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


Notable initiatives

Palladium International is active in the expansion of
social innovation Social innovations are new social practices that aim to meet social needs in a better way than the existing solutions,Howaldt, J./ Schwarz, M"Social Innovation: Concepts, research fields and international trends" IMO international monitoring, 201 ...
including impact bonds,
impact investing Impact investing refers to investments "made into companies, organizations, and funds with the intention to generate a measurable, beneficial social or environmental impact alongside a financial return". At its core, impact investing is about an al ...
, and
shared value Shared may refer to: * Sharing * Shared ancestry or Common descent * Shared care * Shared-cost service * Shared decision-making in medicine * Shared delusion, various meanings * Shared government * Shared intelligence or collective intelligen ...
. Select initiatives of Palladium Group include: * Utkrisht Development Impact Bond (DIB) in
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, India * The SPRING Accelerator, a human centered design-based programme * The Human Development Innovation Fund, an Enterprise Challenge Fund * Innovation for Indonesia’s School Children (INOVASI) * Innovation Impact Framework, Execution Premium Process (XPP) and Balanced Score Card * IQCare (International Quality Care) * Financing Ghanaian Agriculture Project (FinGAP) In 2015, the firm announced the formation of the Positive Impact Research Institute to explore current and future trends in the Impact Economy and the affiliated Let's Make It Possible nonprofit organization.


Subsidiaries

Subsidiaries of Palladium Group include: * Enclude, acquired in 2018 from Triodos Ventures, an independent fund managed by
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* Palladium Consulting India Private Limited (PCIPL),established in 2015, is a joint venture of the Palladium Group with AP Globale. The CEO of PCIPL is Amit Patjoshi.


Notable persons

Notable persons affiliated with Palladium Group include: * Robert S. Kaplan, Harvard University Professor and co-creator of the Balanced Scorecard
George Serafeim
Harvard Business School Professor * David P. Norton, co-creator of the Balanced Scorecard *
Julie Bishop Julie Isabel Bishop (born 17 July 1956) is an Australian former politician who served as Minister for Foreign Affairs from 2013 to 2018 and deputy leader of the Liberal Party from 2007 to 2018. She was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Curtin ...
, Palladium board member and former Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs * Ann Sherry, Palladium board member, chief executive officer of
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, and former public servant *
John Eales John Eales AM (born 27 June 1970) is an Australian former rugby union player and the most successful captain in the history of Australian rugby. In 1999, he became one of the first players to win multiple Rugby World Cups. Early life Eales ...
, Palladium board member, hall of fame rugby player, and businessman *
Alonzo Fulgham Alonzo Fulgham is an international development strategist and business executive. He served as the former Acting Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). Early life and education Alonzo grew up in the Dor ...
, Palladium board member and former Acting Administrator of the
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(USAID) * Kerry Packer, former Palladium board member and billionaire media magnate * Sir William Archer Gunn (deceased), Palladium (formerly GRM International) founder *Theodore J. Gordon (The Futures Group founder)


Incidents

On 20 November 2015, terrorist gunmen took 170 people hostage and killed 20 at the Radisson Blu Hotel in
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. In the
2015 Bamako hotel attack On 20 November 2015, Islamist militants took 170 hostages and killed 20 of them in a mass shooting at the Radisson Blu hotel in Bamako, the capital city of Mali. Includes video. Malian commandos along with a special mission unit operator from t ...
one American victim was Anita Datar, an international development worker at Palladium International working on its Health Policy Plus project. After the incident,
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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."


References

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