Caroline Harper is Chief Executive of Sightsavers International, a global nonprofit organization working across eye health, neglected tropical diseases, disability rights, inclusive education, and livelihoods. She has led Sightsavers since 2005, overseeing its growth and international reach, including programs that have delivered treatments for neglected tropical diseases to almost 200 million people, supported approximately 400,000 sight-restoring operations, and advanced opportunities for people with disabilities. Her leadership includes extensive experience in organizational strategy, international development, fundraising, advocacy, and stakeholder engagement across the nonprofit sector.

Harper currently serves as Chair of the International Civil Society Centre, an organization comprising influential international NGOs, and as a Trustee of the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness. She previously served as a Non-Executive Director of Notting Hill Housing Trust from 2004 to 2010. Before joining Sightsavers, she held senior leadership roles in the energy sector, including Managing Director of Hess UK, where she built its gas and electricity trading and marketing business before its £120 million sale in 2002. Harper holds a PhD in Energy Studies from Churchill College, Cambridge, was awarded an OBE for services to the gas industry in 2000 and a CBE for services to visually impaired people abroad in 2016, and is a Fellow of the Institute of Physics. Her experience spans nonprofit and corporate leadership, board governance, fundraising, international development, and institutional strategy.