Our team

Ryan Gawn
Trustee
Ryan Gawn
Trustee
Ryan Gawn
Trustee
Ryan Gawn
Trustee
Ryan Gawn
Trustee
Ryan Gawn
Trustee
Ryan Gawn
Chair
Ryan Gawn
Trustee
Heinz Fassmann
Trustee
Heinz Fassmann
Trustee
Heinz Fassmann
Trustee
Heinz Fassmann
Trustee
Heinz Fassmann
Trustee
Heinz Fassmann
Trustee
Heinz Fassmann
Chair
Heinz Fassmann
Trustee
Lynda Mansson
Trustee
Lynda Mansson
Trustee
Lynda Mansson
Trustee
Lynda Mansson
Trustee
Lynda Mansson
Trustee
Lynda Mansson
Trustee
Lynda Mansson
Chair
Lynda Mansson
Trustee
Evelyn Haim-Swarovski
Trustee
Evelyn Haim-Swarovski
Trustee
Evelyn Haim-Swarovski
Trustee
Evelyn Haim-Swarovski
Trustee
Evelyn Haim-Swarovski
Trustee
Evelyn Haim-Swarovski
Trustee
Evelyn Haim-Swarovski
Chair
Evelyn Haim-Swarovski
Trustee
Anouchka Rafail-Vogiatzakis
Trustee
Anouchka Rafail-Vogiatzakis
Trustee
Anouchka Rafail-Vogiatzakis
Trustee
Anouchka Rafail-Vogiatzakis
Trustee
Anouchka Rafail-Vogiatzakis
Trustee
Anouchka Rafail-Vogiatzakis
Trustee
Anouchka Rafail-Vogiatzakis
Chair
Anouchka Rafail-Vogiatzakis
Trustee
Helene Von Damm
Trustee
Helene Von Damm
Trustee
Helene Von Damm
Trustee
Helene Von Damm
Trustee
Helene Von Damm
Trustee
Helene Von Damm
Trustee
Helene Von Damm
Chair
Helene Von Damm
Trustee
Marisa Schiestl-Swarovski
Trustee
Marisa Schiestl-Swarovski
Trustee
Marisa Schiestl-Swarovski
Trustee
Marisa Schiestl-Swarovski
Trustee
Marisa Schiestl-Swarovski
Trustee
Marisa Schiestl-Swarovski
Trustee
Marisa Schiestl-Swarovski
Chair
Marisa Schiestl-Swarovski
Trustee
Simon Kolb
Development Manager
Simon Kolb
Development Manager
Simon Kolb
Development Manager
Simon Kolb
Development Manager
Simon Kolb
Development Manager
Simon Kolb
Development Manager
Simon Kolb
Community Engagement Officer
Simon Kolb
Development Manager
Simon Kolb
Senior Manager, Swarovski Foundation
Clemens Scheiber
Head of Water
Clemens Scheiber
Head of Water
Clemens Scheiber
Head of Water
Clemens Scheiber
Head of Water
Clemens Scheiber
Head of Water
Clemens Scheiber
Head of Water
Clemens Scheiber
Community Engagement Officer
Clemens Scheiber
Head of Water
Clemens Scheiber
Senior Manager, Swarovski Foundation
Anaïs Belaud
Head of Equity
Anaïs Belaud
Head of Equity
Anaïs Belaud
Head of Equity
Anaïs Belaud
Head of Equity
Anaïs Belaud
Head of Equity
Anaïs Belaud
Head of Equity
Anaïs Belaud
Community Engagement Officer
Anaïs Belaud
Head of Equity
Anaïs Belaud
Senior Manager, Swarovski Foundation
Maika Nakaoka
Head of Creativity
Maika Nakaoka
Head of Creativity
Maika Nakaoka
Head of Creativity
Maika Nakaoka
Head of Creativity
Maika Nakaoka
Head of Creativity
Maika Nakaoka
Head of Creativity
Maika Nakaoka
Community Engagement Officer
Maika Nakaoka
Head of Creativity
Maika Nakaoka
Senior Manager, Swarovski Foundation
Priyanka Sharma
Impact Manager
Priyanka Sharma
Impact Manager
Priyanka Sharma
Impact Manager
Priyanka Sharma
Impact Manager
Priyanka Sharma
Impact Manager
Priyanka Sharma
Impact Manager
Priyanka Sharma
Community Engagement Officer
Priyanka Sharma
Impact Manager
Priyanka Sharma
Senior Manager, Swarovski Foundation
Charlotte Bancans
Head of Advocacy & Engagement
Charlotte Bancans
Head of Advocacy & Engagement
Charlotte Bancans
Head of Advocacy & Engagement
Charlotte Bancans
Head of Advocacy & Engagement
Charlotte Bancans
Head of Advocacy & Engagement
Charlotte Bancans
Head of Advocacy & Engagement
Charlotte Bancans
Community Engagement Officer
Charlotte Bancans
Head of Advocacy & Engagement
Charlotte Bancans
Senior Manager, Swarovski Foundation
Jakhya Rahman-Corey
Director
Jakhya Rahman-Corey
Director
Jakhya Rahman-Corey
Director
Jakhya Rahman-Corey
Director
Jakhya Rahman-Corey
Director
Jakhya Rahman-Corey
Director
Jakhya Rahman-Corey
Community Engagement Officer
Jakhya Rahman-Corey
Director
Jakhya Rahman-Corey
Senior Manager, Swarovski Foundation

