Grazina Berry, CEO Grazina joined the Aplastic Anaemia Trust in January 2018 as its new CEO Expand Grazina Berry, CEO Grazina joined the AAT in January 2018 as its new CEO and brings with her extensive experience of patient-focused and innovative support provision, business strategy development, research and organisational excellence obtained in the not-for-profit and public sectors. Most recently, Grazina was the Group Director of Performance, Quality and Innovation at the Richmond Fellowship, a national mental health services provider, where she was instrumental in the organisation’s growth, improvement and journey towards greater user focus. Grazina lives in Cambridgeshire with her family and a dog, enjoys reading, the theatre, keeping fit and baking. You can contact Grazina on [email protected]
Helen Mee, Programme Manager Helen joined us in July 2019 to lead the MarrowKidz programme development and implementation, thanks to funding from the National Lottery Expand Helen has over ten years’ experience working in the UK not-for-profit sector at management level. As Education and Training Manager at Lymphoma Action, Helen was responsible for developing and delivering education events and courses for both healthcare professionals and for people personally affected by lymphoma. Most recently, Helen headed up the Health Promotion and Education team at Bowel Cancer UK, leading a team of five staff and over 80 volunteers with a lived experience of the cancer. Helen lives in Buckinghamshire with her husband and two children.
The Team In addition to the full-time CEO, the AAT team consists of 2 part-time paid staff and a group of volunteers Expand Dedicated part-time fundraising and administrative support constitute the AAT's paid staff team. A group of volunteers work with us providing excellent and much-needed project management, marketing and patient support capacity.