Dr. Barnaby Marsh is Director of Venture Philanthropy Strategy and New Programs Development. He is responsible for strategically developing and leveraging the John Templeton Foundation’s resources across various areas of donor intent, including programs in science and religion, spirituality and health, character development and free enterprise. He also plays a lead role in the process of developing innovative and entrepreneurial practices in philanthropy, in the identification and development of new program areas and in strategic aspects of general outreach and communications. In 2004, Dr. Marsh created and is currently Managing Director of the Templeton’s Philanthropic Leadership Network, a group of world leaders in business and philanthropy who aim to find innovative ways to address philanthropic challenges.

Dr. Marsh is a summa cum laude graduate of Cornell University and attended Magdalen College, Oxford, as a Rhodes Scholar. His academic work focuses on theoretical underpinnings of strategic decision making. He has held academic fellowships at the Hebrew University (Jerusalem), the Smithsonian Institution (Washington), the Max Planck Institute (Berlin), and New College, Oxford, where he is currently a Research Fellow.

In addition to his academic work, Dr. Marsh has held positions in global strategy consulting, financial derivatives, insurance markets and the oil industry. He is also interested in global stewardship and studies of human wisdom.

Dr. Marsh is an avid skier, outdoorsman, birdwatcher and golfer.