The Edmond de Rothschild Foundations consists of a dozen foundations with over a century of history behind them. These are the foundations of the French branch of the Rothschild family which has been living in Switzerland for the last 150 years. Firoz Ladak joined them in 2005 with a mandate to transform their longstanding charity legacy to a more strategic and impact-driven approach.
In practice, this has meant narrowing focus and developing some of the strongest threads of a longstanding history of philanthropy, Firoz Ladak told Caroline Hartnell – though he admits to remaining cautious about the ‘brave new world’ of strategic philanthropy. He is now working on an innovative initiative that involves bringing together philanthropists mainly from the global South to share new models and build together a community of knowledge and best practice.
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