MAKE. SHIFT. HAPPEN.

MAKE. SHIFT. HAPPEN.

MAKE. SHIFT. HAPPEN.

Executive mentorship, strategic development,
and high stakes support for capital innovators

Executive mentorship, strategic development and high stakes support for capital innovators & their portfolio companies

Executive mentorship, strategic development and high stakes support for capital innovators and their portfolio companies

DO MORE. WITH LESS. FASTER.

This is the demand being placed upon every organisation working for the common good.

And while to some it seems unreasonable, it's at the core of every successful organisation, irrespective of size, scale, or market focus.

So why not simply embrace it?

SCALE YOUR REVENUE, REACH & RESULTS

Purpose-driven organisations of all sizes seek ways to maximise the value they create from the resources they have at their disposal. Unfortunately for many, this means working too hard, for too many hours, for too little compensation, resulting in founders and leadership teams being haunted by the spectres of inertia, invisibility and insolvency.

Taking a systemic approach to the organisation opens opportunities for more rapid and effective transformation in order to dramatically scale your revenue, reach and results.

BUILD AN IMPACT ENGINE
AT THE HEART OF YOUR VENTURE

BUILD AN IMPACT ENGINE AT THE HEART OF YOUR VENTURE.

Ethical enterprises achieve their purpose when they can find balance between love, knowledge and action.

Love is the least discussed element of an ethical entrepreneur's work to address social, ecological, and economic challenges, and yet there's no denying that without it, there would be limited impulse to act.

Yet alone, Love is insufficient, as are knowledge and action. By combining all three elements into a model for systemic change, we have the ability to create an always-on impact engine at the heart of any venture.

TRUSTED BY

ENGAGEMENT.

Cameron works across three broad thematic areas.

Strategy

In-depth analysis and strategic insight into the optimal path for aligning operational reality and world-changing purpose.

Strategy

In-depth analysis and strategic insight into the optimal path for aligning operational reality and world-changing purpose.

Strategy

In-depth analysis and strategic insight into the optimal path for aligning operational reality and world-changing purpose.

Speaking

Fierce intellect, raw emotion and uncompromising directness make Cameron an evocative, effective and engaging speaker.

Speaking

Fierce intellect, raw emotion and uncompromising directness make Cameron an evocative, effective and engaging speaker.

Speaking

Fierce intellect, raw emotion and uncompromising directness make Cameron an evocative, effective and engaging speaker.

Systems

Co-design incentives and mechanisms for achieving sustainable systemic change throughout your areas of focus.

Systems

Co-design incentives and mechanisms for achieving sustainable systemic change throughout your areas of focus.

Systems

Co-design incentives and mechanisms for achieving sustainable systemic change throughout your areas of focus.

STRATEGY

STRATEGY

STRATEGY

Click through to read more about some of Cameron's recent clients (case studies coming soon).

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SPEAKING

SPEAKING

SPEAKING

Cameron has been privileged to work with a variety of organisations as a speaker, panelist, and facilitator, including:

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SYSTEMS

SYSTEMS

SYSTEMS

Change at the scale and speed necessary to ensure a thriving planet and human society requires urgent paradigm shifts in how we approach environmental, social, financial, legal, and technical systems. History proves that while movements may be catalysed by an individual or organisation, they achieve their aims by activating an entire ecosystem of aligned customers, stakeholders. Combined they have access to the people, knowledge and capital necessary for achieving lasting success.


Click through to explore papers & reports that incorporate Cameron's systems work

Click through to explore papers & reports that incorporate Cameron's systems work

Click through to explore papers & reports that incorporate Cameron's systems work

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RESULTS

REAL WORLD RESULTS.

Cameron's clients come from diverse backgrounds

Hear what some of our clients have to say

  • I've known and had the pleasure of working with Cameron as both a client and colleague for more than a decade. I'm proud to call him my friend. He is an extraordinary human – a lover, innovator, incredibly strategic, wise in an ancient kind of way, and incredibly smart. If you want to cut through the BS and build a powerful legacy amidst a sea of sameness and mediocrity – then trust Cameron to guide your next evolution.

