Conor McCarthy

Conor has been Director of Philanthropy at the National Library of Australia since 2019.

He began his fundraising career in higher education, firstly at the University of Sydney, and then at UTS, where he was part of the team that secured a $25m gift in support of the university’s Frank Gehry-designed business school and a related scholarship program.

He subsequently worked with a prospect research firm, Fundraising Research & Consulting (FR&C). He holds a PhD in English literature from Trinity College, Dublin.