1. May 2013 CGAP Conference Speaker Biographies Day 1 1
CGAP Conference
Speaker Biographies
Day 1
Thursday 9th
May 2013
Beth Breeze, Centre for Philanthropy, University of Kent
Beth Breeze is based at the University of Kent where she directs the Centre for
Philanthropy. She teaches courses on fundraising, philanthropy and volunteering, and
runs a range of research projects including the annual ‘Million Pound Donor Report’. She
has led on four projects within the ESRC Centre for Charitable Giving and Philanthropy
(CGAP) and in May 2013 begins a Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship studying the
personal skills of fundraisers.
Professor Sir Ian Diamond FBA FRSE AcSS
Professor Sir Ian Diamond is Principal and Vice-Chancellor of the University of
Aberdeen, an appointment he has held since 1 April 2010. He was previously Chief
Executive of the Economic and Social Research Council. He was also Chair of the
Research Councils UK Executive Group (2004-2009) the umbrella body that represents
all seven UK Research Councils. Before joining the ESRC, Sir Ian was Deputy Vice-
Chancellor at the University of Southampton, where he had been for most of his career.
Sir Ian is Chair of the Lloyds TSB Foundation for England and Wales and a Trustee of
the World Wildlife Fund UK and the Iona Cathedral Trust. He is Chairman of the
Universities UK Research Policy Network Committee, Chair of the Universities UK
Group on Efficiency, and a member of the Scottish Science Advisory Council, the
Council of CBI Scotland and the British Council Scotland Advisory Committee. Sir Ian
was elected to the UK Academy of Social Sciences in 1999, is a Fellow of the British
Academy (2005), a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (2009) and holds honorary
degrees from the universities of Cardiff and Glasgow. Sir Ian was Knighted in the New
Year’s Honours 2013.

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Robert Dufton, CEO, Paul Hamlyn Foundation
Robert Dufton is Director of the Paul Hamlyn Foundation, one of the UK's largest
independent foundations. He is a Senior Visiting Fellow at Cass Business School and
will spend the academic year 2013/14 conducting research and teaching at Cass' Centre
for Charity Effectivess. He is the Interim Chairman of the National Funding Scheme,
which runs Donate a new digital funding scheme for the arts. He is a member of the
board of Arts Council London. He is a founder member of the Development Board of the
Museum of London (of which he was a trustee) and he is Deputy Chairman of the
Alumni Association of the University of Bristol (of which he was also formerly a trustee).
Prior to joining Paul Hamlyn Foundation he held senior management roles at the
Heritage Lottery Fund and the Association for Business Sponsorship of the Arts.
Professor Angela Eikenberry, University of Nebraska, Omaha
Dr. Angela M. Eikenberry is an associate professor in the School of Public Administration
at the University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO) in the U.S. Before her work at UNO, she
was a nonprofit development consultant. Her main research interests include
philanthropy and nonprofit organizations and their role in democratic governance. She
has published articles in numerous academic journals and her research has been
featured on National Public Radio’s All Things Considered and in the Stanford Social
Innovation Review. Her book, Giving Circles: Philanthropy, Voluntary Association,
Democracy (Indiana University Press) won the CASE 2010 John Grenzebach Research
Award for Outstanding Research in Philanthropy.
Professor Jenny Harrow, CGAP, Cass Business School
Jenny Harrow is professor of voluntary sector management and CGAP co-director. Her
research focuses on government–voluntary sector relations, and management and
development in the institutions of philanthropy. She has recently co-edited a special
edition on collaboration between philanthropy and government for Public Management
Review; and is co-editing the forthcoming 'Routledge Companion to Philanthropy'
Professor Charles Harvey, CGAP, Pro-Vice-Chancellor, University of Newcastle
Charles Harvey is Professor of Management and Business History and Pro-Vice-
Chancellor and Provost for the Humanities and Social Sciences at Newcastle University,
UK. His research focuses on business leadership, enterprise, philanthropy and social
renewal, and he has recently published in Organization Studies, Human Relations,
Business History, the Business History Review and Management Learning.
Sir Tom Hunter, Founder, Hunter Foundation
Tom set up his first business with a £5K loan from his father and £5K loan from the bank.
He started selling trainers/sneakers from the back of a van and went on to build
Europe’s largest independent sports retailer, Sports Division, subsequently selling it for
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combined this opportunity with a significant commitment to philanthropy having invested
in excess of £50m to date into social causes through The Hunter Foundation. He was
knighted in 2005 for services to entrepreneurship and philanthropy.
Dr Diana Leat, Independent, Cass Business School
Diana has held research posts in universities in the UK, the US and Australia, as well as
with think tanks including Policy Studies Institute and Demos. Having spent some time
focusing on grant-making foundations, working at London School of Economics and with
UCLA in the US, Diana spent a year with the Carnegie Trust in the UK developing a
consortium of social justice oriented foundations, the first research centre for
philanthropy in the UK (CGAP), and compiling a series of case studies on social change
philanthropy. For over 20 years Diana has spent spells as a free lance consultant
working with a wide variety of clients concerned with philanthropy.
