Our model
As we choose to work with only a small number of clients each year, most of our work is led personally by our CEO. From time to time we draw on the expertise of other trusted advisors.
CEO and Founder
Harvey Duthie
CEO and Founder
Harvey Duthie has led an array of international fundraising, resource mobilisation and advocacy initiatives. He has raised more than €200 million for clients and was central to the delivery of a further €300+ million.
Projects supported have addressed food security, education, health, faith, human rights and biodiversity and sustainable development goals, among others. In various roles, he has worked with organisations throughout the UK and Ireland, in Asia and across Europe, Africa and the United States.
A selection of professional highlights from the last twenty years:
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Grew income from €1 million to €8.8 million at the University of Limerick Foundation in Limerick
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Raised €35 million for the Diocese of Westminster in London
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Designed a global fundraising plan for Gates Foundation mortality surveillance project in Seattle
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Developed a resource mobilisation plan for CGIAR in Washington DC
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Secured $12.5 million for the UN’s Plant Treaty based at FAO in Rome
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Led advocacy and resource mobilisation efforts at Africa CDC in Addis Ababa
Previous roles and former pro-bono commitments:
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Pro-Bono Fundraising Counsel, ICRC, Geneva
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CEO, University of Limerick Foundation, Limerick
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Senior Vice President, CCS Fundraising, London
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Senior Consultant, 2into3, Dublin
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Cabinet Member, CASE, UK and Ireland
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Mentor, Institute of Fundraising, London
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Pro-Bono Fundraising Counsel, ActionAid International Secretariat, London
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Fundraising Committee Member, The Passage, London
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Founding Director, Fundraising Ireland
A full biography is available here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/harveyduthie/.
A few personal favourites
Joining Mali's Minister Samba Sow at a WHO meeting in Dakar
Watching Bill Gates speak at the Grand Challenges meeting in Washington
Announcing AWS's landmark endowment to the University of Limerick
Participating in a meeting at the African Union Headquarters in Ethiopia
Organising UL's celebration of Dr. Chuck Feeney, and then meeting him in San Francisco. He gifted $8 billion during his lifetime
Joining Cardinal Brady and Monsignor Connolly for a donor meeting in Maynooth
Seeing Stripe's John Collison launch UL's Immersive Software Engineering programme on the RTE News
