Marcelle Speller

Marcelle SpellerMarcelle Speller is the founder, Chief Executive and funder of Localgiving.com. She is also a trustee of Community Foundation Network. She was the sole owner of the company since its start up in 2008. In April 2010 she transferred all her shares to the Community Foundation Network and the Ardbrack Foundation, a personal foundation whose mission is to enable philanthropic giving to local charities and community groups.

After ten years in advertising agencies in London and Amsterdam, and an MBA at INSEAD, Marcelle held various Director and Board level marketing positions with multinational companies including American Express, Avis and Inter-Continental Hotels. In 1996 she co-founded Holiday-Rentals.com which became Europe's leading website for advertising private holiday homes. The company was sold to Homeaway Inc in 2005. In 2007/8 Marcelle attended the Institute for Philanthropy's Philanthropy Workshop, which gave her the inspiration to found Localgiving.com.