Mark Reading

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About Mark Reading

Twitter:@MarkR_impact I have over 40 years of business experience, including 21 years experience as a PwC Partner. As a result of my experience in corporate responsibility/foundation and corporate value advisory roles, I have a very rare level of understanding and insight into the creation of both social value and shareholder value. My role as head of the Atlassian Foundation includes leading the efforts of all Atlassians to contribute to the Atlassian Foundation's goal of helping to educate disadvantaged youth globally, preparing them for the workforce of the future, and being the Australian lead for Pledge 1%. Pledge 1% is a movement encouraging business founders to pledge 1% of equity, 1% of profit, 1% of their people's time and 1% of their products to a social cause they are passionate about. I use my experience and leadership skills to help Atlassian deliver ever more social value and shareholder value and to encourage more early stage Australian companies to Pledge 1%. While I was PwC Australia's Corporate Responsibility Partner and a member of PwC's Global Corporate Responsibility Board, I played a leading role in PwC's efforts to make a positive contribution to society - both in Australia and internationally. While I was a PwC Corporate Value Advisory Partner, I assisted clients to better understand the value and risk profile of their existing businesses and develop strategies to create sustainable competitive advantage and shareholder value, particularly for early stage and high growth businesses. My specialties: business sustainability, corporate responsibility, shared value, business valuation, business strategy, business planning, growth strategies, education, business of sport; early stage business; corporate governance Note - As I don't check LinkedIn messages very often there may be a considerable delay before I respond to you. Also, due to time constraints, I'm able to reply to only a small fraction of the messages I receive. Please accept my apologies if you do not receive a reply from me.