Anne-Marie Huby | |
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| Born | Anne-Marie Paule Monique Huby November 1966 Belgium |
| Occupation(s) | Co-founder and MD of Justgiving |
Anne-Marie Paule Monique Huby (born 17 November 1966) is a Belgian businesswoman, the co-founder, with Zarine Kharas, of Justgiving, a global online giving platform.
Beginning her career as a radio presenter, Huby had senior roles in Médecins Sans Frontières before co-founding JustGiving. She remained as chief executive until the company was purchased by Blackbaud.
Huby is now chair of My Tutor, Green Conservation and a trustee of the Anna Freud Centre.
Huby attended Athénée Royal de Malmedy school in Belgium followed by the Institut des Hautes Etudes des Communications Sociales in Brussels. [1] She started her career as a radio journalist in Belgium in the 1980s, [2] there she presented a current affairs show every day for a national audience. [3] After a year, she took a job in the UK at the Birmingham Post. She studied English at Birkbeck, University of London [4] while teaching French part time. Age 24, she founded a press office for the charity Médecins Sans Frontières in Zagreb, Croatia [2] where she remained between 1991 and 1993 [5] before moving on to become head of the UK arm of Médecins Sans Frontières. [6] While at Medecins Sans Frontieres (UK) she worked providing medical facilities in countries such as former Yugoslavia and Rwanda. [7]
Huby met Kharas at Médecins Sans Frontières in 2000 [8] where they discussed the Justgiving concept which led to Huby leaving the organisation to start up the company [9] and launch the website in February 2001. [8] In October 2017, Justgiving was bought by Blackbaud. [7] When Blackbaud took over the company, Huby stepped down as Chief Executive and took on the role as an executive on Blackbaud’s consumer business steering committee. [10]
Living in Islington, [11] Huby is the chair of an education business, MyTutor. [7] She is also co-chair of Green Conservation, a group trying to change the laws regarding Grade II listed properties in conservation areas, to enable owners to make them more eco-friendly and energy efficient. [12] [13] Huby is also a trustee of the Anna Freud Centre. [14]