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Matt Pfahlert
CEO @Acre - Australian Centre For Rural Entrepreneurship
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WORK HISTORY
CEO @Acre - Australian Centre For Rural Entrepreneurship
ACRE is a for-purpose organisation that exists to build thriving rural communities by igniting entrepreneurship in young people and their communities. Established in response to a chronic lack of entrepreneurship education and support for young people in rural Australia, ACRE in partnership with Scotland’s world-leading Social Enterprise Academy, operates the Social Enterprise Academy Australia, centred on training young people and communities to build sustainable enterprises and achieve greater social impact.ACRE led a $2.5M community buy-back of the Old Beechworth Gaol. A neglected Australian heritage icon famed for its connection to Ned Kelly. The site is being re-purposed as an exemplar of social enterprise, impact investment and rural rejuvenation through community-owned assets.
EDUCATION
Victoria University
Bachelor of Arts - Major in Recreation, Outdoor Education
Swinburne University of Technology
Graduate Diploma, Family and Systems Therapy
SKILLS
ABOUT MATT PFAHLERT
As one of Australia’s pioneering social entrepreneurs, my personal mission is to help shape rural Australia through igniting entrepreneurship in young people and their communities. I started my first social enterprise in 1993 and now lead a team of social enterprise educators and practitioners as CEO and co-founder of ACRE (Australian Centre for Rural Entrepreneurship)In partnership with Scotland’s world-leading Social Enterprise Academy, ACRE operates the Social Enterprise Academy Australia, focused on training young people and communities to build sustainable enterprises and achieve greater social impact. OLD BEECHWORTH GAOLACRE led a $2.7M community buy-back of the Old Beechworth Gaol. A neglected Australian heritage icon famed for its connection to Ned Kelly and the Kelly Gang and located in my hometown. The site is being re-purposed as an exemplar of social enterprise, impact investment and rural rejuvenation through community-owned assets.SECTOR LEADERSHIPI am privileged to be a co-founder and board member of Social Enterprise Australia, a new organisation established as the peak body for furthering the Social Enterprise movement here in Australia.ACRE is a partner of the Social Enterprise World Forum (SEWF), hosting a key satellite event called the Rural Gathering, an immersive field trip experience that connects rural policy makers and practitioners with funders interested in exploring \'community-led rejuvenation\' through growing social enterprise. Between 2018 & 2021, we initiated & was a founding member of the Social Enterprise Network Victoria -(SENVIC), a statewide social enterprise practitioner network. We developed 5 regional social enterprise networks - the first investment of its type outside the major cities.ACRE also co-convened the inaugural World Social Enterprise Rural Symposium in Sept 2018.BOARD EXPERIENCEI am a board member of Social Enterprise Australia and the Old Beechworth Gaol social enterprise.Previously, I sat on the Telstra Foundation Board 10 years and for 5 years on the Social Traders Ltd board, a social enterprise sector development organisation for Australia.EARLY CAREERMy early career focused on working with marginalised young people engaged in experiential education and enterprise. At 24, I founded Typo Station, a for-purpose organisation dedicated to supporting young people develop new life trajectories. I was awarded Young Australian of the Year in 1996, for achievements during my 11 years as the CEO of Typo Station.#socialenterprise #socent #socialentrepreneur #socialenterpriseacademy
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