Save the Children is now governed and led by the Save the Children International Board. Our Board is responsible for overseeing a holistic global strategy for Save the Children, as well as governance over Save the Children International’s programming activities.
Save the Children’s CEO, Jasmine Whitbread, works closely with the national organisations to lead and manage the delivery of our international programmes and drive growth in order to deliver on our ambitious objectives for children.
Inger Ashing
Inger is Deputy Director General of the Swedish National Board of Youth Affairs and Director of Youth Policy. She is an expert to the Delegation for Human Rights and a member of the advisory board to the Swedish Academy for the Rights of the Child. Inger is a member of the Swedish Inheritance Fund Commission. She is on the board for the Swedish Enforcement Authority and a member of the Monitoring Committee for The European Social Fund. Inger has been involved in Save the Children Sweden since 1992 and Chair of Save the Children Sweden since June 2008.
Naznina Bhatia
Nina joined British Gas as Managing Director of its Electrical & Dyno Services business in 2010, with a focus on growth and development of its current portfolio of products. Before joining British Gas Nina was a partner at McKinsey & Co for 10 years where over the course of her career she served national and global clients in the private, public and social arenas. In her last 5 years Nina focused on the healthcare and government arenas, and led McKinsey’s public sector practice in the UK. Nina has extensive experience in strategy and organisation and her work has taken her across the world, from the UK, to the US, Asia and Africa. She was born of Indian origin in Tanzania and lives in London with her husband and their two daughters.
Bill Haber
Bill is President of OSTAR Enterprises, which has produced awardwinning plays and films such as Monty Python’s Spamalot, History Boys, Journey’s End and the Woman in White. His company has won seven Tony awards. Prior to OSTAR, he co-founded Creative Artists Agency, the Los Angeles-based literary and talent agency. He was responsible for managing the agency’s leading presence in the television industry and their innovative corporate advisory services. He is a member of the Governing Board of the League of American Theatres and Producers. He holds degrees in English, History and Political Science from UCLA and was a member of the first class of Loyola Law School of Los Angeles. Bill joined the Board of Trustees of Save the Children US in 1995.
Mimi Jakobsen
Mimi Jakobsen has served as CEO of Save the Children Denmark since 2000. Prior to Save the Children Mimi held a number of senior roles in the Danish parliament, including Minister of Cultural Affairs, Minister for Social Affairs, Minister of Industry, Minister of Trade and deputy Prime Minister. She has gained considerable international experience by becoming a member of Ministers Councils in the European Union. Mimi Jakobsen is known throughout Denmark both for her longstanding political career and for speaking out on behalf of vulnerable children.
Irene Khan
Irene Khan is Director-General of the International Development Law Organization (IDLO). The first woman to hold this office, she was elected by Member Parties on 17 November 2011 and took up her position formally on 1 January 2012 for a term of four years.
An international thought leader on human rights, gender and social justice issues, Irene Khan was Secretary General of Amnesty International from 2001 – 2009. Prior to that, she worked for the UN High Commissioner for Refugees for 21 years at headquarters and in various field operations. She was Visiting Professor at the State University of New York Law School (Buffalo) in 2011.
Ms. Khan is Chancellor of Salford University (UK), and a member of the UNAIDS High Level Commission on HIV Prevention. She sits on the boards of several international human rights and development organizations.
Ms. Khan received the Sydney Peace Prize in 2006 for her work to end violence against women and girls. Her book, The Unheard Truth: Poverty and Human Rights has been translated into seven languages.
Born in Bangladesh, Irene Khan studied law at the University of Manchester and Harvard Law School.
Borger Lenth
Borger has held a number of senior positions in Norwegian banking and finance including as CEO of Eksportfinans and Kreditkassen. He has served as a civil servant, first as CEO of NORAD (the instrument for bilateral Norwegian aid), and later as Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Development Assistance. He has served as Board member of several major Norwegian companies including Norsk Hydro, KLP, Eidsiva and Aschehoug. Borger has been a Board member of Redd Barna (Save the Children Norway) since 1985 and Board Chair since 2005. Borger is married with two children and five grandchildren.
Mark Malloch-Brown
Mark Malloch-Brown is Chairman of FTI Global Affairs focusing on advising corporates on the risks and opportunities associated with rapid changes in the global political economy. Formerly he was Minister of State in the Foreign Office, covering Africa and Asia, and was a member of Gordon Brown’s cabinet. He had previously served as Deputy Secretary-General and Chief of Staff of the UN under Kofi Annan. For six years he was Administrator of the UNDP, leading the UN’s development efforts around the world. Other positions have included vice-chairman of George Soros’s Investment Funds, as well as his Open Society Institute, a Vice-President at the World Bank and the lead international partner in a political consulting firm. He also has served as Vice-Chairman of the World Economic Forum. He began his career as a journalist on The Economist.
