The Atlantic Philanthropies are an allied group of foundations, trusts and other organisations, based primarily in Bermuda, and operating in seven countries. The members of the Board of Directors and Board Committees are:
DIRECTORS
Harvey P. Dale
Founding President
University Professor of Philanthropy and the Law, New York University School of Law
Director, National Center on Philanthropy and the Law
Christine V. Downton
Former Partner, Pareto Partners
Charles F. Feeney
Founding Chair
William W. "Billy" Hall
Chair, Medical Microbiology, School of Medicine, University College Dublin
Director, Centre for Research in Infectious Diseases, University College Dublin
Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot
Deputy Chair*
Professor, Harvard Graduate School of Education
Elizabeth J. McCormack
Advisor, Rockefeller Family & Associates
Thomas N. Mitchell
Deputy Chair*
Former Provost, Trinity College Dublin
Christopher Oechsli
President & Chief Executive Officer*
The Atlantic Philanthropies
Peter Smitham
Chair*
Chairman of Actis
Partner in Permira
Michael I. Sovern
President Emeritus and Chancellor Kent Professor of Law, Columbia University, New York
Cummings V. Zuill
Senior Vice President, Bank of Bermuda, Retired
Bermuda Charity Commissioner
* Officers of Atlantic's Board.
BOARD COMMITTEES
Audit & Budget Committee* †
Cummings V. Zuill – Chair
Thomas N. Mitchell
Michael I. Sovern
James Downey
Human Resources Committee*
Michael I. Sovern – Chair
William Hall
Elizabeth J. McCormack
Governance Committee
Peter Smitham – Chair
Christine V. Downton
Charles F. Feeney
Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot
Elizabeth J. McCormack
Thomas N. Mitchell
Investment Committee**
Christine Downton – Chair
Harvey P. Dale
B. Grady Durham, President, Monticello Associates, Inc.
David Erskine
David A. Salem, President, Managing Partner & Chief Investment Officer at Windhorse Capital Management
Peter Smitham
* Peter Smitham attends Committee meetings on an ex-officio basis in his capacity as Board Chair.
** Messrs. Durham, Erskine and Salem sit on the Investment Committee but not on the Board.
† Mr. Downey sits on the Audit & Budget Committee but not on the Board.
