AVPN Global Conference 2023 | 20 - 22 June 2023

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Clare Woodcraft
Executive Director

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Centre for Strategic Philanthropy

About

Clare Woodcraft is the Executive Director of the Centre for Strategic Philanthropy of the Cambridge Judge Business School at the University of Cambridge. She has over 27 years? experience in the field of socio-economic development in emerging markets. She is the former CEO of Emirates Foundation, the national foundation of the UAE, where she led the organization?s transition from traditional grant-making to the model of Venture Philanthropy. She is the former Chair of the Arab Foundations Forum, a regional network of foundations and earlier served as the Deputy Director of Shell Foundation. Prior to this she was the Regional Director of Communications for Royal Dutch Shell in the Middle East and North Africa overseeing the company?s social investment and before this headed Visa International?s public affairs arm in emerging markets. She writes and speaks extensively on the paradigm shift in the philanthropic sector and is a vocal champion of Venture Philanthropy. Woodcraft is a fluent Arabic and French speaker with a BA in Modern Languages and a MSc in Development from LSE.