Name Edward Hoare | Role Environmentalist | |
Edward Hoare (born 1949), formerly of Hoare's Bank, is an English philanthropist and environmentalist.
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Early life
Born at Stourhead in Wiltshire, he left home as a young man, living in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 1968 to 1971, where he worked in a bank. He returned home and took training as a Chartered Accountant from 1972 to 1976. In 1977, he embarked on a trip around the world, during which he visited the Royal Chitwan National Park in Nepal, leading to his interests in environmental issues.
Career
Hoare joined the family bank, C. Hoare & Co, and became a bankers' agent, a position he held for over 30 years. He was a member of the Hoare's Bank Family Forum, which distributes funds from the Golden Bottle Trust, formed in 1985 and continuing the Hoare family tradition of giving to good causes since the early 18th century.
He is a vice-president of two conservation charities: Fauna and Flora International and the International Trust for Nature Conservation.
He is one of the founders of Gooisoft, the makers of Thortspace 3D mind-mapping software.