Speakers

Kenton Campbell

Company: Zarraffa's Coffee

Position: Founder & CEO

Entrepreneur, visionary, coffee enthusiast, conservationist, humanitarian and philanthropist are all words that describe Kenton Campbell.

An American expatriate turned Aussie to the core, Kenton is the founder and CEO of the thriving, iconic Gold Coast-based specialty coffee retailer, wholesaler, roaster and franchisor, Zarraffa's Coffee, and most recently, wildlife conservationist

Recently listed as the nation's twenty-ninth fastest growing franchise chain in BRW Fast Franchises 2010 for the fourth year in a row and taking out the top award at Gold Coast Business Excellence Awards for two years in a row in 2007 and 2008, as Gold Coast Business of the Year, Kenton, at 39 years of age is ecstatic and radiates an irrepressible, passion that spreads across the entire company network of franchisees, staff and ‘Zarraffites' (Zarraffa's Coffee fanatics). In 2008 Kenton was also awarded Gold Coast Young Entrepreneur of the Year

With the success of the Zarraffas' Coffee chain and imminent growth surge Kenton quickly discovered that success is not always just a measure of one's annual turnover. With this revelation came the realisation that Kenton had yet another purpose in life... the calling of the animals was sudden yet irrepressible and in response Ecoforce was created.