Trustee of the Month – Carolyn Maloney
Date: 22 September 2025
Where were you born?
Salford! Yep I’m a manc, but was brought up in Devon / Dorset
Where is home now?
Leicestershire
What was your first job?
Silver service waitress and chambermaid in a swanky hotel in Bournemouth
What is your favourite food?
Cheese! Specifically Comte 🙂
What is your favourite film?
Star Wars – the films not the modern additions
What was the first album/single you ever bought?
Album – Abba greatest hits. Single – Toast!
What are you most proud of personally or professionally?
Personally and professionally it’s the same thing – my resilience
You are stranded on a desert island – what one item you would take with you (book, album, luxury item).
Brene Brown – Atlas of the Heart
What do you enjoy most about being a Trustee?
Being part of the conversation and helping to ensure that the R&D Community voice is heard.