Julie Bishop address to Council 2010
Marc Purcell - short biography
Marc Purcell has been Executive Director of the Australian Council for International Development (ACFID) since June 2009. ACFID represents 76 Australian non-profit aid and development organisations working in over 100 countries. The sector raises and expends $1.2 billion annually with over $1 billion coming primarily from the public. Since 1997, ACFID has run a voluntary, self regulatory Code of Conduct which sets out best practice for the aid and development sector.
Marc started his career in the community sector 24 years ago working with disabled people in independent living programs. Before joining ACIFD, 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 with others on refugee detention reform scoping in what has subsequently become the Government’s community release program.
He worked as Country Program Manager for Africa for Australian Volunteers International watching over volunteers in 13 countries in Southern and Eastern Africa and over sighting HIV and AIDS peer education programs in Southern Africa. Marc has also worked with UNHCR in Nepal assisting Tibetans, and researched China’s global rise and impacts on developing countries for Oxfam Hong Kong.
Marc has been on the Board of the National Roundtable of Non Profit Organisations since 2010. He has served on the Boards of the Refugee Immigration Legal Centre, A Just Australia, and Catholic Social Services Victoria.
Marc has a first class honours degree in Arts and a Master of Arts in Burmese History from Monash University. He is married to Nurgul who comes from Central Asia and they have one son Daniyar which means ‘smart bloke’ in Uighur.
