DAME VIVIEN DUFFIELD DBE Dame Vivien Duffield is the daughter of Sir Charles Clore, one of Britain’s most successful post-war businessmen and one of the most generous philanthropists of his day. Continuing this tradition, Dame Vivien grew up with a firm belief in supporting charitable endeavours. After Sir Charles’ death in 1979, she assumed the Chairmanship of the Clore Foundations in Israel and in the UK. In Israel, she served as Deputy Chairman of the Board of the Weizmann Institute of Science. She is an Honorary Fellow of the City of Jerusalem and winner of the Jerusalem Foundation’s Teddy Prize. Dame Vivien has also been awarded an Hon. DPhil. from the Weizmann Institute of Science and a Ph.D. honoris causa from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. In the UK, Dame Vivien is closely associated with a number of charities and, since the early 1980s, has sat on various Appeal Committees and Development Boards for the NSPCC, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children and the Royal Marsden, and was a Trustee of Dulwich Picture Gallery from 1993 to 2002. She was a member of the South Bank Centre Board from 2002 to 2016 and was Governor of the Royal Opera House from 1990 to 2001 and 2014 to 2022. She has sat on the Board of the World Monuments Fund in Britain and was a Governor of the Royal Ballet and the Royal Ballet School. Dame Vivien is a member of the Royal Opera House Board. In addition to the Chairmanship of her Foundations, Dame Vivien is also Founder and Life Patron of Eureka!, The Museum for Children in Halifax. In 2007 she was appointed Chair of the Executive Committee for the Oxford University Development Campaign. Her charitable work in the UK was acknowledged with the award of a CBE in 1989 and DBE in 2000. In November 2008 HRH The Prince of Wales presented Dame Vivien one of the first five Medals for Arts Philanthropy. The medal celebrates individuals who support the arts and recognises the contribution of the most inspiring philanthropists in the UK. Dame Vivien initiated the Jewish Community Centre in London - JW3 - and has been a major contributor to the building, which opened in September 2013. Photographer: Maria Spann
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