Social Enterprise Funders Network (Q2 2026)

Belinda Morrissey - Chief Executive Officer, English Family Foundation

Belinda Morrissey is passionate about how we collectively build forward just, sustainable and inclusive economies. She is the CEO of the English Family Foundation, one of the few Australian foundations with a sole focus on driving transformational change through the growth and development of social entrepreneurs and social businesses.

With deep experience within the Australian social enterprise sector and an extensive leadership background in both corporate and not for profit organisations spanning three continents, Belinda works across sectors to develop systems-based solutions that will mobilize capital and the ecosystems needed to create long term social change both within Australia and globally. 

She is the Deputy Chair of Social Enterprise Australia, the national peak body for social enterprise in Australia, and is Co-Chair/Founder of the Social Enterprise Funders Network within Philanthropy Australia. In her personal capacity, she is also Chair of ActionAid Australia.

Brianna Kerr - Director, Knowledge and Practice, Philanthropy Australia

Brianna (Bri) Kerr is a social entrepreneur, academic, facilitator and consultant, with a decade of experience turning insight into action, knowledge into practice.

After an array of early career experiences in international development – spanning work in Papua New Guinea, India, Malawi and Indonesia – Bri co-founded social enterprise Kua – an organisation dedicated to improving the livelihoods of smallholder coffee farmers in Uganda.

When Kua was acquired by Commonfolk, Bri stepped into the higher education space – developing and delivering social impact and sustainability courses at the Centre for Social Impact UNSW and Monash Business School. 

In recent years, Bri has consulted for a range of for-purpose organisations, both independently and in partnership with Pale Blue. Notably, in 2025, she managed the She Gives National Research Project – the largest mixed-methods study into women’s giving ever undertaken in Australia.

Bri holds a Bachelor of Arts from UNSW (Distinction) and a Master of Human Rights from the University of Sydney, where she studied as a distinguished Westpac Future Leaders Scholar. 

Alongside her role at Philanthropy Australia, Bri is the doting Founder of Five Bucks and an eager Non-Executive Director of Think Forward.