Against Malaria Foundation

Rob was inspired to found AMF in 2004 by a previous charity effort, a three person fundraising swim for a 90%-burns victim, which ‘accidently’ developed into 150 swims in 75 countries involving 10,000 people and raised sufficient funds to secure the child, Terri’s, future.  He scaled up this model, starting AMF with a worldwide swim which grew to involve 250,000 people in 130 countries. AMF has now raised more than US$835 million, funding 370 million anti-mosquito bed nets to protect 665 million people in 35 countries, mainly in Africa.

AMF uses technology, rigorous processes and clear accountability to ensure aid is delivered effectively. AMF is a team of 15 people who all work from home.  In terms of impact, these nets can be expected to have prevented 300,000 deaths, averted 300 million cases of malaria and improve local economies by more than US$10 billion (12x the donation amount). When people are ill, they cannot farm, drive, teach – function, so the improvement in health leads to economic as well as humanitarian benefits.  

For all of the last 18 years, and currently, AMF has been a top ranked charity of the US independent charity evaluator GiveWell and has held the same top-ranked position for the last 18 years at ranking organizations in the Australia (The Life You Can Save) and in the UK (Giving What We Can). No other organisation has been top ranked globally in this way.  

Rob started his career in strategy consulting for the firm Monitor Company, based in their Milan office. After studying in the US, he returned to the UK as commercial director and equity partner of a proprietary trade show business. He moved to become Operations Director of one of the world’s largest financial publishers before being appointed divisional Managing Director of their global electronic businesses.

Rob studied Chemical Engineering at Cambridge University and has an MBA from Harvard.  He is fluent in Italian and French.  He loves all sport and used to be a half decent football player (so he says) once upon a time.  He now runs, cycles, skis and mountain climbs and was pleased with a sub 4 hr marathon given his advanced age.  Rob was awarded an MBE by Her Majesty The Queen in the 2021 New Year's Honours list for
services to medicine and charity.  He lives in London with his wife Catherine and their four children.