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OUR HISTORY

In 1919 after the First World War, children in Austria and Eastern Europe were dying of hunger. In 1919 their plight

inspired Eglantyne Jebb to start the Save the Children Fund. Ignoring the many angry views in Britain that she was

helping children of the enemy, Eglantyne began Save the Childrens first relief scheme in Austria, supplying food to

starving children there.

Eglantyne had a vision and clarity of thought that fits better into the second half of the 20th century than the first. She

began Save the Children as a compassionate but highly professional international aid organisation with high

ambitions and strict standards: The new Charity must have some clear conception of its job, and seek to compass

them with the same care, the same intelligence as is to be found in the best enterprises.

And she was the founder of childrens rights that are now part of the laws of nearly every country in the world,

protecting millions of children long after her death.

Eglantyne Jebb was driven by the belief that all children whoever they are, wherever they are have the right to a

healthy, happy, fulfilling life. And the belief that change is within reach if we have courage, determination,

imagination and good organisation.

Out of disasters and difficulty, we know change is possible. Save the Childrens experience, changing childrens lives

for the better during these decades, is the foundation for what we do today and tomorrow to build a better future for

children.

OUR STRUCTURE

We are 30 national organisations working together to deliver programmes in over 120 countries around the world.

Our national organisations work together to campaign for better practices and policies, build partnerships with

communities, civil society, governments and the private sector, and to deliver programmes at scale to support

children.

Save the Children also has four Advocacy Offices working for policy change to benefit children, targeting the United

Nations, European Union and the African Union.

Save the Children International is based in London. This office is responsible for delivering our programmes

internationally on behalf of members and our donors and working with national organisations to ensure we achieve

the greatest possible impact for children.

OUR BOARD

Save the Children is now governed and led by the Save the Children International Board. Our Board is responsible

for overseeing a holistic global strategy for Save the Children, as well as governance over Save the Children

Internationals programming activities.


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Save the Childrens CEO, Jasmine Whitbread, works closely with the national organisations to lead and manage the

delivery of our international programmes and drive growth in order to deliver on our ambitious objectives for children.

Inger Ashing

Inger is Deputy Director General of the Swedish National Board of Youth Affairs and Director of

Youth Policy. She is an expert to the Delegation for Human Rights and a member of the advisory board to the

Swedish Academy for the Rights of the Child. Inger is a member of the Swedish Inheritance Fund Commission. She

is on the board for the Swedish Enforcement Authority and a member of the Monitoring Committee for The European

Social Fund. Inger has been involved in Save the Children Sweden since 1992 and Chair of Save the Children

Sweden since June 2008.

Naznina Bhatia

Nina joined British Gas as Managing Director of its Electrical & Dyno Services business in 2010,

with a focus on growth and development of its current portfolio of products. Before joining British Gas Nina was a

partner at McKinsey & Co for 10 years where over the course of her career she served national and global clients in

the private, public and social arenas. In her last 5 years Nina focused on the healthcare and government arenas, and

led McKinseys public sector practice in the UK. Nina has extensive experience in strategy and organisation and her

work has taken her across the world, from the UK, to the US, Asia and Africa. She was born of Indian origin in

Tanzania and lives in London with her husband and their two daughters.

Bill Haber

Bill is President of OSTAR Enterprises, which has produced awardwinning plays and films such

as Monty Pythons Spamalot, History Boys, Journeys End and the Woman in White. His company has won seven

Tony awards. Prior to OSTAR, he co-founded Creative Artists Agency, the Los Angeles-based literary and talent

agency. He was responsible for managing the agencys leading presence in the television industry and their

innovative corporate advisory services. He is a member of the Governing Board of the League of American Theatres

and Producers. He holds degrees in English, History and Political Science from UCLA and was a member of the first

class of Loyola Law School of Los Angeles. Bill joined the Board of Trustees of Save the Children US in 1995.


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Mimi Jakobsen

Mimi Jakobsen has served as CEO of Save the Children Denmark since 2000. Prior to Save the

Children Mimi held a number of senior roles in the Danish parliament, including Minister of Cultural Affairs, Minister

for Social Affairs, Minister of Industry, Minister of Trade and deputy Prime Minister. She has gained considerable

international experience by becoming a member of Ministers Councils in the European Union. Mimi Jakobsen is

known throughout Denmark both for her longstanding political career and for speaking out on behalf of vulnerable

children.

