OUR BOARD
Mr. Daniël Post
Founder
The Amaranthine Foundation was founded by Mr. Daniël Post in support of its mission and values.
Jorge Chaminé
Honorary Director
Jorge is a Portuguese operatic baritone, Founding Chairman of the Centre Européen de Musique (CEM).
Jorge Chaminé is a baritone, a leading international opera singer. He has created and been artistic director of several international festivals. He was nominated Music Ambassador of the organization Music in the Middle East at the UNESCO in 2005. He received from Federico Mayor the Human Rights Medal of UNESCO.
Lately, Jorge Chaminé became a guest teacher at the University of Stanford. With the support of the EU, he created a project, Music4Rom, to recognize the contribution of Rom music to classical music. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the International Yehudi Menuhin Foundation.
Since 2013 he has been the founder and president of The Centre Européen de Musique (CEM), a cultural, artistic, pedagogical, literary and scientific project to revive the Golden Triangle: the Villa Viardot, the Tourgueniev’s Datcha and the House of Georges Bizet. Following the launch of a fundraising campaign to save the House of Georges Bizet, the CEM has contributed to save the Villa Viardot.
Since In 2021, as part of the celebration of the bicentenary of Pauline Viardot's birth, Jorge Chaminé contributed to the organisation of several European events. During the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, he initiated a European solidarity chain for Ukrainian, Russian and Belarusian musicians. In 2022, his initiative to create a European cultural network: the Network of Houses and Museums of European Musicians.
Kate Baker
Director, Chairwoman
Kate Baker is a trained architect. She qualified from Kingston University, UK, and worked in London as an architect for many years. She moved to Cambridge and combined running a practice with teaching at the University. She later moved to Southampton and worked full-time as a principal lecturer at the University of Portsmouth School of Architecture.
Her specialism is the close connection between landscape and architecture. In her book ‘Captured Landscape’ she discusses many aspects of this relationship. She is currently writing a series of essays on what we mean by a ‘sense of place’, on liminal space in architecture and the effects, both social and environmental, on house design.
Susan Dinor
Director, Treasurer and Secretary
Susan Dinor is a business leader and strategist that continually makes a difference to stakeholders. She defies opposing market forces, specializing in real estate cutting-edge investment and development advice, guidance, and input into improving standards in Dubai and the Middle East.
Susan has held multiple Board positions throughout her career including the International Strategy Board for The Woolmark Company (as parent company representative), various international investment fund Boards, Chairman of the Board of a $2 billion mixed-use prestigious real estate development owners association, and more recently a Government Trust Board in Australia.
With a long business history with Europe, the Middle East, and Australia, Susan currently resides between Australia, Dubai, and Italy and consults to select high-level clients whilst continuing her support of innovative causes, with a particular focus on progressive, spiritually sound concepts and innovations which protect and nurture humanity and the planet.
ANBI Foundation Disclaimer: The Board Members are not paid for their services to the Amaranthine Foundation.
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