Diana Leat

Diana has held research posts in universities in the UK, the US, and Australia, as well as with think tanks including Policy Studies Institute and Demos. Diana is currently a Visiting Professor at Cass Business School, London and at the Australian Centre for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Studies, QUT Brisbane Australia.

In 2010, Diana was Scholar In Residence at the Rockefeller Archive Centre, New York. She is the author of over 120 articles and books on the non-profit sector and social policy, specialising in philanthropic foundations. Her most recent books include Philanthropic Foundations, Public Good and Public Policy, and with Helmut Anheier Performance Measurement in Philanthropic Foundations The Ambiguity of Success and Failure.