Chris Edwards most recently served as General Counsel at Interserve Group Limited in the United Kingdom, joining the company after it had entered insolvency. Prior to that, he held senior leadership roles with leading international natural resources companies. Chris began his career at a magic circle law firm and has lived and worked in both Hong Kong and Amsterdam.
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Chris Edwards most recently served as General Counsel at Interserve Group Limited in the United Kingdom, joining the company after it had entered insolvency. Prior to that, he held senior leadership roles with leading international natural resources companies. Chris began his career at a magic circle law firm and has lived and worked in both Hong Kong and Amsterdam.
Global Fund for Children is pleased to welcome four new members to its Global Board. Our board plays a vital role in providing guidance, stewardship, and strategic leadership, drawing on a wealth of experience across sectors and geographies.
Kelly Pettit is the Managing Director, Chief Compliance Officer, and Associate General Counsel at General Atlantic. Based in New York, she leads the firm’s investment funds practice, oversees its global regulatory compliance program, and supports general corporate matters as part of the Legal & Compliance team. She also oversees General Atlantic’s privacy program and previously served on the firm’s IDEA Council.
Girl Up and Global Fund for Children (GFC) announced a new partnership as Girl Up transitions from its founding home at the United Nations Foundation to Global Fund for Children, it's new fiscal host.
As Brazil prepares to host COP30, Global Fund for Children exposes a stark contradiction: Whilst young Brazilians from Indigenous, quilombola and peripheral territories are building climate solutions in their communities every day, colonial funding structures systematically exclude them from the resources and decision-making spaces needed to scale their work. COP30 exemplifies this crisis — the young people most affected by climate change face innumerous barriers to participate in the summit meant to address it, from high travel costs to the bureaucracy required to access the official conference space.
Global Fund for Children is pleased to announce that Hana Nguyen has joined the Global Board of Directors.
At Global Fund for Children (GFC), we are guided by a deep belief in shifting power for community-led change. In a time of growing crisis and complexity, we know that philanthropy must rise to meet the moment.
Over the last three decades, GFC has supported more than 1,300 community-based partners and reached over 11 million children. As we celebrated our 30th anniversary last year, we reflected on our journey and reaffirmed our commitment to building a better future for children by continuing to support community organizations that are courageously shifting norms, policies, and practices in an increasingly challenging global landscape.
The Iris Project, a global organisation dedicated to highlighting and supporting the transformative impact of youth-led initiatives in protecting and restoring nature, is excited to announce its transition of fiscal hosting from Global Greengrants Fund to Global Fund for Children (GFC) in February 2025. This strategic move reflects The Iris Project’s continued growth and commitment to innovative, trust-based grantmaking that amplifies the impact youth-led environmental projects are having worldwide.
