Clare Irons

Professional Experience

BforGood Programme Manager - WCF

July 2024-Present

Mountain Club  - Queenstown

Podcast Host

May 2024 - Present

The Mountain Club Podcast, a show with industry leading minds, business extraordinaires, creative thinkers and valued members of Mountain Club.  Here you will find courageous questions asked that will empower community and business growth.

Materiom 

Advisor

Mar 2023 - Present

Fundraising & Partnerships Lead

Oct 2020 - Mar 2023

Independent Corporate Responsibility & Philanthropy Professional

May 2018 - Oct 2020

Credit Suisse London

 Vice President, EMEA Corporate Citizenship

Jan 2014 - Apr 2018 · 4 yrs

Developing and managing the Credit Suisse EMEA Foundation including Identifying and developing existing key relationships with charitable organisations to meet the  Foundation's mission. Developing appropriate employee volunteering and giving programmes outside of the UK Project Management including monitoring and evaluation of the Foundation's portfolio and Employee Engagement initiatives

Assistant Vice President

Feb 2010 - Dec 2013 

Grant Management: Supporting programmes across EMEA outside of the UK Employee Engagement and developing specific in-country employee engagement programmes.

David Astor Journalism Awards Trust – London

Programme Coordinator

Feb 2008 - Feb 2010

Programme Management including managing the UK based award programmes at UK broadsheets, negotiating meetings with Government Ministers and departments and facilitating meetings and interviews with International media and helping to develop UK and US fundraising strategies

Geneva Global London

Account Manager

Aug 2006 - Dec 2007

European Relationship Management including monitoring actual and committed funding for account projects, assisting teams with the development of new Monitoring and Evaluation tools for project analysis and managing the portfolio of clients specifically to ensure the quality projects recommended for funding.

Advocacy Assistant

Sep 2005 - Aug 2006

Communications, assisting with the editing of the supporter magazine, and co-ordinating submission of evidence to Select Committee hearings

Education

University of St Andrews

Master of Arts (MA), Art History 2001 - 2005

Community Experience

Impact100 Wakatipu

Chairperson

2022 - Present

Baskets Of Blessing - Wakatipu

Trustee

Arrowtown Pre-School

Chair