TIE is the brainchild of Founder and Managing Director, Philippa White.
After 5 years’ experience working successfully in the London advertising industry, Philippa felt sure there was an opportunity to do even more with the skills she had developed. After talking to both colleagues and management about the idea of an international exchange, she realised she wasn’t the only one who felt this way.
She also recognised the need for communications assistance within the NGO* sector. There seemed to be a host of NGOs* in developing countries that could benefit hugely from professional communications support.
In addition to this, she could see there was an opportunity to develop employees within communications companies in a different sort of way - the developing world offers quite a different view of life than, say, Soho does!
And so, with the help of many supportive friends and advisors, then a period of thorough research in both the UK and Brazil, TIE was born. In 2006, UnLtd*, the Foundation for Social Entrepreneurs, awarded TIE a grant to help get us off the ground. When that happened we did a little dance around the kitchen and couldn’t wipe the smiles off our faces for the rest of the day. Since then we haven’t looked back.
