on developing countries for Oxfam Hong Kong.
Between 1995 and 1998, Marc was the Human Rights Policy Officer with the then Australian Council for Overseas Aid, now ACFID.
Marc holds a first class honours degree in Arts and a Master of Arts in Burmese History from Monash University. | | |
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