Greater Share appoints Dorothea Arndt as Executive Director
London, 24 January 2025 - Greater Share, an innovative philanthropic investment platform connecting the world’s top-performing private equity funds with high-impact NGOs, is delighted to announce the appointment of Dorothea Arndt as Executive Director. Based in London, Dorothea will execute the organisation's strategic vision, lead stakeholder engagement across the Greater Share community, and seek to expand the philanthropic investment model into new areas of impact to provide sustainable, long-term support for NGOs globally.
Dorothea brings 20 years of experience in the non-profit sector, most recently as CEO of Hand in Hand International, where she led fundraising and programme monitoring efforts across the UK, Europe, and North America to support women entrepreneurs in East Africa and Asia. She has a proven track record of building strategic partnerships with organisations such as Visa, IKEA Foundation, and Boeing, as well as individual philanthropists, to advance initiatives in economic empowerment and education. Previously, she held senior roles at Ark Schools, JustGiving, and the British Red Cross.
Paul Fletcher, Chair of the Board of Greater Share, said “We are delighted to welcome Dorothea to Greater Share. It is our intention to build a community of practice and learning between our partner NGOs, whilst also creating a community of enlightened philanthropists. Dorothea’s deep expertise in the philanthropic sector and her talent for fostering impactful partnerships make her ideally suited to lead the organisation into this next phase.”
Dorothea Arndt, Executive Director of Greater Share, said: ”I am thrilled to join this exceptional team, which has successfully secured fresh, long-term, and unrestricted funding to close the education gap through imaginative partnerships and pioneering financial innovation.”
Greater Share partners with leading private equity firms, including Bain Capital, Cinven, Hg Capital, Lexington Partners, Nautic Partners and Permira, to amplify philanthropy. Its flagship initiative, the Greater Share Education Fund, provides unrestricted, long-term capital support to eight best-in-class international NGOs focused on achieving greater education equity in underserved communities around the world.
In December, Greater Share announced the successful final close of its Education Fund at $52 million, receiving contributions from more than fifty individual investors and organisations.
About Greater Share
Greater Share is a new philanthropic investment platform that aims to connect the world’s top-performing private equity funds with high-impact non-governmental organisations (NGOs). Greater Share invests in best-in-class private equity funds screened for ESG criteria with a pledge to share at least 50 percent of the gains with high-impact education NGOs with general partners also donating 100 percent of their associated fees and carry. Its first vehicle supports eight NGOs that have missions to close the education equity gap for students from cradle to career in underserved communities around the world. To learn more about Greater Share, please visit https://www.greatershare.com/
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