Director of Clore Social Leadership Programe, former Chief Executive NSPCC
Author and playwright
Professor of Education, President of the Curriculum Foundation
was born in Guatemala. She gained her Masters in Management at Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University, Chicago after receiving a degree in Psychology from Dartmouth College, New Hampshire in 1984.
She began her career in foreign relations in the late 80s, working at Prodemca in Washington, the Council of Americas in New York and Chicago Council on Foreign Relations. She then moved into banking, working for First National Bank of Chicago, and later for Bank One, Asia Pacific (ASPAC) in Chicago and Tokyo. She has travelled extensively in Asia, Latin America and Europe, settling in England with her husband and family in 2005. Throughout her career, she has taken an active role in the development of cross-cultural relationships in communities. Her personal experience as a user of children’s museums in various parts of the world and her belief in their ability to stimulate the creative spirit and natural curiosity of every child, has led her to make a commitment to develop a children’s museum for London.
has dedicated the whole of her professional career to improving the quality of education for children and supporting parents in raising their families.
She gained a Masters Degree in Early Childhood Education from Wheelock College, Boston and began her career as a nursery school teacher. She has since been focused on innovation in the field of childcare and family support resources, most recently working at the specialist consultancy, Ceridian Performance Partners formerly Work/Family Directions, in Boston.
She is a founder of the London Children’s Museum project, which has grown out of her steadfast commitment to improving children’s lives.
manages the family office of Lord Stanley Fink. In this role, he is particularly focused on ‘impact investing’ and venture philanthropy. He is also an Associate Partner with Earth Capital Partners LLP, a sustainable investment business specialising in investments that address the challenges of sustainable development such as climate change, water scarcity and food and energy security.
Paul has been involved in a number of philanthropic environmental schemes including managing a multi-year Gold Standard Voluntary Emission Reduction solar programme in Zambia installing micro photovoltaic systems in remote rural areas. He is currently managing two environmental projects in Mozambique and Malawi. Paul is a Trustee of the Ashden Awards, a leading annual awards ceremony and support programme for sustainable businesses in the developing world and the UK.
Paul has extensive experience from educational programmes in the UK and is a Governor and deputy chair of Burlington Danes Academy, an ARK academy.
Paul holds a BA Hon in economics and history from Oxford University and an MSc with distinction in political economy from the London School of Economics.
is the managing partner of FORE Partnership, a real estate investment club active across Europe and backed by a number of leading European and North American families. FORE works exclusively for families and family offices to execute property investment strategies via a truly aligned, innovative model. Prior to founding FORE, Basil was a partner at Capricorn Investment Group, the family office of Jeff Skoll, co-founder of eBay. At Capricorn, he oversaw the firm’s European business as well as the real estate strategy globally and served on the firm’s investment committee.
Before joining Capricorn, Basil was a managing partner at Jargonnant Partners, a European real estate private equity firm. He also spent 13 years in investment banking working for ING Barings, Bear Stearns and Bankers Trust (Deutsche Bank) in corporate finance roles in both New York and London, covering the hotel and lodging sector as well as a range of other industries. Basil received a BSc in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from Cornell University.
is a Director of Bolton & Quinn, the UK’s leading cultural communications consultancy, founded with Erica Bolton in 1981. The company works on global cultural campaigns on behalf of major development projects in the fields of architecture, visual arts, and performing arts in the UK, USA, Middle East and Far East.
In the UK, the company has worked for over ten years as consultants to the Clore Duffield Foundation, on their extensive philanthropy initiatives including Artworks, a national programme to support visual education for schools (2000-2005), the Clore Cultural Leadership Programme, the Clore Social Leadership Programme, and the Cultural Learning Alliance.
Jane Quinn is a Trustee of the Michael Clark Company. She is a member of the Steering Committee of the Foundling Museum’s Foundling Fellowships and is a voluntary advisor on cultural communications to the London office of Human Rights Watch.
is Chief Executive and Chairman of Tristan Capital Partners, a London based investment manager specialising in real estate investment strategies. Prior to forming Tristan, he founded and served as Chief Executive for Curzon Global Partners, and as Chief Investment Officer and Board Director of AEW Europe, its parent company.
