{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2022}} {{short description|Non profit chief executive}} {{Infobox person | name = Amanda Pullinger | image = | alma_mater = Brasenose College, Oxford | birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1966}} | birth_place = Birmingham, UK }} '''Amanda Pullinger''' is Chief Executive Officer of Debbie's Dream Foundation: Curing Stomach Cancer, as of December 2025. <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/debbies-dream-foundation-curing-stomach-cancer-introduces-amanda-pullinger-as-its-new-chief-executive-officer-302644275.html |title=Debbie's Dream Foundation: Curing Stomach Cancer Introduces Amanda Pullinger as Its New Chief Executive Officer |website=prnewswire.com |date=2025-12-17 |access-date=2026-01-10}}</ref>
She is also the Co-Founder and Principal of Global Female Investors Management LLC, a global firm focused on increasing the number of female investors across asset classes. The Global Female Investors Network (GFIN) serves female risk takers across asset classes, enabling global connectivity to peers, and access to career and business opportunities.
She is the Former Chief Executive Officer of 100 Women in Finance, previously 100 Women in Hedge Funds.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.opalesque.com/industry-updates/3683/100-women-in-hedge-board-appoints-amanda.html|title=100 Women in Hedge Funds' board appoints Amanda Pullinger as CEO - Opalesque|first=Matthias|last=Knab|website=www.opalesque.com}}</ref> Pullinger led the organization in its growth from a few hundred members in New York to over 30,000 registered <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/10/your-money/10iht-mmidas.4.7080752.html|title=Your Money: Where is Queen Midas?|author=Sharon Reier|date=10 August 2007|work=The New York Times}}</ref> members in 32 locations across five continents. 100 Women launched its new name and branding at the Closing Bell of the NYSE on 14 December 2016.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-12-14/hedge-fund-women-go-for-refresh-as-industry-faces-headwinds|title=Hedge Fund Women Go for Refresh as Industry Faces Headwinds|work=Bloomberg |date=14 December 2016|access-date=28 April 2023|via=www.bloomberg.com}}</ref> In 2009, she succeeded in bringing in Britain’s Prince William as the Patron of 100 Women in Hedge Funds.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.newstimes.com/news/article/100-Women-gets-patronage-from-Prince-William-264977.php|title=100 Women gets patronage from Prince William|date=24 November 2009|author=Tom Cahill}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/8843320/The-Duke-and-Duchess-of-Cambridge-and-the-1.3-trillion-hedge-fund-women.html | location=London | work=The Daily Telegraph | first1=David | last1=Harrison | first2=Claire | last2=Duffin | title=The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and the £1.3 trillion hedge fund women | date=23 October 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/2012/10/11/prince-william-dines-with-women-hedge-fund-chiefs-at-charity-gala/1627477/ |title=Prince William dines with women hedge fund chiefs |access-date=28 May 2013 |work=USA Today |date=11 October 2012}}</ref> Pullinger welcomed William and his wife Catherine (the then-Duke and Duchess of Cambridge) to the 100WHF's London Gala in 2011.{{citation needed|date=September 2020}} In late 2012, it was announced that the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry would all be Patrons of 100WHF's Philanthropic Initiatives beginning in January 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/kate-middleton-to-become-patron-of-100-1411779|access-date=2015-12-11|date=2012-11-01|publisher=Daily Mirror|first1=Molly|last1=Buxton|title=Kate Middleton to become patron of 100 Women in Hedge Funds }}</ref> In October 2013, a day after the christening of Prince George, Pullinger welcomed the Duchess of Cambridge to 100WHF's London Gala for the benefit of Action on Addiction.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/babysitter-check-glamorous-black-ball-gown-check--the-duchess-of-cambridge-is-firmly-back-on-the-social-circuit-8903414.html?action=gallery&ino=3|title=The Duchess of Cambridge is firmly back on the social circuit|date=2013-10-25|access-date=2015-12-11|publisher=London Evening Standard }}</ref> She then welcomed the Duchess of Cambridge to 100WHF's 2015 Gala in London for the benefit of The Art Room.{{citation needed|date=September 2020}}
In addition to 100 Women in Hedge Funds, Pullinger has worked with other organizations, such as the American Red Cross of Greater New York, to encourage volunteerism amongst female business leaders.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/analysis-and-features/sexism-and-the-city-you-dont-need-men-when-you-run-60bn-in-assets-889527.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081122061240/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/analysis-and-features/sexism-and-the-city-you-dont-need-men-when-you-run-60bn-in-assets-889527.html |archive-date=2008-11-22 |url-access=limited |url-status=live|title=Sexism and the city: you don't need men when you run $60bn in assets|work=The Independent|date=10 August 2008|location=London}}</ref>
Pullinger grew up in the UK where she attended Malvern Hall School<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/amanda-pullinger/the-teacher-who-inspired-_1_b_1913870.html |title=The Teacher Who Inspired Me: Mrs. Martin |accessdate=28 May 2013 |work=Huffington Post |first=Amanda |last=Pullinger |date=26 September 2012}}</ref> and Solihull Sixth Form College before reading Modern History at Brasenose College, Oxford. She attended Brasenose at the same time as David Cameron, Camilla Cavendish and Andrew Feldman. Pullinger started her career in the hedge fund industry in New York with Guy Spier as a partner at Aquamarine Capital. From 2000 - 2005 Pullinger served on the board of the Oxford Alumni Association of New York. In January, 2014, she joined the board of the HALO Trust, and was made chairman in May 2014.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.halotrust.org/about-us/governance|title = Governance}}</ref> The HALO Trust is a UK charity that is the world's oldest and largest humanitarian landmine clearance organization. Prince Harry served as its 25th Anniversary Patron.{{fact|date=April 2024}} She was elected as a Director to the Oxford University Alumni Board in September, 2016.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.alumni.ox.ac.uk/alumni-board|title=OXFORD UNIVERSITY ALUMNI BOARD|website=www.alumni.ox.ac.uk}}</ref> She was previously on the board of directors of the Cancer Institute of the NYU Medical Center.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://development.med.nyu.edu/nyu-cancer-institute-autumn-ball-2009|title=NYU Cancer Institute Autumn Ball, 2009|access-date=20 November 2011}}</ref>
Pullinger received a Lifetime Achievement Award from Markets Media at their 2015 Women in Finance Awards held in NYC.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://marketsmedia.com/lifetime-achievement-amanda-pullinger-100-women-in-hedge-funds |title=Lifetime Achievement: Amanda Pullinger, 100 Women in Hedge Funds/|date=8 February 2016}}</ref>
Pullinger has spoken approvingly of the work of HRH The Countess of Wessex, telling Town and Country, "She actually presents herself as an ordinary person and I think that is increasingly what the royal family needs to do."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Miller |first1=Frederika |title=Sophie Wessex nickname: How dedicated royal earned this surprising nickname |url=https://www.express.co.uk/news/royal/1284136/sophie-wessex-news-nickname-queen-elizabeth-ii-royal-family |access-date=14 October 2020 |work=The Daily Express |date=20 May 2020}}</ref>
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==External links== *[https://open.spotify.com/episode/6P8eM8yCiAWpDrIA9oHvu2?si=rT1Qz2cgTSK4iI1cB6k5ug Interview with Georgina Godwin]
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