Dame Vivien Duffield DBE

Dame Vivien Duffield continues the philanthropic legacy of her father Sir Charles Clore, one of Britain's most successful post-war businessmen. After Sir Charles' death in 1979, Dame Vivien assumed the Chairmanship of the Clore Foundations in the UK and in Israel. In the UK she also established her own Vivien Duffield Foundation in 1987 and merged the two in 2000 to create the Clore Duffield Foundation.

Dame Vivien's UK Foundation has supported a wide range of organisations including the Royal Opera House, Tate, the Royal Ballet, the British Museum, the Natural History Museum, Dulwich Picture Gallery, the Southbank Centre and Eureka! The National Children's Museum - to name just a few - as well as many hundreds of smaller projects. The Foundation has made a particular contribution to cultural education, having funded more than 40 Clore Learning Spaces across the UK, and to leadership training for the arts and charity sector, having launched Clore Leadership for the cultural sector in 2003 and Clore Social Leadership in 2008.

In addition to the Chairmanship of her Foundation, Dame Vivien was a member of the Board of the Royal Opera House from 1990 to 2001 and is currently Chairman of the Royal Opera House Endowment Fund. She is a Director of the Southbank Centre board and a Governor of the Royal Ballet. From 2007 to 2010 she was Chair of the Campaign for Oxford University. She is the founder and Life President of JW3, London's new Jewish Community Centre, which opened in September 2013, and founder and Life President of Eureka! in Halifax. She is also Chairman of the Clore Foundation in Israel.

Dame Vivien's charitable work has been formally acknowledged by many institutions, both in the UK and in Israel. She was awarded the CBE in 1989, the DBE in 2000, and won the Beacon Fellowship Prize in 2006. In 2008 HRH The Prince of Wales presented Dame Vivien with one of the first Medals for Arts Philanthropy. The Medal celebrates individuals who support the arts and recognises the contribution of the most inspiring philanthropists in the UK.