Irene Khan

Irene Khan is Director-General of the International Development Law Organization (IDLO). The first woman to hold

this office, she was elected by Member Parties on 17 November 2011 and took up her position formally on 1 January

2012 for a term of four years.

An international thought leader on human rights, gender and social justice issues, Irene Khan was Secretary General

of Amnesty International from 2001 2009. Prior to that, she worked for the UN High Commissioner for Refugees for

21 years at headquarters and in various field operations. She was Visiting Professor at the State University of New

York Law School (Buffalo) in 2011.

Ms. Khan is Chancellor of Salford University (UK), and a member of the UNAIDS High Level Commission on HIV

Prevention. She sits on the boards of several international human rights and development organizations.

Ms. Khan received the Sydney Peace Prize in 2006 for her work to end violence against women and girls. Her

book, The Unheard Truth: Poverty and Human Rights has been translated into seven languages.

Born in Bangladesh, Irene Khan studied law at the University of Manchester and Harvard Law School.

Borger Lenth

Borger has held a number of senior positions in Norwegian banking and finance including as

CEO of Eksportfinans and Kreditkassen. He has served as a civil servant, first as CEO of NORAD (the instrument for

bilateral Norwegian aid), and later as Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Development Assistance. He has served


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as Board member of several major Norwegian companies including Norsk Hydro, KLP, Eidsiva and Aschehoug.

Borger has been a Board member of Redd Barna (Save the Children Norway) since 1985 and Board Chair since

2005. Borger is married with two children and five grandchildren.

Mark Malloch-Brown

Mark Malloch-Brown is Chairman of FTI Global Affairs focusing on advising corporates on the

risks and opportunities associated with rapid changes in the global political economy. Formerly he was Minister of

State in the Foreign Office, covering Africa and Asia, and was a member of Gordon Browns cabinet. He had

previously served as Deputy Secretary-General and Chief of Staff of the UN under Kofi Annan. For six years he was

Administrator of the UNDP, leading the UNs development efforts around the world. Other positions have included

vice-chairman of George Soross Investment Funds, as well as his Open Society Institute, a Vice-President at the

World Bank and the lead international partner in a political consulting firm. He also has served as Vice-Chairman of

the World Economic Forum. He began his career as a journalist on The Economist.

He is chair of the Royal Africa Society and on a number of non-profit and advisory boards, including the International

Crisis group, the Open Society Foundation and the Centre for Global Development in Washington. He is a member of

the House of Lords and was knighted in 2007.

Brad Palmer

Brad Palmer is an entrepreneur and investor who has been actively involved for more than 20 years in building

businesses that have a positive, transformative impact on society. His current investment focus includes education,

health care, financial services, human resources and renewable energy. Previously he worked with Jim Wolfensohn

and Paul Volcker at their strategic advisory and investment banking firm. He currently serves on the Boards ofnumerous private companies and non-profit organizations and has served on the Save the Children board for 16

years.

Alan Parker

Alan is the founder and Chairman of Brunswick LLP, the international corporate and financial

communications firm which he started in 1987. Alan is Governor of the School of Oriental and African Studies, Vice-

Chairman of Business Commitment to the Environment, Chairman of the Good Work Commission and was founder

and Vice-Chairman of China Now, a nationwide festival in the UK in 2008 celebrating Chinese arts and culture

designed to strengthen relationships between the UK and China. He is Chair of the Board of Trustees for Save the

Children UK. Alan lives in London and is married to Jane.

Charles R. Perrin (Chair)


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Claudio Tesauro has been a member of the Board of Directors of Save the Children Italy since

2004 and he is currently the President. Executive partner of the Rome office of Bonelli Erede Pappalardo, one of

Italys leading law firms, he is also President of the Italian Antitrust Association and the Head of the Antitrust

Department, which has lawyers based in Brussels, Rome, Milan and London.

Graduated cum laude in 1987 from the Faculty of Law of the University of Naples, Italy and completed a Masters in

Comparative Jurisprudence at the New York University School of Law and then joined the New York law firm Fox &

Horan.

Claudio Tesauros antitrust experience began in 1989 as a trainee at the Legal Service of the European Commission.

In 1992 he entered private practice, as one of the founders of the firm Tizzano-Pappalardo and later as the youngest

partner of Pappalardo e Associati, specializing in EC competition law.

