Read about the Staff, Chairman, Co-Founders, Board of Trustees and Patrons at Cure Leukaemia.

Meet the team behind Cure Leukaemia

The Cure Leukaemia Team

James McLaughlin

Chief Executive

Having studied Retail Management at Bournemouth University James began his career as Head of Sales at Southampton FC, despite being a lifelong Portsmouth fan! During his four-and-a-half  stay with...
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Jackie Kelly

Events and Projects Executive

Jackie has been at Cure Leukaemia since 2010 and has played a huge part in helping the organisation grow in the decade that followed. She previously worked at Edgbaston Cricket Ground with James and Jennie. Jackie...
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Ben Pollard

Head of Marketing and Communications

Ben began his career at The Albion Foundation (club charity of West Bromwich Albion Football Club) in 2013 following the completion of his Masters degree and quickly rose up the ranks. Ben joined the British...
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Joe White

Head of Sports Events

Joe joined Cure Leukaemia on secondment from John Lewis in the summer of 2013 and immediately made an impact helping Cure Leukaemia recruit 400 runners for that year’s Great...
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Jennie Hill

Accounts & Fundraising Assistant

Jennie joined Cure Leukaemia in 2012 having previously worked with James and Jackie at Edgbaston Cricket Ground. Jen oversees all of Cure Leukaemia's accounts, manages our major fundraising platforms such...
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Gemma Hathaway

EA To The Chief Executive

Gemma joined Cure Leukaemia in the early part of 2020. Just a few weeks into her role the UK went into lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic but this didn't stop her engraining herself in the CL Team.
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Lynn Richards-Cole

Trusts & Foundations Executive

Lynn Richards-Cole started at Cure Leukaemia in early 2020 having spent many years as Client Development Director at AON. Lynn was brought into the team to focus on applications to Trusts and Foundations...
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Eloise Nelson

Content Manager

Eloise joined the team at Cure Leukaemia early in 2021, and less than 3 months into her time here, she was off on The Tour 21 2021 for nearly 4 weeks, working closely with the team to document The Tour...
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Alex Smith

Head of Sponsorship

Alex joined us in December following a successful 15 years working in the sports industry, most recently following a spell as Head of Commercial and Retail at Walsall Football Club, guiding both departments...
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Chairman

Geoff Cousins

Chairman

“I am incredibly proud and excited to be Chairman of Cure Leukaemia. The charity is entering a transformational stage in its history and I hope to utlise my experience through many years...
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Founders

Professor Charlie Craddock CBE

Co-Founder & Trustee

Charles Craddock is Professor of Haemato-oncology at the University of Birmingham and the Academic Director of the Centre for Clinical Haematology at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital. He trained in haematology...
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Graham Silk

Co-Founder & Trustee

Graham is Chairman of Hampson Investments, an investment holding company with interests in different sectors cross the UK and internationally. In February 2001, he was named as "one to watch" in a business...
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Michael Woolley

Co-Founder

Blood cancer survivor Michael Woolley is one of the Co-Founders of Cure Leukaemia. Michael was chairman for the first six years of the charity’s life and in that role and...

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