WHO WE ARE
IPS is a non-profit organization that was founded in Stockholm in 2013 by the international, diplomatic, and Swedish community. Our primary objective is to provide support to institutions, organizations, and projects that are dedicated to the welfare of children. We are a non-political, non-religious, and voluntary-based society that is committed to making a positive impact on the lives of disadvantaged children, both locally and internationally.
Both co-founders of IPS have served as presidents of the International Women's Club of Stockholm and have devoted themselves to various charitable causes aimed at supporting vulnerable children.
"Witnessing the positive impact of IPS's support for children in need, regardless of the magnitude of the contribution, brings us immense happiness. We take great pride in being associated with an organization that is dedicated to making a meaningful difference in the lives of disadvantaged children".
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Ms. Batruch, a citizen of Canada and Switzerland, is a historian and lawyer by education. Based in Geneva, she has worked in the academic, business, and non-profit sectors. For twenty years she was a senior executive in an oil and gas company, devising and implementing its sustainability framework. Since 2021, Ms. Batruch acts as Strategic Sustainability Advisor to the Lundin Group.
Ms. Batruch has been a speaker in several international environmental, social, and governance (ESG) conferences and has lectured on ESG issues at international business schools and universities (IMD, IMI-Kyiv, Business School of Lausanne, Stockholm Business School, University of Dundee, of Geneva). In 2020, Ms. Batruch was recognized as one of the “top women influencers in the energy sector” by the Oil Council.
Ms. Batruch is the founder and CEO of Anima Conseils SARL, the President of the Bohdan Hawrylyshyn Family Foundation (Kyiv), a member of the Board of Directors of the International Philanthropic Society (Stockholm), and of the Advisory Board of the Lundin Sustainability Chair at IMD. She is on the Advisory Editorial Board of I by IMD, on the Editorial Board of the Journal of World Energy Law and Business (Oxford University Press), and of the Oil, Gas, and Energy Law Intelligence. Ms. Batruch has published sustainability and energy-related articles in the UCLA Law Review, the Journal of World Energy Law and Business, and the Oil, Gas, and Energy Law Intelligence.
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IPS EXECUTIVE BOARD
Kanthi S Beck
CO-Founder/ President
Sri Lankan/British
Silvana Rizzi Lenahan
Co-Founder
Italian/British
