SENIOR ADVISORY COUNCIL
Michael Hastings is KPMG International’s Global Head of Corporate Citizenship, a Vice President of UNICEF, a Trustee of the Vodafone Group Foundation and President of development aid agency ZANE. He was previously the BBC’s Head of Public Affairs and also a non-executive Director of British Telecom.
Michael has served on several World Economic Forum’s Global Councils including the Next Generation and the Role of Business. He served on the Commission for Racial Equality for nine years and sits on the Council of the Overseas Development Institute in the UK. He was a leading advisor to a recent Chatham House enquiry into the Future Role of the UK in Foreign Affairs.
In 2002 Michael was awarded a CBE in recognition of his services to crime reduction, including 15 years as Chairman of Crime Concern. He was awarded a peerage in 2005 and in the same year received the UNICEF award for his ‘outstanding contribution to understanding and effecting solutions for Africa’s children’.
