Our leadership team

Helen's role is leading our mission to beat blood cancer by funding lifesaving research, providing the information and services that people need, and campaigning on the issues that matter to people with blood cancer. She ensures that we work collaboratively with our wider community of researchers, clinicians, carers and people living with blood cancer. Helen is passionate about putting the needs of people with blood cancer at the heart of everything we do.

Prior to joining Blood Cancer UK, Helen worked at a senior level in the NHS leading the development of digital services for patients, including nhs.uk. Throughout her career in health, she’s worked to use technology and data to make people’s lives easier and make the complex more simple.

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Lisa ensures that our people, processes and systems perform to a high level and offer value for money. It is a broad-ranging role, with responsibility for human resources, IT, data, facilities and performance.

Lisa has over 25 years of experience of working within HR & organisational development, delivering both operational and strategic plans at pace. She is passionate about driving positive cultural change, transforming organisations and ensuring inclusion for all.

Prior to joining Blood Cancer UK, Nils was Head of Planning & Reporting at the British Heart Foundation and before that, Lead Business Partner at the Royal National Institute for Deaf People (RNID). Nils discovered his passion for the charity sector when volunteering as Finance Manager in Borneo, Malaysia, for Raleigh International. Before embarking on a career in charity finance, Nils worked as a professional cellist travelling all over Europe.

Nils is a Fellow Chartered Certified Accountant (FCCA) and holds degrees in Accountancy from the University of South Australia and in Music from the Royal Conservatory of The Hague.

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Matt leads our Engagement team, helping to make sure the estimated 5 million people affected by blood cancer are aware of us and that we’re raising as much money as effectively possible, with the goal of bringing forward the day no one dies of blood cancer. Matt loves the commitment and passion of our supporters, and the often inspirational and powerful stories behind their fundraising.

After beginning his career in marketing, Matt moved into the charity sector where he spent more than 20 years fundraising for disability, environmental and humanitarian aid causes before joining Blood Cancer UK.

Rubina is responsible for overseeing the delivery of all our mission-focused programmes, including our research funding schemes; the services we provide for people affected by blood cancer; our policy and advocacy work; and our volunteering and involvement opportunities.

Rubina holds a PhD in Immunology and an MSc in Management. She has a background in scientific research funding, policy and public affairs, organisational strategy and change management. She has worked in both the public and charity sector for a number of years, including with the Wellcome Trust, Cancer Research UK and the Stroke Association.

Alongside her work at Blood Cancer UK she is a Trustee of the British Science Association (a charity focused on the engagement of the public in science) and for Pro Bono Economics (an organisation that helps charities demonstrate the impact of their work).