Marcelle Speller

Founder and chief executive, localgiving.com

Marcelle Speller OBE is the founder and chief executive of Localgiving.com which provides small, local charities and community groups across the UK with an online fundraising platform to help them become more sustainable.

She is also a trustee of the Community Foundation Network and founder of the Ardbrack Foundation, a personal foundation with a mission to enable philanthropic giving to local charities and community groups.
 
With an MBA from INSEAD, Marcelle worked in director and board level marketing positions with multinational companies, including American Express, Avis and Inter-Continental Hotels. She also spent more than 10 years in leading advertising agencies in London and Amsterdam.
 
In 1996, Marcelle co-founded Holiday-Rentals.com, which became Europe’s leading website for advertising private holiday homes. Nine years later, the company was sold and, following a workshop at the Institute for Philanthropy, Marcelle was inspired to launch Localgiving.com in 2008.
 

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