Oxfam CEO Mark Goldring CBE, will speak on Tuesday 22nd May from 6.15pm in the Dorfman Centre of St Peter’s College. As CEO of Oxfam GB, one of the most famous and high profile charitable organisations in the world, Mark Goldring brings the needs of the world’s poorest to the global stage. He works with high level government and business leaders and influencing them to act against the causes of poverty. Goldring is chair of the British Overseas Aid Group (BOAG), an umbrella agency representing the 5 biggest NGOs in the UK: Oxfam, ActionAid, CAFOD, Christian Aid, and Save the Children. He also manages Oxfam’s programmes in 55 countries; the organisation’s annual income of nearly £400m and thousands of staff and volunteers. He will discuss ‘Reducing Inequality, Ending Poverty: Politics, Philosophy or Economics?’
Goldring’s considerable services to tackling poverty and disadvantage were recognised in 2008 with a CBE. Under his leadership, Oxfam, reached more than 13 million people direct last year – and improved the lives of many more. This involved responding to emergencies, developing long-term projects for poor communities and campaigning for lasting change. Goldring has decades of experience in international development. He was chief executive of VSO (Voluntary Service Overseas) and worked in the field for the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the UK’s Department for International Development (DFID), and Oxfam too, as Bangladesh country director in the 90s. Before joining Oxfam, Goldring was chief executive of Mencap, the UK’s leading disability charity. In his five years there, he led the continued growth of the charity’s support services and positioned it as a leading influencer on national disability and social care policy. In recent years, he has also served as vice-chair of AMREF UK, the African health charity; as a board member of Accenture Development Partnerships; chair of the board of charity Revolving Doors and trustee of BRAC – the Bangladesh-based development agency. Goldring read law at Oxford and has a Masters in social policy and planning in developing countries from the London School of Economics.
The event is free and open to all.
