Ondine Upton

Ondine has 18 years charity experience as a fundraiser, trustee and grant-maker. She’s a strategic thinker with a complementary hands-on "can do" pragmatic approach, who specialises in major donors and Capital campaigns.

A superb major donor fundraiser, she is adept at "making the ask" and training others to do so, removing the mystique and clarifying the process of developing donor relationships for those unfamiliar with these skills. Talented at recruiting and motivating volunteers at all levels, including Patrons, Fundraising Boards, trustees and celebrities, she particularly enjoys using her skills with those new to this field. She's worked with a wide range of charities, and is particularly interested in children and young people, social change, health and the arts. 

With a commercial background in sales and marketing and a Cambridge MA, she brings a keen commercial eye and strategic overview to the challenges of maximising income, developing transformational relationships with major donors and creating charities that are "fit for fundraising".