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Rory Brooks

Rory (Roderick) Brooks CBE is a British businessman and philanthropist.

He graduated from the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology in 1975 and established the Rory and Elizabeth Brooks Foundation which funded the Brooks World Poverty Institute (combined with the Institute for Development Policy and Management to form the Global Development Institute in 2016) at the University of Manchester in 2005.[1] The Foundation has continued its support of the University of Manchester, most recently granting a transformative £2 million gift in March 2024.[2]

  1. ^ "The giving list: Britain's leading philanthropists". Independert. 27 December 2008. Retrieved 24 October 2014.
  2. ^ "Transformational gift set to redefine global development research for the 21st century at University of Manchester". Transformational gift set to redefine global development research for the 21st century at University of Manchester. Retrieved 9 July 2024.

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