Who we are

Patrons

Yohei Sasakawa
Honorary Chair, The Nippon Foundation

The Earl of St Andrews

Board of trustees

The Foundation has trustees in both the UK and Japan. The full board meets once a year for an annual general meeting. Trustees in the UK and Japan meet regularly in their own country as awarding committees for our grants and other activity.

Chair Paul Madden CMG
Former British Ambassador to Japan

Vice Chair Joanna Pitman
Director, Baillie Gifford Japan Trust

Treasurer Jeremy Scott
Former Partner of PwC

Professor Yuichi Hosoya
Keio University, Tokyo

Professor Janet Hunter
London School of Economics and Political Science

Professor Izumi Kadono
Adviser, The Tokyo Foundation

Professor Dame Louise Robinson
Newcastle University

Jumpei Sasakawa
President, The Nippon Foundation

Tatsuya Tanami
Special Adviser, The Nippon Foundation

Koji Tsuruoka
Former Japanese Ambassador to the United Kingdom

Staff

The Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation has offices in the UK and Japan and can be contacted using the details below.

UK office

Chief Executive Charles Bodsworth

Programmes Executive Natalie Broad

The Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation
Lower Ground Floor,
24 Bedford Row,
London WC1R 4TQ
Tel: +44 (0)20 7436 9042
E-mail: gbsf@gbsf.org.uk

Japan office

Director Japan Office Kyoko Haruta

The Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation
Sasakawa Peace Foundation Building
1-15-16, Toranomon, Minato-ku, Tokyo
105-0001 Japan
Tel: +81 (0)3 6257 1931
E-mail: tokyo@gbsf.org.uk