Career
He is former Chief Executive Officer of Rose Rock Group, a private equity firm established by the Rockefeller family, and former president of Taubman Asia, a unit of The Taubman Company Limited Liability Company.
In 2011, Wheel2Wheel undertook a motorcycle adventure in support of grassroots charities. Parker rode solo from Hong Kong to Brisbane through ten countries, travelling 25,000 kilometres over 125 days to raise money and awareness for ten organisations. The adventure was filmed to become a ten-episode television documentary series which aired on National Geographic Channel in 2012.
Parker"s charitable work focuses on environmental preservation, access to education for underprivileged children, rights of women subjected to violence, vocational training for youth affected by conflict, social re-assimilation for orphans with Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Aids, and cruelty towards animals.
Mr. Parker"s work with Wheel2Wheel brought greater exposure to Clean Air Network, GECKO, Animals Asia Foundation, Child"s Dream, New Hope Cambodia, Baan Gerda, Women"s Aid Organisation, Personal Area Networks Ecology, Action for Change Foundation and NAILSMA. Morgan Parker grew up in Brisbane, Australia. He attended Brisbane Boys" College where he served as school captain in 1991.
He was subsequently awarded a scholarship to attend Bond University and graduated with a Bachelor of Laws in 1994. From 1996 to 2010 Parker worked with Macquarie Bank, Lend Lease, Morgan Stanley and Taubman Centers across Asia.
He became noted for a rock-star-like appearance and being a thought-leader in the Asian real estate industry.
Parker has been featured in over 300 media articles and dozens of television segments. Parker speaks regularly at industry conferences and as an inspirational speaker at schools and corporations globally.