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Trevor Neilson was appointed as Co-Chairman of the Board in November 2005, and has served as a Saflink director since August 2005. He currently is a partner in the Endeavor Group, www.theendeavorgroup.com . Endeavor represents the business, philanthropic, legal and political interests of a select group of high net worth individuals. With offices in Washington, DC and New York, Endeavor provides a unique alternative for high net worth individuals whose complex projects require the execution of sophisticated strategies and deep cross-disciplinary expertise.
Endeavor performs due diligence, structuring, negotiation and business management services that support clients’ private equity investments.
Prior to his work at Endeavor, Neilson served as Executive Director of the Global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS (GBC) which was initially created with investments from Bill Gates, George Soros and Ted Turner. GBC’s CEO is Ambassador Richard Holbrooke, and it represents over 200 multinational companies who have interests related to AIDS and healthcare. Neilson recruited over 100 companies to join GBC and opened and managed offices in New York, Paris, Beijing, Geneva and Johannesburg along with partnerships in 20 countries around the world. Prior to his work at GBC, Neilson served as Director of Public Affairs and Director of Special Projects at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the largest foundation in the world with assets of over $28 billion dollars, where he was responsible for government relations, marketing, and communications and managed relationships with governments, corporations and NGO’s.
Additionally, Neilson worked directly for Bill and Melinda Gates in their family office on a variety of investments, companies and personal projects outside the work of their foundation.
During the Clinton administration Neilson served in the White House Office of Scheduling and Advance, and prior to that he worked as a staff member in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Neilson formed DATA (Debt, AIDS, Trade, Africa) with Bill Gates, Bono and George Soros and serves on the organization’s founding Board of Directors.
Neilson served as an advisor to General Wesley Clark and Senator John Kerry’s presidential campaigns.
A World Economic Forum Young Global Leader and Lyndon Johnson Congressional Scholar, Neilson graduated from Washington State University. He is a member of numerous United Nations task forces and committees, and is as an advisor to the Council on Foreign Relations, the Genocide Intervention Network, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria, the Business & Human Rights Resource Center and a number of other organizations.
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