Advisory Board

The Advisory Board meets annually with the Donor Board. It is chaired by Professor Peter Baldwin.

Nick Ferguson CBE

Nick Ferguson is Chairman of SVG Capital plc, Chairman of BSkyB and Chairman of Alta Holdings. Nick is also Chairman of the Courtauld Institute of Art and a former Chairman of the Institute for Philanthropy.

Don Randel

Don Randel is a musicologist, the fifth President of The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and a member of the editorial board of Encyclopaedia Britannica. He has previously served as the twelfth President of the University of Chicago, as Provost of Cornell University, and as Dean of Cornell's College of Arts and Sciences.

Professor Dame Alison Richard DBE

Vice-Chancellor Emerita of the University of Cambridge, Professor Dame Alison Richard occupied the post of Vice-Chancellor between 2003 and 2010, prior to this she served as Provost of Yale University. Dame Alison was an undergraduate at Newnham College, and is now a Fellow of Newnham and an Honorary Fellow of Wolfson College.

Lord Rothschild OM GBE

Lord Rothschild has been active the field of philanthropy for many years. He was the first Chairman of the Heritage Lottery Fund which distributed National Lottery proceeds to the heritage sector. He is a Trustee of The Prince’s Charities Foundation, the Edmond J Safra Foundation and is a member of Henry J Kravis Prize for Creative Philanthropy.