Clare Mathias

Clare Mathias

Executive Chair

In her role as the Chair and Chief Executive of the Hummingbird Foundation, Clare provides strategic direction to the Hummingbird team to achieve its mission. Working with a number of local community based organisations in West Bengal, this process is underway and is building on the Hummingbird Raise Project, which engaged male adolescents to explore and challenge gender discrimination. Clare has a background in Human Resources having worked as an HR Manager for a major oil company for many years. Married with three daughters, she now runs a private polo organisation in Surrey in the UK. She is also the Chair of the Horsleys Community Fund, aimed at promoting local community philanthropy.