Lauren O’Shaughnessy is passionate about making an impact through philanthropy and has spent more than 15 years working in the philanthropic sector for corporate foundations at Macquarie Group, Clayton Utz and AMP, and in the not-for-profit sector at MS Research Australia.

Lauren is currently Global Director of Impact for the Macquarie Group Foundation and is responsible for measuring the social impact of the Foundation’s global grantmaking activities and leading the Foundation’s efforts around becoming a more equitable grantmaker. Lauren is also Deputy Chair of Milk Crate Theatre and is a Raise Foundation youth mentor.