Christina Burgess

Christina Burgess is the founder and Director of HBDCA. Formerly Head of Services at The Haemophilia Society, she founded HBDCA having come to realise how essential psychological support is to the well-being of a person with a bleeding disorder and their family. She was recently re-elected for a third term as a member of the Inhibitor Working Group for the European Haemophilia Consortium (EHC) and, having been a member of the Psychosocial Working Group for the European Association for Haemophilia and Allied Disorders (EAHAD) since its inception in 2018, was elected Secretary of the Working Group in February this year. Christina is a committee member and consultant to the newly-formed charity, Local Families with Bleeding Disorders.

From November 2017 to July 2018, whilst setting up HBDCA, Christina was invited to be the Interim CEO of CARIS Haringey, a homeless charity in north London. She has remained a committed volunteer ever since and is now a trustee. Christina feels privileged to work in the two areas she is passionate about: bleeding disorders and homelessness.

Christina is exceptionally fortunate to have a wonderful team at HBDCA, including the trustees and their new ambassador, Ros Cooper. She is confident that this exceptional team will, in the coming months and years, fulfil its shared HBDCA vision of providing high-quality, FREE, much-needed psychological support to the bleeding disorder community across the United Kingdom.