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Fondation de France UK

Come discover a new chapter of Franco-British philanthropy.

About us

Who we are

Fondation de France UK is an independent British charity, registered in England and Wales (registration number 1216755). Thanks to our donors, it will support Franco-British projects of public interest between French and British institutions. As a local charitable organisation, Fondation de France UK will bring new expertise, supporting innovative projects with strong and visible impact. Fondation de France UK will fund ambitious cross-border projects across a wide range of sectors: culture, the arts, education, and scientific research, working towards the construction of a fairer and more united world.

Governance

Board

Axelle DAVEZAC
Chairman
CEO Fondation de France
Frédéric THERET
Qualified representative
Executive Director of Marketing and Development Fondation de France
Emmanuelle BURY
Treasurer
Country Head BNP Paribas UK
Odile PREVOT
Secretary
Partner at Pierson Ferdinand LLP
Benjamin VEDRENNE-CLOQUET
President of the Project committee
Entrepreneur and Investor
Neil HESLOP
Qualified representative
CEO Charities Aid Foundation

Project committee

The Project committee will be responsible for sourcing Franco-British unique and collaborative projects. It will also verifiy the eligibility of the projects supported and ensure that they are properly due-diligent. Its full autonomy will guarantee Fondation de France UK’s freedom, a self-reliance which will guide the integrality of its activities and redistributive competencies.

Benjamin VEDRENNE-CLOQUET
President of the Project committee
Entrepreneur and Investor
Odile PREVOT
Partner at Pierson Ferdinand LLP
Olivier NICOLAY
Non-Executive Director
Catherine BOND
Advisor
Nora ALMEIDA
Consultant

Support committee

The Support committee will contribute to the charity’s development in all its facets: fundraising, awareness-raising, events, networking, etc. This will allow for Fondation de France UK’s development strategy to be righteous, moral, and in the sole interest of its own activities.
Emmanuelle BURY
Country Head BNP Paribas UK
Xavier QUATTROCCHI-OUBRADOUS
Entrepreneur
Nicolas PONSET
Founder Aleron Partners
Jean-Christophe NAPOLEON BONAPARTE
Founder and Managing Partner Leon Capital
Caroline BAULT
Managing Partner CounselRock Partners
Jean-Baptiste WAUTIER
Investor and Lecturer

They trust us

Fondation de France UK will support and finance innovative and unique Franco-British collaborative projects in all areas of public interest. Projects are selected and approved by the Project committee.

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London Music Fund

Winner of ‘Outstanding Musical Initiative’. Its mission is to transform under-served communities by enabling children to access high-quality music education.

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Wings for life

Every donation goes to spinal cord research and finances numerous successful projects in basic research, preclinical and clinical research and thus creates knowledge of incredible value for the future.

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Comme les autres

Allowing people with disabilities following a life accident to bounce back towards a fulfilling social and professional life.

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Maison Française d’Oxford

Offering to the most deserving French PhD students the opportunity to take a one-year Master’s degree at Oxford University.

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Institut Imagine

Financing a research team led by Dr. Yanick Crow split between the Institut Imagine in Paris and the Institute of Genetics and Cancer at the University of Edinburgh, into Type 1 interferonopathies