Patrick McClure AO

Ethics Fellow, Not-For-Profit Sector

The Centre for Social Impact and St James Ethics Centre

Patrick McClure is a leader in the Third Sector with extensive experience in running successful state and national enterprises across different sectors. He was CEO of the Society of St Vincent de Paul (NSW/ACT) for four years and CEO of Mission Australia for 9 years. During that period the organisation was transformed from a small state-based entity to a highly successful international enterprise with 3,000 staff providing employment, training, housing, youth and family services for disadvantaged Australians. More recently, he was CEO of the Retirement Villages Group within Macquarie Capital Funds.

Patrick was Chairperson of the Federal Government's Reference Group on Welfare Reform, Deputy Chairperson of the Welfare to Work Consultative Forum, member of the Board for a New Tax System and Member of the Prime Minister's Community Business Partnership. He was Chairperson of the OECD-LEED Forum on Social Innovation, based in Paris. He has been at the forefront of Australian welfare reform and has dedicated his career to addressing social justice issues and building social capital. He was awarded an Order of Australia (AO) in 2003 and an Australian Centennial Medal in 2001. He was selected as an AFR-BOSS True Leader in Australia in 2005, and was winner of the Equity Trustee's EQT CEO Award for 'Lifetime Achievement' in 2002.