Lady Hilary Browne Wilkinson, Director of the Institute of Philanthropy

I wanted to hear from Lady Browne-Wilkinson why she believes philanthropy is so important that she decided to set up the Institute of Philanthropy, an organisation designed to improve the quality of philanthropy in the UK. When working as a city lawyer, after a 20 year career as a professional musician, it was seeing some of the country’s best musicians being paid less than her secretary that spurred her to look into the funding of other worthwhile causes. She now hopes her Institute can encourage philanthropy and corporate giving by improving the information available to donors.