The Trust
The Gates Cambridge Trust was established in October 2000 and has exempt charity status in the UK; it is regulated by the Higher Education Funding Council in England via the University of Cambridge. It has a Board of eight distinguished Trustees (two of whom are appointed by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the remainder by the University) who decide on overall strategic direction of the programme, and three Officers and a small administrative team which manage all operational elements of the Trust's work.

