Sir Nicholas Young
Sir Nic
holas Young (Nick) was the chief executive of the British Red Cross between July 2001 and April 2014. He has travelled widely to countries where the Red Cross is active, including visiting countries affected by the Asian tsunami as well as Iraq, Zimbabwe, North Korea and Syria.
He remains part of the British Red Cross at its honorary vice president.
Nick was chief executive of Macmillan Cancer Relief. Before that he was director of UK operations at the British Red Cross, following 5 years with the Sue Ryder Foundation setting up Sue Ryder Homes.
He started his career as a commercial solicitor, in the City and then as a partner in a firm in East Anglia.
Nick was knighted in the year 2000 for services to cancer care and was given the Queen's Badge of Honour in 2013.
