Marcus is fortunate to call himself the husband of Jenny Ward. In addition he’s a world-leading advancement leader and philanthropy expert with international experience at leading organisations including The Prince’s Trust in London.Currently, Marcus is Vice President for Advancement and Head, Gold Coast campus - our largest campus - on the Executive Team at Griffith University, Queensland.Previously, Chief Philanthropy Officer at Monash University, Marcus oversaw the University's first ever comprehensive fundraising campaign 'Change it. For good.' raising over $700m from a community of 43,000 donors to inspire transformational investment in breakthrough research and education for all. Prior to moving to Australia in 2013, Marcus was Head of Major Gifts at Queen’s University Belfast, where he worked on two comprehensive fundraising campaigns which redefined the importance of philanthropy in Northern Ireland and culminated in the team being recognised as the Times Higher University Fundraising Team of the Year 2012.Before that Marcus led the Corporate and Trust Fundraising Team at The Prince's Trust in London, the Prince of Wales's largest charity, securing its largest ever philanthropic relationship with the English Premier League, still in place almost 20 years later.Marcus qualified as a Barrister at City University London and is a law graduate from the University of Newcastle Upon Tyne. He earned a distinction in his Executive MBA at Queen's University Belfast and more recently attended the High Potentials Leadership Program at Harvard Business school and is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD).In his downtime, you’ll find him enjoying as many of the Gold Coast's beautiful beaches as possible, ideally from an ocean vantage point. Otherwise he will be ferrying Archie, Freddie and Poppy between their various sporting and social engagements; walking Buddy and not talking about himself in the third person.