Audette Exel, Founder of The Adara Group, talks coming from activism, learning about power, and working with top dealmakers to help people in need around the world.
On this, the third episode of The Pathfinders, brought to you by Ansarada, former NFL player, investor, and entrepreneur Dhani Jones sits down with the Founder of The Adara Group, Audette Exel.
This is a show dedicated to dealmakers, rainmakers, and trailblazers, where we tap into the stories of modern dealmakers who are carving the path forward. This week Audette talks about how one gets into philanthropy, how she learned banking, how to be yourself, and the power of seeing everyone the same way we see ourselves.
Audette is a New Zealand-born businesswoman and entrepreneur. She’s very highly decorated having been named Telstra NSW’s “Business Woman of the Year” in 2012, awarded an honorary “Order of Australia” for her work in Nepal and Uganda in 2013, included in Forbes’ list of “48 Heroes of Philanthropy” in 2014, and named Australia's “Leading Philanthropist” by Philanthropy Australia in 2016.
Today’s episode explores the “how” and the “why” behind much of her humanitarian work around the globe with The Adara Group and its divisions Adara Development and Adara Advisors. Listen to how she’s studied law and banking in order to better understand power and help the poor. She traveled the world and found herself as chair of the Bermuda stock exchange and became one of the youngest women in the world to have run a publicly-traded bank.
Come explore the exciting crossroads of dealmaking and humanitarian aid. As Audette recalls, it hasn’t always been easy and philanthropy still exists within the world of business. Listen to the journey and the mistakes along the way to becoming a successful philanthropist.
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