TPI was founded in 2003 as a partnership between the University of Cambridge and the International Business Leaders Forum. In 2013, TPI became an independent not-for-profit organisation, registered as charity in the UK, with a Board of Trustees. The Board’s responsibilities include guaranteeing sound financial management; monitoring TPIs compliance with ethical and professional standards; and providing oversight of the organisation’s strategic direction. The Trustees meet regularly and work closely with the Executive Director.
The current Trustees are:
Caron Rohsler, Trustee
Caron Röhsler was appointed Her Majesty’s ambassador to Maldives in July 2019. She became the British High Commissioner on 1 February 2020, after Maldives was readmitted into the Commonwealth.
Caron joined the FCO in 2000, after working for 7 ...
Sean de Cleene, Trustee
Sean is a Member of the Executive Committee and Head of the Future of Food, World Economic Forum.
Sean was previously the Senior Vice President Global Initiatives, Strategy and Business Development for Yara International where he headed up the strategy...
Robert Smith, Treasurer and Chair of Trustees
Robert Smith is an independent consultant providing advice to donors and governments in developing countries on private sector development, financial sector development, financial inclusion, improvements to the business enabling environment and challenge...
Thomas Lingard, Trustee
Thomas Lingard is Global Sustainability Director - Climate & Environment at Unilever. He has 22 years' broad based leadership, communications and commercial experience gained in executive and non-executive roles with leading organisations in both...
Thomas Hale, Trustee
Dr Thomas Hale’s research explores how we can manage transnational problems effectively and fairly. He seeks to explain how political institutions evolve--or not--to face the challenges raised by globalization and interdependence, with a particular e...