Diana is currently a Visiting Professor at Cass Business School, London and at the
Centre for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Studies, QUT Brisbane Australia. In 2010, Diana
was Scholar In Residence at the Rockefeller Archive Centre, New York. She is the
author of over 100 articles and books on the non-profit sector and social policy,
specialising in philanthropic foundations. Diana was a trustee of the Diana, Princess of
Wales Memorial Fund in the UK, and a member of the NCVO Advisory Council.
Professor Mairi Maclean, CGAP, University of Exeter
Mairi Maclean is Professor of International Management and Organisation Studies and
Director of Research in the Department of Organisation Studies at the University of
Exeter Business School. Her research interests include international business elites,
elite power, entrepreneurship and philanthropy, and history and strategy. Recent
publications include contributions to Organization Studies, Human Relations, Business
History, Management Learning, the International Small Business Journal and the
Sociological Review.
Rakesh Bharti Mittal, Bharti Group and Founder, Bharti Foundation
Rakesh Bharti Mittal is the Vice-Chairman and Managing Director of Bharti Enterprises,
one of India’s leading business groups with interests in telecom, agri-business, financial
services, retail and realty. He actively drives the businesses and has led policy initiatives
in the agricultural sector in India. A passionate advocate of right to good education,
Rakesh serves on Boards of several educational institutions. Rakesh is the Co-
Chairman of Bharti Foundation and its Satya Bharti School Program reaches out to
38,000 underprivileged children in villages and provides them free quality education
along with school uniform, books, stationery and nutritious mid-day meals.
Tom McKenzie, CGAP, Cass Business School
Tom McKenzie is a research fellow at Cass Business School. Within CGAP, he focuses
on patterns of giving in the UK, using national household survey data. He co-authored
the ‘New State of Donation' and 'Giving back to communities of residence and of origin'
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Professor Cathy Pharoah, CGAP, Cass Business School
Cathy Pharoah is professor of charity funding and co-director of CGAP. She is an expert
in charitable funding from all sources, produced the Charity Market Monitor and recently
published reports on annual family foundation giving, international grant-making by
foundations and giving by migrants and minorities.
Professor Susan Phillips, Carleton University, Canada
Dr. Susan Phillips is Professor and, since 2005, has been Director of the School of
Public Policy and Administration, Carleton University (the longstanding Canadian leader
in graduate education in public administration). Her research focuses on philanthropy
and the nonprofit sector, particularly the public policies and regulations that govern this
sector. In 2010-11 she was a Visiting Fellow with CGAP and continues to work with Dr.
Jenny Harrow and Dr. Tobias Jung as co-editors of the first international handbook on
philanthropy, the Routledge Companion to Philanthropy, to be published in 2013. With
support from the Canadian social science granting council, this team is conducting a
comparative analysis of ‘place-based philanthropy,’ focussing on the role of community
foundations in community leadership.
Dr. Phillips is board member of the International Research Society for Public
Management and member of the editorial boards of several Canadian and international
journals (including Public Management Review, Policy and Society, The Philanthropist,
and the Canadian Journal of Nonprofit and Society Economy Research). She also sits
on the Policy Advisory Committee of Imagine Canada, is a former member of the board
of Volunteer Canada, and a regular advisor to governments and national nonprofits.
Susan is leading the development of Carleton’s Master of Philanthropy and Nonprofit
Leadership, the first graduate degree in philanthropy in Canada, which will start in
summer 2013.
Professor Eleanor Shaw, CGAP, University of Strathclyde
Eleanor Shaw, Phd, MA, is Professor of Entrepreneurship at Hunter Centre for
Entrepreneurship, University of Strathclyde Business School where she is also Director
of post graduate teaching. Eleanor's research interests include entrepreneurial wealth
and philanthropy, forms of entrepreneurial capital, social entrepreneurship and
entrepreneurial diversity. Eleanor’s recent publications include articles in International
Small Business Journal and Business History. Eleanor sits on the boards of a number of
social enterprises including Impact Arts and also on Foundation Scotland's Innovation
and Impact advisory group.
Rob Williamson, CEO, Community Foundation, Tyne & Wear and Northumberland
Rob is Chief Executive of the Community Foundation Tyne & Wear and Northumberland
(www.communityfoundation.org.uk). Based in Newcastle upon Tyne, it is the largest
community foundation in the UK, holding an endowment of over £52 million, nearly 300
donor funds and making grants in the year ending March 2013 totalling £5.4 million. Rob
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where he led on research and evaluation, and oversaw the work of the grants team.
Rob’s career began working with homeless and vulnerable people and he went on to a
development role with a council for voluntary service. He then spent three years as a
policy and strategy officer in local government. Rob sits on the board of UK Community
Foundations and is a trustee of the Millfield House Foundation and Live Theatre in
Newcastle. He is also a member of CGAP’s advisory group.
About CGAP
The ESRC Centre for Charitable Giving and Philanthropy (CGAP) is the first academic
centre in the UK dedicated to research on charitable giving and philanthropy. Three main
research strands focus on individual and business giving, social redistribution and
charitable activity, and the institutions of giving. CGAP is a consortium comprising Cass
Business School, University of Edinburgh Business School, University of Kent,
University of Southampton, University of Strathclyde Business School and NCVO.
CGAP’s coordinating ‘hub’ is based at Cass Business School. CGAP is funded by the
ESRC, the Office for Civil Society, the Scottish Government and Carnegie UK Trust.
For further information on CGAP, visit www.cgap.org.uk