TRUSTEE
Harriet Gordon-Brown
Harriet has built her career in international development, leading health, education, and rural development programmes across East Africa and South Asia. She is currently CEO of CHASE Africa, an NGO working through local partners to improve the health of remote rural communities, with a strong focus on sexual and reproductive health and rights. Her previous work at the University of Exeter and Public Health England explored the links between human and environmental health, and she was a founding trustee of TackleAfrica. Harriet brings extensive experience in charity leadership, governance, strategy, programme development, fundraising and donor stewardship, and partner management of complex interdisciplinary projects.
Alongside her professional expertise, Harriet has a personal connection to the rare disease community as a parent: two of her three children live with different rare conditions. She has first-hand experience of the long diagnostic process, and the physical and emotional challenges those living with a rare disease face. This combination of professional skills and personal insight motivates her to help Medics for Rare Disease improve training and awareness amongst the medical community for those living with rare diseases.