Anton Ressel is an experienced business development consultant with a special focus on community-based businesses, emerging entrepreneurs, small-scale manufacture and the creative industries.

As one of the original founders of celebrated social enterprise Streetwires, Anton guided the growth of the company from a team of 4 people into a thriving organization employing over 120 formerly unemployed men and women.

Anton left Streetwires in 2006 to open a consultancy that assists small businesses and community-based enterprises to be more sustainable. He has also been an Associate Consultant at ED and CSI specialist agency Fetola since 2007, and is a mentor on the SAB Kickstart Competition.