ELDER Liesl

Liesl Elder

Chief Development Officer at the University of Oxford

Liesl Elder directs
the University Development Office, overseeing philanthropic fundraising for the
University across the academic divisions, museums and libraries. Her teams work
worldwide, including the University’s offices in Hong Kong and Tokyo.

Liesl serves as one
of the university’s lead fundraisers, working directly with philanthropists on
transformational projects such as Reuben College and the INEOS Oxford Institute
for Antimicrobial Resistance. She managed the Oxford Thinking Campaign, which
concluded in 2019 having raised £3.34 billion for Oxford and its colleges.
Liesl came to Oxford in 2011, having previously worked for the University of
Edinburgh, Durham University, and liberal arts colleges in the USA.