Claudio Tesauro has acted in several high profile cases and regularly appears before the Italian antitrust authority,

the European Commission and national courts. Claudio also handles merger cases and investigations under the

Italian and EU merger rules.

OUR FINANCE

Save the Children maximises the benefits to children by managing our income and expenditure responsibly andeffectively.

Save the Children receives income from a wide variety of sources including individuals, foundations, governments

and companies. These valuable contributions make it possible for us to secure improvements for children all over the

world. We have a clear responsibility to the worlds children, and to all of our supporters, to make the best possible

use of these resources.

To improve our cost-effectiveness, Save the Children International works together with partner organisations where

feasible. We spend as much money as possible on programmes which benefit children directly. Most of these

programmes are based in the worlds poorest countries, where millions of children struggle to survive and thrive.

Save the Children national organisations also operate domestic programmes to meet the particular needs of children

in their own country.

We are committed to managing our funds in a fully accountable way. Effective administration does cost money, but

we keep this cost as low as possible. Save the Children is working to align our financial processes, planning and

reporting through the transition to one Save the Children where, instead of many member organisations delivering

programmes in a particular country, there is only one Save the Children organisation bringing significant cost

efficiencies in-country as well as across the rest of the organisation. This allows us to focus more on working for

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GOVERNANCE

Save the Children International is governed by its board of trustees. The board focuses on specific areas of the

organisation via its sub-committees, being:


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Audit & Finance Committee

Governance Committee

Member Engagement Committee

Programme Oversight Committee.

Save the Children International has a global assurance function, which has an independent reporting line into the

Chair of the Audit & Finance Committee, and which carries out internal audits in accordance with the definition from

the Institute of Internal Auditors: Internal auditing is an independent, objective assurance and consulting activity

designed to add value and improve the organisations operations. It helps the organ isation accomplish its objectives

by bringing a systematic, disciplined approach to evaluate and improve the effectiveness of risk management, control

and governance processes.

Save the Children International takes risk management seriously on an operational level, and has systems,

processes and resources allocated to ensure risks are captured, evaluated and acted on in an appropriate manner.

The Save the Children International risk register is shared with members and discussed with the board on an annual

basis, and at each (quarterly) Audit and Finance Committee.

Save the Children International is also governed by a comprehensive set of policies and procedures. The policies

include those on Code of Ethics, Child safeguarding, Whistleblowing and Fraud ensuring that staff are aware of our

fundamental values and principles, as well as allowing for the confidential and transparent reporting of issues which

might otherwise remain undetected.

Save the Children International has a compliance function at the centre, which looks at many aspects of compliance

internally, including scanning partners and other relationships to ensure we avoid working with terrorist or other

blacklisted organisations.

CORPORATE PARTNERS

Save the Children maximises its impact by working in partnership with other world-class organisations.

We work with partners to develop joint approaches that harness our strengths and deliver the greatest impact for

children. Together, we achieve immediate and lasting change for mil lions of children.

Our Global Partners

Our global collaboration with IKEA dates back to 1994. We were instrumental

in the development of IKEAs code of conduct against child labour, launched in 2000. Together with the IKEA

Foundation we are helping to realise childrens rights to a healthy and secure childhood and a quality education

through the annual IKEA instore Soft Toys campaign, and through ling-term programmes addressing the causes of

child labour in cotton production areas in India and Pakistan. The collaboration with the IKEA Foundation includes

some 50 projects and strategic programmes around the world.

More on our partnership with IKEA.

Our ongoing global partnership with Bulgari comes with a 15

million funding guarantee over 2009-2013 to secure improvements for less privileged children, with a special focus on

education. For example, during 2010 funds raised globally contributed to our programmes in more than 20 countries
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around the world. Exceeding targets, this initiative so far has helped to train more than 10,000 teachers and has

directly benefited 344,000 children in 1,235 schools around the world.

More on our partnership with Bulgari.

Save the Children International Partners

By providing in-kind support, a number of organisations help to achieve lasting change for children and obtainvaluable experience for their staff. We are very grateful for this support. Some of our recent partners are:

The Boston Consulting Group

Freshfields Bruckhaus Feringer LLP

Baker & McKenzie

Towers Watson

Hunton & Williams

Crowe Clark Whitehill
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