Philanthropy

Support for the arts:

  • Sponsored the renovation of the Nubian and Egyptian Galleries, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford 2011.
  • Sole sponsor of the Lynn Painter-Stainers Art Prize London, 2011-13, via Minerva Magazine.
  • Sponsor to "Opening up of The Soane" renovations. Sir John Soane Museum, London. 2011-2012.
  • Joint sole sponsor to the Royal Academy Bronze Exhibition, 2012.
  • Sole sponsor of the Prehistoric Art Exhibition, British Museum 2012.
  • Sponsor to the digitising of the John Marshall photographic archive, British School at Rome, 2012-14.
  • Sponsor to the digitizing of the Beazley archives, Classical Art Research Centre, Oxford. 2013.
  • Sponsor to the renovation of Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-Vie de Mougins, France.
  • Sole sponsor of the UCL Roman and Hellenistic Societies Ancient Armour conference day 2015.
  • Sponsor of the renovation of The Charterhouse, Charterhouse Square, City of London 2015-2017.
  • Sponsor to the construction of a new science block, Charterhouse School, Godalming, Surry, UK.
  • Sponsor of the Ai Wei Wei exhibition, Royal Academy, 2016.
  • Sponsor of the Abstract Expressionist Exhibition, Royal Academy 2016.
  • Sponsor of the Sunken Cities Exhibition, British Museum 2016.
  • Sole sponsor of the UCL Roman and Hellenistic Societies Classical Sculpture conference day 2017.
  • Sole sponsor of the King's College London, Modern Classicism Conference, November 2017.
  • Sponsor of the Marc Quinn Exhibition, Sir John Soane Museum, London 2017.
  • Sponsor of the Belzoni Exhibition, Sir John Soane Museum, London October-December 2017.
  • Sponsor of the Hadrian's Wall Roman Cavalry Exhibition April-Sept 2017.
  • Sponsor of The Bountiful Sea, Ancient food conference, Ashmolean/BSR, Oxford Sept 2017.
  • Sponsor of the construction of new science blocks, Charterhouse School, Surrey. 2018.
  • Sponsor of the King's College London, Modern Classicism Exhibition, March-May 2018.
  • Sponsor of the Tacita Dean Exhibition, National Gallery, London, March-May 2018.
  • Sponsor of the Keith haring Exhibition, Albertina Museum, Vienna, Austria. March-June 2018.
  • Sponsor of the Ibrahim El-Salahi Exhibition, Ashmolean Museum Oxford, April-June 2018.
  • Sole sponsor of the "There Not There", MA curated Exhibition, Courtauld Institute June-July 2018.
  • Sponsor of the Sean Scully Exhibition, National Gallery, London, April-August 2019.
  • Sponsor of "Henry Moore – The Helmet Heads" Exhibition, The Wallace Collection, Apr-Jun 2019.
  • Sponsor of the Keith haring Exhibition, Tate Liverpool, June- November 2019.
  • Sponsor of the Elizabeth I Portrait, Great Chamber Renovation, The Charterhouse, 2019/20.
  • Sponsor of the Bridget Riley Exhibition, Hayward Gallery, London Oct 2019- January 2020.
  • Sponsor of the "Last Knight" Exhibition, Met Museum NY, October 2019-January 2020.
  • Sponsor of the "Troy" Exhibition, British Museum, November 2019-March 2020.
  • Sole sponsor of the Langlands & Bell Exhibition, Sir John Soane Museum, Mar-Jan 2021.
  • Sponsor of Grayson Perry – Tomb of Unknown Craftsman Exhibition, British Museum, Aug- Dec 2020.
  • Sponsor to the cleaning of Dante's memorial, Cathedral of Santa Croce, Florence, March 2021.
  • Sponsor restoration of the Simonetta Vespucci Chapel, with Botticelli's grave, Ognissanti, Florence.
  • Sponsor of the Kehinde Wiley Exhibition, National Gallery, London, Dec 2021-Apr 2022.

Senior Patron Museum Memberships:

  • Member of the Metropolitan Museum Philodorai Circle – Dept. of Antiquities. 2011-present.
  • Member of the International Collectors Council, Met Museum NY. 2017-present
  • Member of The Soane Circle, Sir Joan Soane's Museum.
  • Donor member - British Museum. 2010-present.
  • Member of George Beaumont Circle, National Gallery, London.
  • Platinum Patron, Royal Academy.

Academic funding:

  • Wolfson College Oxford.
  • Ruskin School of Art, Oxford.

Curatorial Funding:

  • The Ashmolean Museum, Oxford.
  • British Museum, London.
  • The Bargello Museum, Florence.

Archaeology funding:

  • 2013-14. Roman Fort Vicus, Maryport, Cumbria, with Hadrian's Wall Trust.
  • 2012-ongoing. Naukratis, Egypt, with British Museum.
  • 2014-2016. Pantanello, Villa Adriana, Tivoli, Italy, British Museum and BSR.
  • 2017-18. Can Blai, Formentera Island, Spain, University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis

Charity funding:

  • HPV Anal Cancer Charity (board member 2011 to present), NSPCC, Cure AHC, ARK – Action Return for Kids, Outward Bound Trust, Children in Action Geneva, Peter Jones Foundation.
  • Noi per Voi, Children's Cancer Charity, Florence.