Elaine Smith Genser and Mamadou Biteye have been appointed to the Anglo American Foundation’s board of trustees.
The Anglo American Foundation is a charity funded by Anglo American that gives young people tools to create a positive impact in the world and to help them reach their full potential. Its partners include the Salvation Army and the Transparency International Accountable Mining Programme.
Genser has focused on mobilising resources from the private sector for institutions such as the United Nations (UN), World Bank, and World Economic Forum for the past decade.
Genser currently leads engagement and partnerships for the UN Joint SDG Fund, a facility created by the UN secretary-general to fuse $US1 billion ($1.5 billion) annually from member states with private sector investments to achieve the UN’s sustainable development goals.
Biteye currently serves as the executive secretary of the African Capacity Foundation, focused on improving Africa’s skills-base and capacity-building through partnerships, grant-making, and provision of technical support.
For the past decade, he has initiated and led programs on youth empowerment such as the Digital Jobs Africa initiative at the Rockefeller Foundation. Most recently, Biteye joined the Global Mentorship Initiative’s board of directors.
Anglo American Foundation chair Jon Samuel welcomed Genser and Biteye to the board.
“As our first independent trustees, they will play an integral role in strengthening the foundation’s governance, while their wide range of expertise and experience will guide us as we embark on our refreshed mission to empower young people to create a greener, fairer future, made possible by Anglo American’s generous endowment in 2021,” Samuel said.
“The board of trustees looks forward to activating its new strategy in South Africa and Peru before scaling up more broadly across the foundation’s footprint, working with our partners to trial new approaches and gain a deeper understanding of the challenges facing young people in many countries.”