Lara Jukes
Lara has 30 years of experience in building and leading highly successful teams across fundraising, philanthropy and not-for-profit marketing in prestigious UK institutions. As Director of Development at The Institute of Cancer Research, London (ICR) she led an organisational rebrand and repositioned the ICR’s fundraising strategy, leading to a threefold increase in annual income and completion of a £75m capital campaign. Prior to the ICR, Lara established a Development Office at the British Library from start-up, building a philanthropic community and growing income tenfold; and before that, she held a senior fundraising position at the Royal Opera House working on the £100m ROH Development Appeal of the late 1990s and leading revenue fundraising in the “new House”.
Lara has a strong track record of raising multi-million pound philanthropic gifts personally, and through guiding and coaching others including senior leaders and trustees. Having directed fundraising across the full range of traditional techniques, she also has particular expertise in developing novel income generation models, for instance, applying investment industry principles to philanthropy. Lara is Chair of Ashford School Foundation and a trustee of Nurse Lifeline, a start-up health charity.
