Eleanor Harrison OBE joined Impetus as Chief Executive in September 2020. She has a wealth of experience leading non-profit teams around the world.
Before joining Impetus, Eleanor was Interim Chief Executive of Safe Passage International, using strategic advocacy and litigation to open and defend safe, legal routes to sanctuary for young people seeking asylum. Previously Eleanor spent six years as Chief Executive of GlobalGiving UK; an award-winning global charity challenging traditional aid dynamics; using new technology to enable better access to funding, skills and learning for local organisations everywhere.
Prior to this Eleanor ran a charity in Kenya for five years helping street connected children and their families build better lives for themselves and led innovative programmes for refugees and young people in the UK. Eleanor holds an MA in International Relations, University of Queensland and an MA in Social & Political Sciences, University of Cambridge. She was awarded an OBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours (2016) in the UK in recognition of her services to International Development.