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Michelle Mitchell: Celebrated Standing Up To Cancer at Cancer Research UK

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Oct 31, 2024, 03:11

Michelle Mitchell: Celebrated Standing Up To Cancer at Cancer Research UK

Michelle Mitchell, Chief Executive of Cancer Research UK, shared a post on LinkedIn:

“Last week we celebrated Standing Up To Cancer at Cancer Research UK (CRUK)!

Our head office was a hive of activity, from our first ever dog show, drenching senior members of staff, baking masterclasses to Ginger’s Big Drag Quiz – all in aid of funding life-saving translational research.

Every year we try to make Staff Week for SU2C bigger and better and every year I think we top the last. It’s a fantastic opportunity for colleagues to come together and support the campaign. Thank you to everyone who contributed to another amazing Staff Week.”

Michelle Mitchell OBE

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Michelle Mitchell is the first female chief executive of Cancer Research UK (CRUK), the world’s leading charitable funder of cancer research. In 2021/22 the charity had an income of £668m, spent £443m on cancer research and had approximately 4,000 staff and over 30,000 volunteers.

Before joining Cancer Research UK, Michelle was CEO of the MS Society for five years and a founding member of the Progressive MS Alliance: a global scientific and research joint venture and launched the STOP MS £100m appeal. Prior to that, she was Director General at Age UK, the UK’s largest older people’s charity where she worked for nearly a decade and was at the forefront of national debates on health, care and welfare.

Mitchell was appointed Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2016 New Year Honours for services to Older People and the Voluntary Sector. She was named by Cranfield University as one of the 100 Women to Watch in 2018.