Dame Vivien Duffield is set to retire as the chairman of the Oxford Thinking fundraising campaign, reports the Telegraph.
Since taking up the post in 2008, Dame Duffield is credited with having raised more than £1 billion for the University’s fundraising campaign.
Oxford Thinking, “the biggest fundraising campaign in European history,” has raised £961 million to date, and is aiming to reach £1.25 billion.
Last year, the University’s endowment stood at £585 million, with combined college endowments reaching £2.4 billion.
Dame Duffield, a graduate of Lady Margaret Hall, has also contributed £5.1 million of her own money to the campaign and is estimated to have donated £176 million from her various foundations.