Our trustees

The Chair and Trustees are international experts from various industries tasked with ensuring that the Swarovski Foundation's mission is met through the support of charitable partnerships and initiatives within the three key focus areas. Once thorough research and due diligence have been conducted by the team, the Chair and Trustees approve each Swarovski Foundation partnership.

Marisa Schiestl-Swarovski

Austria

Marisa Schiestl-Swarovski is a fifth-generation member of the Swarovski family. She studied international business in Vienna and New York and graduated from Durham University in the UK with a Bachelor of Business. Her professional career began as an events and marketing manager in Austria, organizing cultural events for the city of Vienna.

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Evelyn Haim-Swarovski

Austria

Ms Evelyn Haim-Swarovski, a fourth-generation member of the founding family, was born in 1954. The youngest of the five children of Hilde and Manfred Swarovski, Technical Director of the family business at the time, she was born in her parents’ home in Wattens.

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Anouchka Rafail-Vogiatzakis

Greece

Anouchka Rafail-Vogiatzakis was born in 1967 in Basel, Switzerland from a Swiss father and Austrian mother. She graduated school in Basel and continued to study History of Art and Psychology at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich. She is fluent in five languages, German, English, French, Italian and Greek.

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Helene Von Damm

Austria

Ambassador Helene von Damm grew up in a small town in Austria and immigrated to the United States as a young woman. After becoming a US citizen, she became interested in politics and began working at the American Medical Political Action Committee.

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Heinz Fassmann

Austria

Heinz Fassmann is President of the Austrian Academy of Science. He has been serving as Austrian Federal Minister of Education, Science and Research between January 2020 to December 2021 and served in the same capacity from December 2017 to June 2019. Fassmann concluded his studies in Geography and Economic and Social History at the University of Vienna with a PhD in social history and a habilitation in Human Geography and Spatial Planning.

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Lynda Mansson

Switzerland

Before founding LeaderLy, Lynda was the CEO of the MAVA Foundation, a family philanthropic foundation working on nature conservation and sustainable economy. For 13 years, Lynda led a team of 20 people to grant over € 1.17 billion to over 500 organisations to support work in favor of nature and people.

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Ryan Gawn

Ryan Gawn is Co-Founder of Stratagem International, an international public affairs consultancy. Formerly Director of The LEGO Foundation, he designed and led a $70m philanthropic initiative, and as Head of International Communications for ActionAid International, he provided senior leadership to a global team working across the federation’s 46 markets.

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The team

Jakhya Rahman-Corey

United Kingdom

Director

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Charlotte Bancans

United Kingdom

Head of Advocacy & Engagement

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Anaïs Belaud

United Kingdom

Head of Equity

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Priyanka Sharma

United Kingdom

Impact Manager

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Maika Nakaoka

United States

Head of Creativity

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Clemens Scheiber

Austria

Head of Water

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Simon Kolb

Austria

Development Manager

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