Paul Connell

Founder of Build on Purpose, and former GM & Marketing Director at Unilever

Melbourne

Paul is passionate about creating a world where no one has to choose between doing well themselves and doing good for others.

As a former GM & Marketing Director at Unilever, Top 3 CMO in Australia and B-Corp director, Paul has over a decade working in sustainable business, as both a Marketing Leader and Managing Director, Paul has consistently built businesses, teams and brands where profit, performance and purpose go hand in hand.

Taking his experience working across these businesses and brands like Unilever, Ben & Jerrys, Seventh Generation, Pukka he now works to help make Business Unusual, Usual.

As Founder of "Build On Purpose" he partners with founders, investors, educators, and leaders to:

· Build new purpose led businesses and brands

· Scale up existing ones to realise their potential

· Remodel & transition old ones to be truly fit for the future

He also holds roles as the chair of the Marketing Academy Alumni, Speaker at Cambridge Institute of Sustainable Leadership, has sat on the board of Sustainable Business Australia and, most importantly, is father to his two children Alfie & Hattie who will one day be old enough to ask him what he does at work - currently they think he makes Ice Cream.