Philip is Senior Development Officer for major gifts at the University of Bradford. He is responsible for securing major gifts from a portfolio of individual prospects, seeking support for the University’s core philanthropic projects with a particular focus on advance healthcare and student support. He has a successfully track record of realising five and six-figure gifts across these areas, with particular success in driving the University’s new scholarship programmes. Philip started his career in alumni and development with Rux Burton Associates – having been a student caller himself – managing telephone fundraising campaigns in schools and universities across the UK, as well as running the company’s first campaign at an institution in South Africa. Prior to joining Bradford in April 2021 he spent five years at Leeds Beckett University working across alumni relations, fundraising and stewardship. Philip holds an MA in Mediaeval History from the University of St Andrews.