Lisbet Rausing

Lisbet was appointed to the Board of Trustees in 2021. She did her BA at the University of California Berkeley and her PhD in history at Harvard University, where she was also a lecturer and assistant professor. She has written two academic monographs as well as numerous scholarly articles.

Together with her husband, Professor Peter Baldwin (UCLA and NYU), Lisbet founded Arcadia in 2001. Arcadia protects endangered culture and nature, promotes open access, and has awarded grants totalling £780 million. Projects range from preserving near-extinct languages and endangered historical archives, to preserving threatened landscapes and the marine environment.

Lisbet and Peter also founded Lund Trust which from 2022 will be funding transformative work that greens people’s lives in the UK. Lisbet also supports operational family companies such as Ingleby Farms & Forests. Her outside boards and committees have included the Harvard Board of Overseers, Yad Hanadiv Advisory Committee and the Cambridge Conservation Initiative Advisory Board.