Suki Gallagher joins M.A.D. as Business Development Director

Howard Lake | 14 August 2013 | News

Suki Gallagher has joined M.A.D. (Make a Difference) Jewellery as Business Development Director. She will be responsible for developing long term partnerships with UK charities to generate income from the online jewellery retailer.

M.A.D. specialises in online jewellery sales, jewellery merchandising, auction prizes and jewellery party packs with the chosen charity receiving 100% of the retail margin.

She joins M.A.D. after four years as Director of Business Development at fundraising technology company Everyclick, where her she helped create and deliver Give as you Live.

She is a Trustee at the UCL Cancer Institute Research Trust, Partnerships Development Consultant at Action Medical Research, Charity Representative for the Guinness World Records and Charity Ambassador for Britain’s Personal Best. She has also served as a Voluntary Ambassador at Cancer Research UK for 13 years.

She joins M.A.D. as the company announces that it has secured investment to help it expand operations, following its successful launch in May 2013. The investment will be used to develop online and offline marketing to increase M.A.D.’s profile with consumers, as well as to support the development of bespoke and off-the-shelf fundraising campaigns to charity partners’ own donor bases.

Founder and Director Spencer Cohen, said: "M.A.D. is all about harnessing the success of the luxury goods and online fashion accessories market and giving customers the chance to do good every time they purchase.

"Every time a customer shops with M.A.D. 100% of the retail margin goes directly to the charity of their choice. The fact that we don’t charge any upfront or ongoing fees for our services levels the playing field so that any charity can generate extra unrestricted income."

Of Gallagher's appointment he said: "Her intimate knowledge of the sector, impressive contacts and creative ingenuity will support us in developing close partnerships with charities to deliver high yield donor targeted campaigns and crucial additional income."

About Howard Lake
Howard Lake is consultant editor of UK Fundraising. He founded the site in 1994 and successfully sold it in 2022. As director of Giving X Ltd he is exploring growing giving on a massive scale. He is the founder of Fundraising Camp and co-founder of GoodJobs.