Matthew Orr

Matthew Orr (born 1962) is an entrepreneur living in the UK. He is a fellow of the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment.

Career

Matthew was a personal member of the London Stock Exchange, and a director of stockbroking firm Quilter Goodison up until 1987. He then went on to set up the Debenhams' share shops.[1][2] In 1989 he co-founded Killik & Co, one of the UK's leading private client investment houses, and was its Managing Partner and Chief Executive until 2006.[3] He was also an initial financial backer of the multi manager 7IM which was subsequently sold to asset management company Threadneedle. Although he remains a founding partner of Killik & Co, he and his film producer wife Sybil Robson Orr started the documentary and feature film production company Robson Orr Entertainment[4] and Spark, a film distribution business.

He continues his entrepreneurial interest through advising and investing in new and developing companies. In 1996 he co-founded Sharegift, the UK-based charity share donation scheme,[5] with Lady Claire Mackintosh. Orr and Mackintosh were awarded the Beacon Fellowship Prize in 2006[6][7] for their efforts in venture philanthropy.

Matthew Orr also devoted time to promoting wider financial learning. He is a former member of the ifs School of Finance Board of Governors, (the ifs School of Finance is a financial education charity providing financial qualifications from GCSE level through to master's degrees) and a former chair of the ifs ProShare Faculty Board (replaced by an Advisory Board in 2007). ifs ProShare is a membership organisation that provides a voice for the Employee Share Ownership (ESO) industry in the UK. He also initiated WoFED, a group formed to develop ideas for Workplace Finance Education (ceased in 2007).

References

  1. ↑ Charles Moore (7 December 1996). "The good cause dividend". The Spectator. Archived from the original on 17 June 2011. Retrieved 5 February 2012.
  2. ↑ ShareGift donations at the Wayback Machine (archived June 4, 2004), Cable & Wireless
  3. ↑ Killik press release, 10 February 2006. Retrieved 20 September 2007.
  4. ↑ Robson Entertainment at Internet Movie Database
  5. ↑ Clay Harris. Cut clutter with odd lots for charity, Financial Times, July 4, 2006. Retrieved 20 September 2007.
  6. ↑ Sharegift wins Beacon Prize - Killik press release
  7. ↑ Matthew Orr and Claire Mackintosh, Beacon Fellowship

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