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Henny Braund

"Goldsmiths drove my interest in social history."

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Year graduated 1985
Department History
Programme BA (Hons) History
Occupation Chief Executive, Anthony Nolan

"I studied from 1982, which coincided with a great time of change in the UK that certainly drove my interest in social history. Highlights from my time here were making some life long friends through a brilliant social life, and hearing the Blues Brothers play at the Students’ Union. I was passionate about campaigning, about trying to make a difference, raising money for the miners strike at various gigs, and protesting outside the Department of Education about their plans to stop the student grant! 

My role as Chief Executive at Anthony Nolan (a pioneering charity that saves the lives of people with blood cancer) is to steer the organisation, ensuring we set ambitious objectives that will enable us to continue to grow. Our ultimate aim is to provide a matching donor for every person who needs one and I hope that this will be a reality in the future.

Being part of a charity that literally saves lives every day is fantastic and it is a real privilege to have the chance to lead such an organisation. If I’m having a challenging day, I only have to take a look at our most recent annual review or spend some time looking at the posts on our Anthony Nolan facebook page and twitter, to see the difference we make every single day. Meeting patients is always inspiring and enormously humbling as they have battled against the odds so courageously."

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