The Crown Agents Foundation is a non-profit-distributing company limited by guarantee. It owns all the shares in Crown Agents and oversees its ethos and activities. It also has distinct social and developmental objectives.
Crown Agents allocates sums for the Foundation's social and developmental purposes and applies these at the direction of the Foundation.
The Foundation has a governing Council (pictured left) and up to fifty Members, representing a balance of interests among which are international firms, professional bodies, and non-governmental and other organisations.
The President of the Foundation is HRH The Duke of Gloucester, KG, GCVO and the current membership comprises:
Permanent Members
Aga Khan Foundation (Geneva)
Charities Aid Foundation
The Chartered Institute of Building
The Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply
Christian Aid
Institute of Development Studies
International Business Leaders Forum
International Chamber of Commerce UK
The Royal Commonwealth Society
The Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce
Secretary of State for International Development (Nominee: Liz Ditchburn)
Japan International Cooperation Agency (Nominee: TBA)
Elected Members
AMREF - African Medical and Research Foundation (Nairobi)
BBC World Service Trust
British Council
British Expertise
British Standards Institution
British Telecommunications plc
CARE International UK
Caribbean Council for Europe
The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (UK)
Commonwealth Business Council
Concern Worldwide (Dublin)
FirstCaribbean International Bank (Barbados)
Stuart Kerr, Legal & Regulatory Director, Millennium Challenge Corporation (Washington DC)
Leeds Metropolitan University
Practical Action
Standard Chartered Bank
Higher School of Economics National Research University (Moscow)
Tate & Lyle plc
Transparency International (Berlin)
Unilever plc