Greater Share Appoints Dana K. Bezerra as Chief Executive Officer

London, New York, 19 January 2023: Greater Share, the innovative UK-based initiative that aims to combine philanthropy with private equity, is delighted to announce the appointment of Dana K. Bezerra as Chief Executive Officer. Dana will lead the development of Greater Share’s unique investment model and drive its philanthropic impact.

For more than two decades, Dana has worked with asset owners, philanthropists and NGOs to unite purpose, investment and wealth to help unleash shared value. Prior to joining Greater Share, Dana served as President of the Heron Foundation, having spent nearly 18 years in the organisation. She played a key role in rotating the foundation's entire portfolio to better reflect Heron’s mission, screening 100% of its assets for impact. Dana started her career at Merrill Lynch's Private Banking & Investment Group where she specialised in Philanthropy and Non-profit Management.

Always committed to systems change, Dana has been active in the leadership of several organisations, including two privately held investment firms: CapShift and TILT, as well as Duke University’s Fuqua CASE i3 Advisors and as a frequent guest lecturer at the Tamer Center for Social Enterprise at Columbia University, and as part of Harvard’s Advanced Leadership Initiative designed to unleash the potential of experienced leaders to help solve society’s most pressing challenges.

Paul Fletcher, Chair of the Board of Greater Share, said: “We are delighted to welcome Dana to the Greater Share Community. She brings a unique blend of experience in the investment industry, the philanthropic world, and the unique intersection of both that will be of huge benefit to our NGOs and investors. Dana is an exceptional leader with an excellent track record of driving business growth, she’s in a clear position to accelerate the momentum that we have achieved at Greater Share.”

Greater Share is an innovative UK-based initiative that aims to combine philanthropy with private equity to generate significant long-term, reliable, repeatable support for NGOs working to close the most important gaps around the world. Advent International, Bain Capital, Cinven, Hg Capital, Lexington Partners, Nautic Partners and Permira are among those already partnering with the enterprise. In October 2022, Greater Share announced an exciting new partnership with Moonfare, the leading digital global private equity investment platform.

Greater Share’s first fund, the Greater Share Education Fund is designed to improve the lives of children around the globe, funding the provision of child-centric education to bridge and close the gap in educational access that impedes social and economic development in marginalised communities. NGO partners include the London Early Years Foundation and CAMFED, the Campaign for Female Education (see below for a full list of partner NGOs).

About Greater Share

Greater Share is an innovative philanthropic investment model harnessing the expertise of primary funds and some of the highest impact NGOs to transform under-served communities across the globe. Greater Share's first fund focuses on education, one of the most pressing priorities for our society. This first-of-its-kind philanthropic model aims to provide eight selected NGOs with long-term, recurring funding, helping them to achieve their mission of closing the education gap.

Greater Share supports 8 NGOS across the globe

AeioTU (Latin America) creates innovative and sustainable models for early childhood development in Colombia, Panama and Mexico.

Campaign for Female Education, CAMFED, (Sub-Saharan Africa) provides educational opportunities for girls and young women in rural areas and promotes systemic innovation in the education system.

Kaivalya Education Foundation (India) promotes public education systems change across India
 by improving governance and capacities of all stakeholders in the education system.

KIPP Foundation (United States), the largest US non-profit charter operator, runs a network of high-quality public non-profit charter schools providing education from age 4 to 18 in low-income communities.

The London Early Years Foundation, LEYF Nurseries (UK) provide the families of 0–5-year-olds in underserved communities with high quality early education and care. It also supports its communities’ holistic needs (eg nutrition, sustainability, and parental support).

The National Institute for Student Success (United States) trains and empowers those providing critical support to students to adopt data-driven solutions to identify early indicators, and reduce the incidence, of college dropout.

Teach For All (global) operates a network of partner organisations that recruit and train young adults from reputed universities and workplaces to teach in under-resourced schools.

West London Zone (UK) builds collaboration between families, school teachers and leaders, government, and charities to support the social, emotional and academic needs of UK schoolchildren.

Media contact: 

Stephanie Herrmann
+44 7342 726 548
sherrmann@greatershare.com

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