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The Hillary Institute of International Leadership is an international awards-giving institute based in Christchurch, New Zealand, inspired by the life’s work of (the late) Sir Edmund Hillary, the first conqueror (with Tensing Norbay) of Mt Everest in 1953.
Founded in 2006 it was launched in 2007 by Sir Edmund Hillary and patron Helen Clark (former NZ Prime Minister - now head of UNDP in New York), from Antarctica on Hillary’s last trip there before his passing one year later in January 2008.
Choosing its first eight operating years to focus on Leadership on Climate Change, the Institute selects one Hillary Laureate annually in mid-career, drawn from an international search programme and governed by a board of governors across five continents. They include a number of pre-eminent leadership figures from INSEAD founder Manfred Kets de Vries (Fontainbleu) to Saatchi's global CEO Kevin Roberts (New York) to former IPCC head Rajendra Pachauri and US author and visionary Paul Hawken.
The Institute has celebrated six Hillary Laureates to date;
- Jeremy Leggett (UK – 2009)
- Peggy Liu (China -2010)
- Aimee Christensen (US – 2011)
- Pres. Anote Tong (Kiribati – 2012)
- Atossa Soltani (Amazon Watch – 2013) and Sierra Club Executive Director Mike Brune (US) in 2014.
- Michael Brune (US - 2014)
The Hillary Institute is a charitable foundation with its founding trustees operating board based in New Zealand.
References
- Clark, Helen. "PM welcomes establishment of Hillary Institute". beehive.govt.nz. beehive.govt.nz. Retrieved 20 May 2015.
- Government, New Zealand. "PM: Hillary Institute Inaugural Dinner Speech". Scoop. Scoop. Retrieved 20 May 2015.
- "Anote Tong Announced as Hillary Laureate 2012". Scoop. Scoop. Retrieved 20 May 2015.
- "President of Kiribati awarded Hillary Laureate". Voxy. voxy.co.nz. Retrieved 20 May 2015.
- Zimmaro, Launa. "Michael Brune Named as 2014 Hillary Institute Laureate!". Sierra Club. Sierra Club. Retrieved 20 May 2015.