Delivering Positive Impact and Acceleration through innovative and creative linking strategies in philanthropy and beyond.
danuta pieter impact advisory is a boutique strategic and management consultancy, founded in 2022 by Danuta Pieter, with a strong expertise in the fields of health, education, social and environmental innovation and high impact philanthropy. We advise philanthropists, social entrepreneurs, public institutions and non-profit organisations.
dpia works on a project basis with a permanent team based in Paris and an international network of professionals and change makers especially across Europe and Africa.
vision
We are committed to contributing to a more just and inclusive society.
We believe in the potential of philanthropy to drive social and societal experimentation and act as an innovation lab, to look for answers to our most pressing issues requiring a capacity to work in the long run.
Our approach is both scientific and human centered and we aim at providing the highest standards in terms of quality and excellence.
We want to act as facilitators of change and accelerators of innovation, bringing all stakeholders together in virtuous circles for contributing to long-lasting solutions for pacifying and bringing our society together.
founder
dpia was founded by Danuta Pieter. A graduate from Imperial College London, HEC Paris and Sciences-Po. Danuta was for 12 years the CEO of the Fondation Hôpitaux de Paris – Hôpitaux de France, a leading non-profit organization for bringing about innovation in patient care in public hospitals.
Danuta is a lecturer at Sciences Po Paris and at the University of Silesia in Katowice Poland, where she teaches courses on philanthropy and fundraising. She is also a regular contributor at NYU.
Previously, Danuta was an associate researcher at the Center for Geostrategic Studies of Normale Sup’ Ulm. She then created and ran the department of know-how transfer at Suez Environment – a worldwide utility company, where she also specialized in Water for All Programs in large metropolises across the globe.
Danuta is a board member of several non profit organizations including Prof. Józef Pieter Foundation in Poland and Ambition Saint Denis in Saint Denis.