# Diabetes UK appoints new Chief Executive

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2004/08/11/diabetes-uk-appoints-new-chief-executive/
- Published: 2004-08-11T23:00:00+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

Douglas Smallwood is to be the new Chief Executive of Diabetes UK.
Douglas joins
from HBOS where he was Managing Director of Corporate Banking. He

will take up the post on 13 September 2004.

He takes over following the departure of Chief Executive Paul Streets in September
2003. Benet Middleton, Director of Nations Regions and Campaigning, has been Acting
Chief Executive.

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Douglas joined Halifax in 1987 from the Housing Association sector to develop private
finance for that market. He was instrumental in developing other areas of corporate
business at Halifax, including some of the first private finance initiative hospital
and schools projects in the UK.

He is also a Board member of Centrepoint.

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