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Senior Leadership Team
Ben Plummer-Powell – Chief Philanthropy and Global Engagement Officer
Email: b.plummer-powell@lse.ac.uk
Senior Executive Assistant: Yari Hernandez Hine
Email: y.hine@lse.ac.uk
Senior Executive Officer: Corey Moore
Email: c.moore5@lse.ac.uk
Ben is a member of the School Management Committee and has strategic oversight for philanthropy, alumni engagement, corporate engagement, international strategy and global academic partnerships.
Ben leads on the most significant philanthropic opportunities and directs the School’s major philanthropy campaign in support of LSE’s strategic goals.
Executive Directors
Sophie Hutchinson – Executive Director of Operations and Alumni and Supporter Engagement
Email: s.j.hutchinson@lse.ac.uk
Executive Officer: Liz Lane
Email: l.lane1@lse.ac.uk
Sophie is responsible for the running of Philanthropy and Global Engagement on a day to day basis. She has oversight for teams within alumni and supporter engagement and fundraising services, such as gift management, systems, insight and planning.
Sophie works closely with colleagues in other professional services divisions to enable the team to work as effectively as possible.
Helen Jones – Executive Director of Development
Email: h.jones4@lse.ac.uk
Executive Officer: Olivia Powell
Email: o.powell@lse.ac.uk
Helen has oversight for philanthropy across the School, working with colleagues to raise funds through leadership philanthropy, individual philanthropy, foundation partnerships and corporate engagement.
Helen works closely with colleagues across the School to align campaign priorities to the LSE 2030 to support funding for research, the transformation of campus, policy impact and the student experience.
Dr Brendan Smith – Executive Director of International Strategy and LSE in East Asia
Email: b.p.smith1@lse.ac.uk
Executive Officer: Marina Arcady
Email: m.a.arcady@lse.ac.uk
Brendan leads on all aspects of the division's engagement in North and South East Asia. He oversees the International Strategy and Academic Partnerships team which manages the School's academic partnerships around the world.
Sarah Anderson – Executive Director of Corporate Engagement
Email: s.l.anderson@lse.ac.uk
Executive Officer: Katherine Henig
Email: k.henig@lse.ac.uk
Sarah leads on setting the School’s strategic direction for corporate engagement, including engagement with public sector and third sector organisations. She works across the School to develop and implement a coordinated strategy for enhancing and deepening LSE’s relations with businesses and organisations of all types, in order to help deliver LSE’s strategic goals.
Directors
Stephen Tall – Director of Development
Email: s.j.tall@lse.ac.uk
Stephen leads on securing income from a portfolio of donors and funders, supports philanthropy officers in securing gift opportunities and oversees major gift fundraising from individuals, income from foundations and philanthropy research across the whole Division.
Chris Kendrick – Director of Alumni and Supporter Engagement
Email: c.kendrick@lse.ac.uk
Chris leads LSE’s Alumni & Supporter Engagement function, which coordinates resources, lifelong learning programmes, communications, events and opportunities that add value to the alumni and supporter experience while also advancing and strengthening LSE.
Malina Szreter – Director of PAGE Operations
Email: m.k.szreter@lse.ac.uk
Malina is responsible for providing leadership to Operations teams within Philanthropy and Global Engagement at LSE, including income management & services; data, insight & systems and planning, office & business management.