Tonika Hirdman . – “Thank you very much, Nicolas. Tonika is the Director General of the Fondation de Luxembourg, an organisation that promotes private philanthropy commitment and about which she will tell us more in a minute. Tonika began her career as a diplomat at the Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs before moving into financial services where she served, among others, as the CEO of ABN AMRO Bank, Luxembourg. Tonika is also a board member of the Swedish Public Pension Fund, AP7. Welcome to Shaping Finance, Tonika. So tell us, what is the Fondation de Luxembourg? “Well, first of all, thank you very much for inviting me to this podcast. I’m very honoured to be here. The Foundation de Luxembourg is a public utility foundation, which was created by the Luxembourg state upon inspiration of organisations like Fondation de France, or King Baudouin Foundation with a mission to facilitate long-term philanthropic engagement. So our role is to accompany people who come from all over Europe to help them to realise their philanthropic aspirations. We do that by identifying projects that suits their interests. We also follow up on these projects to make sure that the money goes to the right hands and we manage their foundations operationally under our agencies.