Médecins Sans Frontières Australia
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Movers & Shakers 2025: Debbie Kosh

Debbie is Senior Fundraising Manager — Philanthropy, Médecins Sans Frontières Australia & Médecins Sans Frontières New Zealand ‘Relationship fundraising’ – something often discussed as a fundraiser ‘must-do’, but who is mastering it? For nominator Tom Duggan, Debbie Kosh comes straight to mind. “When Debbie joined MSF [where Tom is Head of Fundraising] in 2023, she could see our direct mail and stewardship-based programs were successful, but she also knew we could raise substantially more by investing in relationships and directly soliciting donors,” says Tom. Tom shares that Debbie’s work on MSF’s high-value programs has been “transformative”, increasing giving by around $7 million over two years. She made the magic happen…

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Movers & Shakers 2024: Tom Duggan

Tom Duggan Fundraising is a team sport. The more senior you become, the broader the team gets. This means the key to success is much less about what you know or how smart you are, but how you and those around you can best work together. When Tom Duggan joined Médecins Sans Frontières Australia and Médecins Sans Frontières New Zealand (MSF) as Head of Fundraising in February 2023, he could not have foreseen that eight months later he would be tasked with leading his team in the largest fundraising appeal the charity had ever developed.   He had been brought in to lead a change agenda and take an already…