Margaret O’Brien

As an advocate for education, social impact, and technology-for-good, Margaret O’Brien has dedicated the last 12 years of her career to social entrepreneurship with a focus on youth agency. Margaret designed her first social entrepreneurship program whilst volunteering in Colombia. She has been a Social Enterprise Advisor for Social Traders and Seventh Street Ventures and is the CoFounder and CEO of international social enterprise Young Change Agents. Since 2016, over 1600 schools and 175,000+ youth across Australia as well as 6 international partners have accessed Young Change Agents programs, resources and technology. Margaret is a 4-time investor in women-led startups through Coralus (formally SheEO), was a Founding Board Member of the Social Enterprise Council of NSW/ACT and is a current Board Trustee of Voluntas Collective.