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Former President of the European Commission (1995 – 1999) and Prime Minister of Luxembourg (1984 – 1995). As Honorary Minister of State, Jacques Santer has played a major role giving new impetus to philanthropy in Luxembourg.
He is co-founder of the Schengen Peace Foundation and Chairman of the Board of the Forum Europa Foundation Luxembourg, and is also Chairman of the Board of the Musée d’Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean (Mudam Luxembourg).
Director of the Centre Français des Fondations (French Foundation Centre), Béatrice de Durfort also leads counsel and expertise activities in the field of culture. She has been gathering expertise in foundation matters since 1994 when she was appointed Managing Director of the Fondation Napoléon. Before that she led several cultural missions for the city of Paris. She was member of the board of the Cinemathèque de la Danse and held responsibilities at the Ecole des Beaux Arts de la Ville de Paris. Beatrice du Durfort was President of the Patrimoine sans Frontières (Cultural Heritage without borders) from 1997 until 2009.
The Centre Français des Fondations’ (CFF) aim is to unite all state-approved foundations, to foster best practices between its members, to represent them on a national and international level and to promote the recognition and development of the foundation sector in general. The CFF was founded in 2002.
Director of the Paul Hamlyn Foundation. Previously he was Director of the Rayne Foundation (2002-2004), and member of the senior management teams of the Heritage Lottery Fund (Deputy Director of Operations 1995-2002) and of the national charity Arts and Business (Programme Director and Company Secretary 1992-1994).
The Paul Hamlyn Foundation is one of the larger independent grant-making trusts in the UK supporting the arts, education and social justice across the UK and in India. Its purpose is to maximize opportunities for individuals to experience a full quality of life. It is named after its founder, publisher Paul Hamlyn, who established the Foundation in 1987.
CEO of SwissFoundations, the association of Swiss grant-making foundations, since 2005. Educated in history and German literature at the University of Zurich, Beate holds an Executive Master degree in Communications Management of the University of Lugano and UCLA, Los Angeles. Beate has worked for several years as senior communications manager and is committed to various non-profit organisations as board member.
SwissFoundations was initiated by 11 major Swiss foundations in 2001 to improve the image and the development possibilities of grant-making foundations in Switzerland.
http://www.swissfoundations.ch/
Chairman of the Board of the EAO (European Academy of Otzenhausen), he is also founder and Honorary Board Member of the ASKO-EUROPA foundation and the Europrofession foundation. Arno Krause serves on the Boards of several foundations and institutions including the foundation Forum EUROPA, the Europa Union in Germany and the Institute for European Politics in Berlin.
Located in the Saarland, the European Academy of Otzenhausen pursues its mission to develop educational and research projects in the field of social and political science all of which have as objective to foster the European idea.
President of the Stiftung Mercator (since 1 March 2008) prior to which he was in charge of corporate responsibility and foundation matters at Vodafone and head of the Vodafone Foundation.
The Stiftung Mercator focuses mainly on projects in its interdisciplinary issues integration, climate change and cultural education and combines socio-political advocacy with practical work. Named after the legendary cartographer Gerhard Mercator and situated in the Ruhr Region, the association was founded by the Schmidt family in 1996.
http://www.stiftung-mercator.de
Managing Director of the King Baudouin Foundation in Brussels. Luc Tayart de Borms plays a key role in major philanthropic organisations as President of the Network of European Foundations for Innovative Cooperation (NEF), Treasurer of the King Baudouin Foundation United States, trustee of the European Venture Philanthropy Association (EVPA) and member of the board of the European Cultural Foundation (FEC).
Based in Brussels, the King Baudouin Foundation is an independent and pluralistic foundation that pursues sustainable ways to bring justice, democracy and respect for diversity. It also acts as umbrella foundation to individuals wishing to engage in charitable projects without having to create their own independent legal structure.
Chairman of the Dutch Associations Foundation, Rien van Gendtspent most of his career at the Van Leer Entity, joining the Bernard Van Leer Foundation - a charitable organisation focusing on promoting the development of disadvantaged children - in 1988 as Executive Director. From 2002 until October 2007 he was Executive Director of the Van Leer Group Foundation which acts as a holding for all charitable activities of the Van Leer Entity. He also serves on the Boards of several foundations and NGOs in the Netherlands and abroad.
The Association of Foundations in the Netherlands aims to look after the interests of private foundations established in the Netherlands. It also provides information regarding philanthropy to interested individuals and organisations.
Secretary General of the Fondazione Cariplo since 2006. During his career, Pier Mario Vello has also been director of a number of international companies and CEO of a major food retailer. He is the author of several books on learning organisation and knowledge management.
Fondazione Cariplo is a nonprofit organisation which exists to further charitable initiatives in a range of areas mainly through giving grants to NGOs and associations already active on the ground.
http://www.fondazionecariplo.it
