Palladium International

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Palladium (also known as "The Palladium Group", "Palladium Holdings" or "Palladium International") is an international advisory and management company representing the combination of seven prior companies:^[1] GRM International, Futures Group,^[2] Palladium,^[3] the IDL Group,^[4] Development & Training Services,^[5] HK Logistics^[6] and CARANA Corporation.^[7] As of October 2016, Palladium employs over 2,500 persons operating in 90 countries.^[1] At the end of 2015, Palladium International was the fourth-largest private sector partner for the UK Government's Department for International Development (DFID).^[8] During 2011, Palladium International members Futures Group and Carana were USAID's fourteenth and sixteenth largest private sector partners, respectively.^[9] At the end of 2012, GRM International was the third largest private sector partner for AusAID.^[10]

Notable initiatives[]

Palladium International is active in the expansion of social innovation^[11][12] including impact bonds,^[13][14] impact investing,^[15] and shared value.^[16] Select initiatives of Palladium Group include:

• Utkrisht Development Impact Bond (DIB) in Rajasthan, India ^[17][18]
• The SPRING Accelerator, a human centered design-based programme^[19][20]
• The Human Development Innovation Fund, an Enterprise Challenge Fund^[21][22]
• Innovation for Indonesia’s School Children (INOVASI)^[23]
• Innovation Impact Framework,^[24] Execution Premium Process (XPP) and Balanced Score Card^[25]
• IQCare (International Quality Care)^[26][27]
• Financing Ghanaian Agriculture Project (FinGAP)^[28][29]

In 2015, the firm announced the formation of the Positive Impact Research Institute to explore current and future trends in the Impact Economy^[30] and the affiliated Let's Make It Possible nonprofit organization.^[31][32][33]

Subsidiaries[]

Subsidiaries of Palladium Group include:

• Enclude, acquired in 2018 from Triodos Ventures, an independent fund managed by Triodos Bank^[34]
• Palladium Consulting India, a joint venture established in 2018 with AP Globale and DCF Advisory Services^[35]

Notable persons[]

Notable persons affiliated with Palladium Group include:

• Robert S. Kaplan, Harvard University Professor and co-creator of the Balanced Scorecard^[30]
• George Serafeim, Harvard Business School Professor^[36]
• David P. Norton, co-creator of the Balanced Scorecard^[30]
• Julie Bishop, Palladium board member and former Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs^[37]
• Ann Sherry, Palladium board member, chief executive officer of Carnival Australia, and former public servant
• John Eales, Palladium board member, hall of fame rugby player, and businessman^[38]
• Alonzo Fulgham, Palladium board member and former Acting Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
• Kerry Packer, former Palladium board member and billionaire media magnate^[39][40]
• Sir William Archer Gunn (deceased), Palladium (formerly GRM International) founder^[41][42]
• Theodore J. Gordon (The Futures Group founder)^[43][44]

Incidents[]

On 20 November 2015, terrorist gunmen took 170 people hostage and killed 20 at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Bamako, Mali.^[45] In the 2015 Bamako hotel attack one American victim was Anita Datar, an international development worker at Palladium International working on its Health Policy Plus project.^[46] After the incident, Hillary Clinton described Ms. Datar by saying, "Anita Datar was a bright light who gave help and hope to people in need around the world, especially women and families.... She represented the best of America’s generous spirit."^[46]

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