Impetus Trust, the UK charity joined last year by a high-profile Barclays Capital banker, is seeking new trustees "ideally from an investment banking, private equity, or hedge fund background", to help raise funds as corporate donations slow.

The trust chaired by former venture capitalist Stephen Dawson, is looking for three to four senior business executives to raise £10m (€11.3m) over the next three years, through personal donations and also using their network of high net-worth individuals and corporates to find additional donors.