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We support research, innovation, and education to make the world a safer place.

An Royal National Lifeboat Institute crew member standing in the rain by an RNLI ship.
64 64

number of grants awarded in 2023/24.

£12m £12m

total value of live grants in 2023/2024.

111 111

grants currently live.

Lloyd’s Register Foundation is a global safety charity with a mission to engineer a safer world.

Harnessing over 250 years of maritime safety excellence, we are committed to establishing and championing standards that protect lives and livelihoods. 

Today the world faces new threats to safety both at sea and on land, from the climate crisis and unregulated technologies to infrastructure no longer fit for purpose for a growing population. 

We reduce these risks by investing in research, skills and innovation, forming ambitious partnerships and funding projects to build a safer world for all. 

We have a unique structure; we own a significant trading company, Lloyd’s Register (LR). We share the same mission and work together to make the world a safer place.

Our mission

To protect people from harm, ensuring the infrastructure that we depend on for day-to-day living is safe for society both now and in the future, and ensuring the world has the right skills and education required to keep people safe remain the driving force behind everything we do.  

Our vision

To be known worldwide as a leading supporter of maritime, infrastructure and skills related research, training and education that makes a real difference in improving the safety of people and the critical infrastructure that modern society relies. By aligning our work with local needs, evidenced through robust and credible data and insight, we act as a trusted convenor that facilitates new discussions, pilots new innovations and ways of working. This enables us to collectively gather insight from underrepresented voices about their perceptions and experience of safety, to drive impact in the areas of the world that need it the most. 

Our trustees

The Foundation is governed by a Board of Trustees, which is responsible for setting the Foundation’s strategy, making sure it fulfils its objectives and for ensuring good governance. The Foundation Chief Executive, Ruth Boumphrey, is responsible to the Board for the operation of the Foundation.

Thomas Thune Andersen

Chairman / Lloyd's Register Foundation and Lloyd's Register Group

Thomas is the Chairman of the Lloyd’s Register Foundation and Chairman of Lloyd’s Register Group Limited.

Lambros Varnavides

Senior Independent Trustee

Lambros is the Senior Independent Trustee of the Foundation.

Paula is a Trustee of the Foundation and is also a member of its Audit, Risk and Investment Committee.

Marina is a Trustee of the Foundation and is the Chair of the Foundation's Audit, Risk and Investment Committee.

Andreas Sohmen-Pao is a Trustee of the Foundation and is also Chairman of BW Group.

Una is a Trustee of the Foundation and is also a member of the Lloyd's Register Group and Foundation Remuneration Committees.

Rani Koya

Trustee

Rani is a Trustee of the Foundation and is also a member of its Audit, Risk and Investment Committee.

Our leadership

The Foundation's day to day operations are managed by the leadership team.

Dean Cassar

Chief Operating Officer

Dean is the Chief Operating Officer for the Lloyd’s Register Foundation with primary responsibilities for Finance and Governance within the organisation.

Jan Przydatek

Director of Technologies

Jan is Director of Technologies at Lloyd’s Register Foundation and is responsible for the Foundation's activities in enhancing safety through high technical standards.

Alex Stitt

Director of the Heritage and Education Centre

Alex is the Director of the Heritage and Education Centre at the Lloyd's Register Foundation.

Beth Elliot

Director of Strategic Communications

Beth is the Foundation’s Director of Strategic Communications and is responsible for the Foundation’s brand, campaigns, thought leadership, media relations and events programmes.

 

Nancy Hey

Director of Evidence & Insight

Nancy Hey is the Director of Evidence & Insight at Lloyd's Register Foundation, responsible for leading the World Risk Poll, impact, and establishing a Global Safety Evidence Centre.

Financial statements

Download the annual accounts for the Lloyd's Register Foundation for the past five years.