About us

Prospero Partners’ Directors are Wilder Gutterson and Elizabeth Loudon. We are seasoned fundraisers with extensive experience in teaching, acting, writing, and communications. We are also US-UK dual nationals who have lived and worked on both sides of the Atlantic, and who can advise on effective strategies for engaging American donors within the UK charity market.

Wilder Gutterson

Wilder Gutterson was born and raised in New York City. After working as a theatre director, corporate trainer, and marketing professional, Wilder began his fundraising career in 1990 at Harvard University’s American Repertory Theatre. Since then, Wilder has raised millions for a wide range of charities in the US and the UK, including the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, the Royal Society of Arts and Tufts University. Before founding Prospero Partners in 2007, Wilder served as Development Director for The Prince’s Drawing School in London.

Wilder earned a Bachelor’s in theatre studies from Kenyon College in Ohio and a Master’s in theatre and directing from Northwestern University in Illinois. He is Board Chairman of Theatre-Rites, a children’s theatre company based in London, and a Fellow of the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts (RSA).

Wilder has lived in London since 1998.
To contact Wilder directly, call +44 (0)798 646 7414, or email
wgutterson@prosperopartners.co.uk

Elizabeth Loudon

Elizabeth Loudon was born and raised in Oxfordshire, England, moving to the US in 1979. Elizabeth began her fund-raising career in 1989, and has secured capital and leadership funding for the Five College consortium, the Clarke School for the Deaf, and the Massachusetts SPCA, and The Climate Group in London. Elizabeth has also provided strategic consulting, training, and writing services for numerous charities in the US and UK, including Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Wesleyan University, and the Clean Air Task Force in the US, and Overseas Development Institute in the UK. She was awarded CFRE status in 1999 and is a Fellow of the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts (RSA).

Prior to her career in fundraising, Elizabeth taught writing and communications at Smith College and Williams College. She has a degree in English from Cambridge University, and a Master’s in Fine Arts degree in English from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. She has published fiction and essays in literary journals and has served as an editor and writer for non-profit and corporate publications.

Elizabeth returned to the UK in 2004 and lives in west London.
To contact Elizabeth directly, call +44 (0)796 744 7780 or email
eloudon@prosperopartners.co.uk.

Lyn Christine, Senior Associate

Lyn Christine trained as an actress at The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and has worked professionally in theatre, television and as a voice-over artist for over 12 years. Lyn’s speciality is training and coaching for maximizing impact and influence. She has worked in all aspects of leadership and behaviour in the private and public sector, with organisations that include the BBC, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, the Hay Group, BP, ABN Amro, The Shaw Trust and BT. She also lectures and directs part time at The Arden School of Theatre in Manchester and National Youth Theatre.

Simon Llewellyn, Senior Associate

Simon Llewellyn brings 16 years of experience in fundraising management and 12 years in commercial marketing to the Prospero Partners team, supported by 10 years as a trustee of Hft, a national charity for people with learning disabilities. Simon has raised major gifts from individuals, trusts, companies and statutory agencies. Past roles include head of fundraising at the Soil Association, and head of corporate development at Care International.

As a consultant, Simon establishes new programmes and appeal committees, manages capital appeals, and conducts major donor feasibility studies for leading UK charitable foundations and Institutes.

Simon lives in Bath, and is an NCVO approved Consultant and full member of the Institute of Fundraising.