Marcus Fazio is a business and strategic consultant with a background in investment banking in Australia and overseas. Since leaving investment banking, Marcus has advised companies, organisations and individuals in respect of strategy, transactions, social impact and philanthropy.
Marcus has been a Trustee of the Planet Wheeler Foundation since its inception in 2008. As a trustee and advisor, he wants to maximise the benefits of donations in alleviating poverty in developing countries over the long term by supporting well-targeted, sustainable projects. Marcus has visited Planet Wheeler projects in East and West Africa and Southeast Asia. The Planet Wheeler Foundation also works with refugee and human rights-related causes in Australia.
Marcus is also interested in social impact investment and previously provided advice to Small Giants, a company that has invested in local and international projects focused on creating a more socially equitable and environmentally sustainable world.
Marcus is a director of the Wheeler Centre, FREO2, an innovative oxygen supply company for babies and infants in Africa and the Pacific. He is also a director of a medical equipment distributor in Japan and is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors’ course.
Marcus volunteers a substantial amount of his time for the work of Partners For Equity.