Jack Manning Bancroft is the Founder & CEO of AIME. He is a graduate of The University of Sydney and Stanford University, a former NSW Young Australian of the Year, and an author of books for children and adults, including his most recent book Hoodie Economics. Jack has received a Human Rights Medal, an Honorary Fellowship from the University of Western Sydney and is the youngest person in Australian history to be awarded an Honorary Doctorate, which he received from the University of South Australia.

He is currently an Honorary Fellow at Deakin University with the Indigenous Knowledge Systems Lab.