He is chair of the Royal Africa Society and on a number of non-profit and advisory boards, including the International Crisis group, the Open Society Foundation and the Centre for Global Development in Washington. He is a member of the House of Lords and was knighted in 2007.
Bradley C. Palmer
Brad Palmer is the Founder and Managing Partner of Palm Ventures, an entrepreneurial investment firm through which he invests his own capital in businesses that have a positive, transformative impact on society. His current investment focus includes education, health care, financial services, human resources and renewable energy. Prior to Palm Ventures, he worked with Jim Wolfensohn and Paul Volcker at their strategic advisory and investment banking firm. He currently serves on the Boards of numerous private companies and non-profit organizations including Education Development Center and Save the Children US where he has served on the Board for 14 years.
Alan Parker
Alan is the founder and Chairman of Brunswick LLP, the international corporate and financial communications firm which he started in 1987. Alan is Governor of the School of Oriental and African Studies, Vice-Chairman of Business Commitment to the Environment, Chairman of the Good Work Commission and was founder and Vice-Chairman of China Now, a nationwide festival in the UK in 2008 celebrating Chinese arts and culture designed to strengthen relationships between the UK and China. He is Chair of the Board of Trustees for Save the Children UK. Alan lives in London and is married to Jane.
Charles R. Perrin (Chair)
Charles is a former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of two Fortune 500 companies: Avon Products, Inc. and Duracell International, Inc. He has over 30 years experience growing businesses, domestically and internationally. Charles is an experienced Board leader, having led numerous public and non-profit boards. Currently, he serves as a Board Chair of Warnaco, and on the Board of Campbell Soup Company and Eastern Mountain Sports. He is also a committed philanthropist who is very involved with many local charities, as well as co-founding The Perrin Family Foundation in 1994 which focuses solely on the needs of disadvantaged children. He joined the Board of Trustees of Save the Children US in 2007.
Joy Phumaphi
Joy is currently the Executive Secretary of the African Leaders Malaria Alliance. Her former positions include that of Vice President Human Development Network at the World Bank; Assistant Director-General; Family and Community Health & Director-General’s Representative on Gender Equality at the World Health Organization; and she has also served as the Minister of Health in Botswana.
Joy is a distinguished Africa American Institute Fellow; a member of the Global Leaders Council for Reproductive Health, the Gates Foundation Advisory Panel for Global Health and The Global Health Council; Joy also serves as a trustee of the Children’s Investment Fund Foundation.
Harpal Singh
Harpal Singh has long and wide ranging experience in the corporate and social sectors and has held leadership positions in the automobile, consumer products and healthcare sectors. He was non executive Chairman of India’s largest pharmaceutical company, Ranbaxy and is currently the mentor and Chairman Emeritus of Fortis Healthcare. Whilst chairing the Impact Group, he sits on the Board of the Escorts Heart Institute and Religare Enterprises. He sits on some of India’s most renowned school and university Boards and is a member of the National Round Table on School Education. He is also a member of India-UK Round Table, India-US Strategic Dialogue and of the Public Health Foundation of India. He is Founder Chairman Trustee of Nanhi Chhaan and Chronic Care Foundations. He is currently the Chairman of the Save the Children India Board.
Helene Sullivan
Helene began her career with the international financial advisory firm now known as KPMG. She was corporate chief financial officer with TNT Ltd. Australia/TNT Skypack and Champion Energy Corporation. Following her corporate career she served as CFO for Save the Children US for nearly ten years. Helene is a member of the Board of Trustees of Adelphi University, a Director of St. Lukes School and is on the advisory board of a number of other non profits. Helene was elected to the Board of Trustees of Save the Children US in 2000 and re elected in 2008.
Claudio Tesauro
Claudio Tesauro has been a member of the Board of Directors of Save the Children Italy since 2004 and he is currently the President. Executive partner of the Rome office of Bonelli Erede Pappalardo, one of Italy’s leading law firms, he is also President of the Italian Antitrust Association and the Head of the Antitrust Department, which has lawyers based in Brussels, Rome, Milan and London.
Graduated cum laude in 1987 from the Faculty of Law of the University of Naples, Italy and completed a Masters in Comparative Jurisprudence at the New York University School of Law and then joined the New York law firm Fox & Horan.
Claudio Tesauro’s antitrust experience began in 1989 as a trainee at the Legal Service of the European Commission. In 1992 he entered private practice, as one of the founders of the firm Tizzano-Pappalardo and later as the youngest partner of Pappalardo e Associati, specializing in EC competition law.
Claudio Tesauro has acted in several high profile cases and regularly appears before the Italian antitrust authority, the European Commission and national courts. Claudio also handles merger cases and investigations under the Italian and EU merger rules.
