Dutch Postcode Lottery

Marieke van Schaik is a Managing Director of the Dutch charity lotteries, including the Dutch Postcode Lottery (Nationale Postcode Loterij). Her portfolio includes charities, communications and finance. Before this, Marieke was head of the charity department and previously worked for the DOEN Foundation as project manager. She holds a degree in International Relations from the University of Amsterdam.

The Dutch Postcode Lottery was founded more than twenty years ago to generate a continuous flow of funds for charity organisations dedicated to 'people' and 'planet'. Today, the lottery is the Netherlands' biggest and most popular charitable lottery and supports 81 charity organisations worldwide. Since its launch in 1989, it has paid out over 3 billion Euros to its beneficiaries.

Essar Global Limited

Shashi Ruia is the Chairman of Essar Global Limited and widely recognised for his significant role in promoting India's industrial growth and the expansion of the nation's infrastructure sectors.  Together with his brother, Ravi, Shashi turned a small family construction business into a diversified conglomerate with assets spanning the manufacturing and services sectors.

Shashi Ruia has served on the managing committee of the Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, was the Chairman of the Indo-US Joint Business Council, and is the former President of the Indian National Ship Owners Association.

Shashi is proud of the fact that he has been a mentor and guide to several of India's young entrepreneurs and that his family of 30,000 people makes a significant contribution to nation building.

Skoll Foundation

Jeff Skoll creates businesses that result in positive social change. As eBay's founding President, he helped generate entrepreneurial opportunities for millions of individuals around the world. He also launched the eBay Foundation with pre-IPO stock.

In 1999, he created the Skoll Foundation, which supports social entrepreneurs whose innovations are poised to achieve large-scale impact.  The Foundation reflects Jeff's belief that, to bring about a more peaceful and prosperous global community, we must deploy the most innovative solutions on critical challenges like health, environmental sustainability, economic and social equity, human rights, institutional responsibility, and peace and security.

The Foundation co-hosts with the Saïd Business School at Oxford the annual Skoll World Forum on Social Entrepreneurship. The Forum convenes 800 social entrepreneurs, thought leaders, policy makers, philanthropists and students to learn, problem solve and build community.  

In 2004, Jeff founded Participant Productions (now Participant Media) to create entertainment content that would have a long-term benefit to society.  Among other films, Participant has produced Good Night and Good Luck, An Inconvenient Truth, Darfur Now, The Kite Runner, Charlie Wilson's War, Chicago 10, The Visitor and The Soloist.

In April 2009, Skoll founded the Skoll Urgent Threats Fund and named Dr. Larry Brilliant president of the new organisation. The fund addresses urgent challenges confronting humanity and the planet, including climate change, water scarcity, pandemics, nuclear proliferation and Middle East conflict.

The Nduna Foundation

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The MCJ Amelior Foundation

Ray Chambers is co-founder of Wesray Capital Corporation and began his philanthropic and humanitarian work around the