Kimberly Gire

Kimberly Gire is the Founder of Global Women Leaders Strategic Philanthropy, the Co-Chair of the Centre for Disaster Protection, the Chair of the Centre for Global Equality at Cambridge, and the Chair of the Advisory Board for the Global Schools Forum. A career banking and finance senior executive, she was previously the CFO for the retail, business and private banking divisions of Westpac Banking Corporation and has worked extensively in the international capital markets with Citi.

As a strategic philanthropist, Kimberly donates her professional skills and experience in capital markets, treasury, structured finance and philanthropy to support humanitarian, development and environmental organisations, including as a pro bono Special Advisor to the EJS Presidential Centre for Women and Development, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Swisscross Foundation, and as a member of the High-Level Steering Group for the Education Outcomes Fund.  Kimberly contributes to developing financing solutions for ‘global public goods’ at scale by collaborating with the leadership of humanitarian, development and environmental actors, multilaterals, philanthropists, and the private sector.  

She was an Advisor to The World Bank’s collaborative Famine Action Mechanism, a member of the B20 Saudi Arabia Advocacy Caucus, and is a member of the Editorial Board for the Women’s Forum for the Economy & Society Global Meeting and the Women and Girls Africa Summit. Kimberly received a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology with a specialisation in Business Administration from the University of California at Los Angeles, a Graduate Diploma in Japanese from Macquarie University in Sydney, and is a Member of the Australian Institute for Company Directors.