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Global Philanthropy

‘Philanthropy plays an important role in solving many of the world’s biggest health and development challenges. Generosity is part of what makes us human, and all cultures have strong traditions of giving and caring for their communities.’ (The Gates Foundation, 2025)

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Harnessing passion for positive impacts

At a time where government funding seems to continuously lessen, philanthropic organisations are paramount in keeping some of the world’s most promising and impactful projects moving forward. Fuelled by their sheer passion for the initiatives they’re involved in, philanthropists need new leaders to share the same commitment to their values and vision for success.

We work with philanthropic organisations at the very forefront of creating change for the better. Our years of experience mean we fully understand the skills, ambition and talent needed to achieve your aims, and we have the extensive global network to find the leaders that make a difference.

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Meet our Global Philanthropy consultants

Global Philanthropy

Thibaut Mills

Executive Director

Jenna Pilley

Director, Leadership & Change

Alanna Rondi

Associate Director, North America

Baillie Aaron

Associate Consultant, Leadership & Change

Christel Fourie

Associate Consultant, Leadership & Change

Evelyne Guindon

Associate Director, North America

Gertzen Schlemmer

Principal Consultant, Leadership & Change

Dr Grace Mansah-Owusu

Associate Consultant, Leadership & Change and EDI Advisory

Kaemorine Predergast

Associate Consultant, Leadership & Change

Martine Billanou

Associate Director, Europe

Mwende Kamau

Associate Consultant, Africa

Myushka Naidu

Leadership & Change Operations Lead

Nicola Hogarth

Principal Consultant, Boards

Peter Irungu

Associate Director, Africa

Philip Sakwa

Associate Consultant, Africa

Sarah Atieno

Associate Consultant, Africa

”Leadership transition is a challenging time and navigating these moments with a thorough, careful, well-structured and respectful process is essential; Oxford HR helped us in all of these respects with so much care and delivered more than we could have hoped for. Our situation was somewhat unique in that we are an alliance of philanthropy and so there are many constituencies to navigate and we were transitioning from a founding ED which made it even more complicated and the attention and guidance we received was extraordinary.
Jane Malanda Cady & Scott CullenCo-Chairs, Global Alliance for the Future of Food

”Thank you for all of your incredible work and guidance throughout the entire search. I really feel you went above and beyond in terms of learning about Malala Fund's work and making sure we got this extremely important hire just right. Our conversations felt very much like we were speaking to a colleague versus an outside recruiter.
Isa MiahDirector National Programmes, Malala Fund

”Oxford HR presented an excellent shortlist of candidates with in-depth technical understanding a role we had struggled to fill; we extend our sincere appreciation to the team for the excellent search to the satisfaction of all stakeholders.
Shadrick KiruiHead of Human Capital and Business Support, Science for Africa Foundation

”Gatsby has worked with Oxford HR since 2010 as their main executive search partner for senior posts in London and East Africa. Since then Oxford HR has successfully helped Gatsby source over 60 posts, including seven in 2019 alone. These roles span a variety of functions and levels, including Executive Director, Directors, Programme Director/Managers, industry advisors and specialists (e.g. Forestry, Cotton, Textiles, Impact Investment), Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning, and operations staff (HR, finance).
Justin HighstedExecutive Director, Gatsby