Philanthropy fuels hope and drives change. It matters that we do it right. Philanthropy Matters is committed to fostering a more equitable and just world, where all individuals have the opportunity to thrive and contribute to society. Our vision is to lead philanthropic thinking that leverages the power of open collaboration and innovation to drive positive social change. We aspire to be a trusted partner, empowering donors, foundations, and non-profits to achieve their goals through strategic and impactful philanthropic giving and investing.We believe that the world faces complex challenges that require innovative solutions and collective action. We aim to facilitate open and inclusive dialogue among philanthropic actors, fostering new ideas, collaborations, and approaches that address the root causes of social problems and create sustainable change.www.philanthropy-matters.org

An accomplished and top-performing executive with over 20 years of success supporting executives and leadership teams to achieve targeted goals within non-profit and for-profit entities. Recognised for investing in 50+ social impact founders and entities throughout all stages, including strategy, fundraising, service provision, people management, and leadership development. Stellar record of providing independent oversight and challenge to Boards, Executive Directors and CEOs regarding budgeting, auditing, finances, and risk management. Skilled at establishing business strategies, ensuring timely risk management, business development opportunities, and facilitating policy-making and planning exercises. Experience spans start-ups, NGO’s and billion dollar technology companies.

• Drive strategy and narrative in philanthropic sector to determine and establish non-profit best practices. • Set up a social investment arm that functioned to provide funding to dynamic leaders located around the world. • Set up $1m Fellowship with over 50 recipients. • Drive structural and systems change in diverse domains, such as IP, conservation, medicines, education, financial inclusion, public safety,surveillance, and security through innovation, technology, policy and data. • Oversee annual budgets up to $10M and operations to ensure delivery in line with governance frameworks, whilst reporting to Trustees and Board members. • Manage all business-critical decisions in coordination with the HR manager, CFO, COO, and CIO, including stakeholder management and digital transformation. • Lead grant making, policy dialogue, development projects, and partnerships. • Cultivate and foster key relationships for funding and resources, and• Collaborate with policymakers in governmental and UN/governance bodies.