Polly Mason
Official Fellow and Director of Development
Polly Mason joined King's on 1 September 2026 as Director of Development, with responsibility for the College's fundraising and alumni engagement.
Previously she served as Director of Strategic Partnerships at the Centre for Long-Term Resilience (CLTR), an independent think tank working to transform global resilience to extreme risks, including those from artificial intelligence and biological threats. As Director of Strategic Partnerships she built CLTR’s development programme which has enabled the organisation to rapidly scale its policy and advocacy work and launch new functions.
Polly brings fifteen years' experience in philanthropy, having previously held leadership positions in international development as Head of Principal Gifts at UNICEF UK and Director of Private Philanthropy at UK for UNHCR. Her work has spanned multi-stakeholder programmes across Africa, Asia and the Middle East, including scoping innovative financing mechanisms, contributing to a global 9 figure campaign and developing a sector-leading percentage-giving model that has funded health and education programmes across 14 countries.
She holds a BA (Hons) in Psychology, Philosophy and Physiology from Pembroke College, Oxford.