Outside of work, he volunteers the majority of his time to organisations dedicated to improving the access to and the quality of education, especially for children from less advantaged areas and environments. He serves on the Board of Directors of London First; the Board of Visitors for the Belfer Centre for International Policy at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government; the Board of Trustees of International Inspiration Foundation; the Board of Directors of Grassroot Soccer; the Board of Governors of King Solomon Academy; the Board of Directors of the Eastside Young Leaders Academy and the Board of Directors of Innovision, llc.
Executive Director Clore Duffield Foundation
Froebel Professor of Early Childhood Studies, Roehampton University
Cornell University and Founder of ThinkWorks
Principal Officer Well-being, National Children’s Bureau
Cornell University and CEO of ThinkWorks
Director, V&A Museum of Childhood
Adviser and trustee to a range of cultural organisations
Director of Exhibits, Providence Children’s Museum, Rhode Island, USA
Chief Executive, London Play
Executive Director, The Centre of the Living Arts, Mobile, Alabama, USA
Chairman, London Design Festival and UKTI Ambassador for the Creative Industries
Dean of the Doctoral School, Institute of Education, University of London
Art Critic, Writer and Lecturer
(Chief Executive) was appointed in August 2010. Previously, she spent four years as the Chief Executive of Borough Market, a charitable trust, where her remit was to build a strong, financially solid organisation, whilst opening it up to a larger audience and growing its success as a visitor attraction. Under her leadership, annual visitor numbers increased from 1.1 million 2005 to almost 5 million in 2008 and the Market also won a number of awards including the Great Place- Academy of Urbanism, Best Day Out, Best Market & Best Shopping Experience- Evening Standard (2007, 2008).
She has a background in venture capital, most recently as Investment Manager and Head of Legal Affairs at Catalyst Fund Management and Research Ltd, where she spent seven years working on new forms of innovative investment in social enterprises and businesses with a positive social offer. Her interest in this area has seen her work with many small and medium size enterprises, providing advice and support at board, consultative and executive level.
She is a Fellow of the RSA, and she has been a Trustee of the Adventure Capital Fund, a Board Member of the Southbank Cultural Quarter and a Director of Better Bankside.
She holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Law from the College of Law, London, has studied toward an MA in Consultation and the Organisation from the Tavistock Institute, and has a BA in Criminology and History from the University of Melbourne.
has 20 years’ experience in fundraising and marketing for the cultural sector. Formerly she worked as Development & Marketing Director at the Roundhouse in London. She joined the organisation in 2001 in its start-up phase and was responsible for the £30m capital redevelopment campaign and annual fundraising campaign.
She also spent 4 years at Shakespeare’s Globe as Head of PR and Marketing, again joining the organisation in its start-up phase through to the opening of the Globe in 2007. She has also worked extensively in the cultural sector as a freelancer. She has an MBA from Duke University in the US and a BA in English Literature from Durham University in the UK.
having gained an MA and PGCE, has spent his professional life in the fields of education, the built and natural environment and cultural learning, working with young people of all backgrounds in the formal and informal sectors.
He has held senior posts developing and leading the learning strategies within a number of organisations. These include The National Trust as Head of Education and Interpretation, with NESTA as Director of Learning, and at The British Museum as Keeper of Learning and Information. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Operations with the Personal Finance Education Group, delivering financial education programmes on behalf of the government and the finance sector.
The Charity won best Education and Training Charity in 2010 for its impact. Before joining the London Children’s Museum, Gareth was CEO with the Sorrell Foundation based in Somerset House, working with the UK’s top designers to inspire creativity in young people and improve quality of life through good design. He has been a Trustee of Audiences London, The Hackney Building Exploratory and a BAFTA multimedia education judge. He lives in London with his partner and their seven year-old son, where he is a governor at the local school.
Since 1991 Vicky has been developing informal learning experiences within museums for children and young people. She is committed to developing and involving target audiences in the development process.
She has developed exhibitions and learning programmes at The Science Museum, London; Discover, East London – a hands-on story-building centre; the new science centre, Explore@Bristol; Eureka! Halifax; The National Maritime Museum; educational outside play-spaces for two schools in collaboration with Creative Partnerships; and exhibits especially tailored for a special needs school.
Her practical experience is supported intellectually and academically: she has a PhD (1999; University College London) for research which explores the process of developing hands-on educational exhibits for children.