Reshaping philanthropy with major gift to ANU

Entrepreneurs Michelle Melbourne and Phillip Williamson are redefining the shape of modern philanthropy with a major new donation to the University.

The couple, both ANU graduates, have given a gift in kind by donating high-technology software to help the University streamline its complex administration processes.

The gift from their Canberra-based company Intelledox is worth more than $1 million, but has the potential to save the ANU millions more as the software is used to digitalise manual paper-based processes.

“Phil and I are both passionate alumni, and it is such a great privilege and an honour to be able to share the technology we’ve invented with our alma mater,