Matthew Orr

Matthew Orr (born 1962) is an entrepreneur living in the UK. He is a fellow of the Securities Institute [1].

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] 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.^[2] He was also an initial financial backer of 7IM [2] (the multi manager) that was subsequently sold to Threadneedle [3] (the asset management company). Although he remains a founding partner of Killik & Co [4], he started the documentary and feature film production company Robson Orr Entertainment ^[3] 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,^[4] with Lady Claire Mackintosh. Orr and Mackintosh were awarded the prestigious Beacon Fellowship Prize in 2006^[5][6] for their efforts in venture philanthropy.

Matthew Orr also devotes time to promoting wider financial learning. He is a former member of the ifs School of Finance Board of Governors, and a former chair of the ifs Proshare faculty. He remains on the ifsProshare faculty board and continues to chair WoFED, a group he initiated to develop ideas for Workplace Financial Education.

References

1. ^ Charles Moore, The good cause dividend, The Spectator, December 7, 1996. Retrieved 20 September 2007.
2. ^ Killik press release, 10 February 2006. Retrieved 20 September 2007.
3. ^ Robson Entertainment at Internet Movie Database
4. ^ Clay Harris. Cut clutter with odd lots for charity, Financial Times, July 4, 2006. Retrieved 20 September 2007.
5. ^ Sharegift wins Beacon Prize - Killik press release
6. ^ Matthew Orr and Claire Mackintosh at Beacon Fellowship website

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