Colette Marshall
CEO, Diabetes UK
Colette is CEO of Diabetes UK, a charity which campaigns for better care, gives support in times of need and funds ground-breaking research into new treatments and cures. Almost 1 in 5 people in the UK now have a form of diabetes or have pre type 2 diabetes. Colette has worked at Diabetes UK for 12 years taking on the CEO role in 2023. She has a strong interest in futures thinking and she is featured in the Oxford View of Strategy course for her approach to open and inclusive strategy. Earlier roles include COO at MEND and Director UK Programmes at Save the Children, with a focus on severe and persistent poverty and where she was Co-Chair of the End Child Poverty Coalition. Her career started as a research scientist and then focused on bringing innovations to market, which led to her heading up an international business in the chemical industry. Colette is interested in cross sector issues, especially in how health and the environment come together. She is a Trustee at the Bat Conservation Trust.