Kimberly Gire

Kimberly Gire is the Founder and Chair of Global Women Leaders Strategic Philanthropy, Co-Chair of the Centre for Disaster Protection, Chair of the Centre for Global Equality at Cambridge, and a member of the High-Level Steering Group for the Education Outcomes Fund hosted by UNICEF. A career banking and finance senior executive, she was previously the Chief Financial Officer for the retail, business and private banking divisions of Westpac Banking Corporation and has worked extensively in the international capital markets with Westpac and Citi. As a strategic philanthropist, Kimberly donates her professional skills and experience in capital markets, treasury, structured finance, risk management, impact investing, and philanthropy to support humanitarian, development and environment organizations globally, including as a special advisor to the Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Presidential Center for Women and Development, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), the Global Schools Forum, and Swisscross Foundation. She is a member of the BMW Foundation Responsible Leadership Network and a member of the Editorial Board for the Women's Forum for the Economy & Society.