Our Team
Trustees
Rennie Hoare - Chair
Partner and Head of Philanthropy, C Hoare & Co.
Jo Bateson
Partner, KPMG in the UK
Jamie Broderick
Director, Impact Investing Institute
Cath Dovey
Co- Founder, The Beacon Collaborative
Cath is a co-founder of the Philanthropy Collaborative and is the lead coordinator for a number of the activities of the Beacon Collaborative. Formerly a co-founder of Scorpio Partnership, the global wealth management strategy and research firm, she led the firm’s high-net-worth and strategy research capabilities for two decades. In the field of philanthropy, Cath headed Scorpio Partnership’s global research work with major donors, family givers and family foundations. Cath chairs Philanthropy Impact and Rosa, the UK fund for women and girls. She is an advisory board member of the Family Office Association in the US and the Managing Partners Forum in the UK.
Sarah Farrow
Director, Frank Hirth PLC
Ceris Gardner
Partner, Maurice Turnor Gardner
Ceris advises UK and international philanthropists on planning their charitable giving strategy including the availability of tax reliefs and the requirements for cross border giving. Ceris advises charity trustees on constitutional and governance issues, on their powers and duties and on the increased risks and responsibilities facing them in the economic downturn and the challenges posed by the role of charities in the Big Society. Ceris is a trustee of Crimestoppers Trust and secretary to the STEP Charity Special Interest Group. Ceris contributes to press articles on philanthropy and gives talks on charity matters to private banks and other professional organisations. She is also a member of STEP and the Charity Law Association.
Edward Finch BA ACA
Darshita Gillies
Founder and CEO, Blu Dot Advisory and Maanch
George King IV
Partner, MASECO Private Wealth
Nandu Patel
Head of Charities and Asset Consultant Relationships at Barclays
Nandu Patel is Head of Charities and Asset Consultant Relationships for Barclays Private Bank in the UK. Based in London, Nandu will drive the Charities, Not-For-Profit and Asset Consultant proposition and is responsible for building, managing and growing relationships with asset consultants as well as charities and not-for-profits. Based in London, he reports to Lisa Francis, Head of the UK and Crown Dependencies, Barclays Private Bank.
Nandu has over 34 years’ experience in financial services and wealth management and joins Barclays from Rothschild & Co where he spent 10 years, most recently as UK Head of Charities. Additional experience includes a 20-year stint with Morgan Stanley, where he worked with non-resident Indian, UK and European private clients, small sized money managers and UK charities.
Nandu is a trustee of a UK registered charity and has recently been appointed to the Board of Philanthropy Impact UK as well as to the investment committee of the Royal College of Music.
Staff
John Pepin
Chief Executive
Philanthropy and social entrepreneurship have been John's passion. This has been demonstrated in numerous ways including being an author and leader of innovation, change and growth. He has been based in the UK for 18 years.
He spent over 15 years as a chief executive of a variety of Canadian charities/ social enterprises/ associations; and he has 20 years experience as a social entrepreneurial consultant internationally working with over 300 charities, social enterprises, infrastructure support organisations, and trade/ professional associations of all sizes and in rural and urban settings in the UK and internationally. Currently he is Chief Executive, Philanthropy Impact whose purpose is the increase philanthropic giving and social investment across Europe by working with professional advisors to HNW and UHNW individuals.
He has experience in innovative service and programme design, revenue generation, charity management, social enterprise and social investment, venture start-up and management, and business strategy consulting across multiple third sector verticals as well as experience from Thailand and Indonesia encouraging social entrepreneurialism and feasibility studies in both countries creating social investment funds. including venture philanthropy as part of the spectrum of financial support.
Rachele Menditto
Director, Communications and Relationships
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