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Interview – Hugh Davidson
In November 2009, a group of 16 donors from around the world travelled to China for a module of The Philanthropy Workshop, the Institute for Philanthropy’s international donor education programme. Following the week-long module, one …
Interview – Geoffrey West
Geoffrey West is a theoretical physicist whose primary interests are in fundamental questions in physics, especially those concerning elementary particles and their interactions and cosmological implications. TIME Magazine has called him one of the 100 …
Interview – Jeff Raikes
Jeff Raikes has been CEO of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation for just over 18 months. He took up the post in September 2008, after 27 years with Microsoft. How does he see the …
Interview – Niklas Zennström
Niklas Zennström, along with his partner Janus Friis, founded Skype in 2003; sold to eBay in 2005, Skype is now used by millions of people the world over. What were the most important lessons he …
Interview – Richard Branson
Through Virgin Unite and other initiatives, the combined forces of the Virgin empire are being brought to bear on social and environmental questions. Does the Virgin Group’s commercial success have anything to tell it about …
Interview – Antony Bugg-Levine
The Rockefeller Foundation launched its Impact Investing initiative in 2007 to help scale the field of impact investing. What exactly is the Rockefeller Foundation trying to do, how will it know it has succeeded, and …
Interview – Geraldine Kunstadter
The Albert Kunstadter Family Foundation was set up in 1952. It made its first direct overseas grant in 1987. It now makes 16 grants a year, eight in the US and eight abroad. Geraldine Kunstadter, …
Interview – Marion Rockefeller Weber
‘May the rivers of wealth be undammed and flow freely over the earth. May the gifts move through increased hands until all people experience the abundance of life.’ These words appear on the home page …
Interview – Jacqueline Delia-Brémond
Fondation Ensemble was set up in December 2004 with the dual aim of fighting poverty and protecting the environment. Since then, it has been involved in more than 100 projects around the world, mostly providing …
Interview – Nonette Royo
Based in South-east Asia, with offices in Indonesia and Northern Mindanao, Philippines, the Samdhana Institute works on rights and environmental advocacy issues including forest conservation, river protection and critical mining areas, giving mainly very small …
