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Meet the Alumni: Shirley Cramer

Date and time
Wednesday 29 March 2023, 16:00 BST to 17:00 BST
Attendance and participation
This is an online only event.
Portrait image of Shirley Cramer CBE, BA Applied Social Studies, 1978

About this webinar

This Meet the Alumni Event welcomes BA Applied Social Studies graduate Shirley Cramer, Former CEO of the Royal Society for Public Health. Shirley will share the story of her career journey, the conversation will also focus on women in leadership, the past, the present and future and will give you an insight into the thoughts, ideas and experiences of one of our alumni. The event will be hosted by Eva Kipnis, Professor of Marketing at the University of Bradford. Attendees will also be invited to submit questions.

About Shirley Cramer, BA Applied Social Studies 1978

Shirley Cramer CBE, is a member of our Bradford alumni community, having received her BA in Applied Social Studies in 1978. Shirley has over 25 years leaderships experience and has held senior leadership positions in both the UK and the USA, she has also held non-executive positions in both countries in the public and voluntary sectors.

Shirley is former Chief Executive of the Royal Society of Public Health and Dyslexia Action, and most recently has been interim Chief Executive of Alzheimer's Research UK. She is also Chairman of the Equality and Diversity External Advisory Group at the Dept of Business Innovation and Skills. 

Shirley is Chair of British Future, and independent, non-partisan thinktank seeking to involve people in an open conversation, which addresses people's hopes and fears about identity and integration, migration and opportunity.

About the event series

Our Meet the Alumni series features close-up conversations with Bradford alumni from different disciplines and backgrounds providing great insights into the industries they work in and their personal and professional journeys.