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    Stephen Scott Johnson
    Founder | Altitud3
  • We worked with Cameron at an important stage in Hitnet’s evolution. Cameron provided strategic guidance and helped us to clearly articulate the complex digital ecosystem that Hitnet became. We look back at our work with him as being visionary and instrumental in our path to becoming a sustainable social business.

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    Julie Gibson
    Co-Founder | HitNet
  • Cameron is a seasoned business strategist and a no-nonsense advisor unafraid to challenge implicit and explicit assumptions, and to call it as he sees it. His raw intellect and strong character will force you to face your biggest challenges with solutions you hadn't considered before.

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    Greg Berry
    Board Director | Impact Hub Network
  • Cameron has been of great value to our organisation. Riddled with self-doubt about our external impact and struggling internally with uncertain structures, he has brought us clarity and authority at the perfect time. Employees have responded positively, sales are improving, and our message is becoming clearer. His values align perfectly with ours, and this has created the added benefit of creating an exciting vision for both our business, and our personal lives.

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    Emma-Kate Rose
    Executive Director | Food Connect Foundation
  • Cameron is an incredible human, and I could not recommend him more for any business looking to up-level their team, further clarify their purpose, and outline the specific steps to achieving it … If you’re looking for a game changing business mentor, advisor or strategic consultant, who’s willing to travel as far as necessary to get the job done (he flew from France to Guatemala to work with our team!) I highly recommend getting on his calendar.

    Dakotah Apostolou
    Co-founder | Cohere
  • Cameron Burgess is a powerhouse of passion, knowledge and experience and brings deep understanding of business, strategy and planning to the table. His easy articulation and delivery of real world information and advice is priceless. My fellow board members and I would love to have a bottle of Cameron available to pop at every meeting.

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    Jane Sleight-Leach
    Founding Director | Independent Social Enterprise Network, Logan
  • Cameron brings wisdom, a wealth of experience and connections, strategic thinking, and a fearless communication style to all of his engagements … If you need mentoring, connections and/or some frank advice to improve your focus, impact and value, get Cameron on your side.

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    Cameron Neil
    Managing Director | Red Hat Impact
  • Cameron is an open-hearted warrior, a relentless and unstoppable force of nature who typifies the style of leadership I believe we need in an increasingly divided world.

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    Jennifer Lopez
    Commercial Innovation | International Space Station
  • Cameron is a bold and brilliant change-maker with a huge heart and an uncompromising commitment to supporting individuals and organizations in actualizing their highest potential. Taking a whole-system approach, Cameron's gift for recognizing and harmonizing incompatibilities between vision and strategy coupled with extensive experience in marketing and communications, organizational change and operational systems make him a powerful ally for any socially or environmentally focused venture.

    Heidi Cuppari
    Co-founder | Dream Tank

CAMERON BURGESS.

Cameron has thirty years of experience at the intersections of impact, innovation and finance. A seasoned systems entrepreneur, speaker and strategist, Cameron has worked with hundreds of organisations across diverse countries, cultures and contexts. From micro-entrepreneurs in frontier and emerging markets, to international foundations, and massive multinational multi-stakeholder initiatives, Cameron has a reputation for rapidly bringing focus to purpose-driven leaders and organisations.

Compassionate, fierce, and strategic, Cameron is obsessed with maximising value creation for all participants in an organisation's success - customers, partners, funders, and most importantly, the entrepreneurs and leaders themselves.

For the past twenty years, Cameron's ventures have focused on the development of critical digital infrastructure for achieving global goals. This focus has culminated in his current role as the CEO and co-founder of systemic-tech company Armillaria, where he recently architected the acquisition of NeedsList.

Cameron is based in the south of France in the foothills of the Pyrenees with his wife and partner in all things, Madelynn Martiniere, and their dog Shasta.