Ummul Choudhury

In Blog posts

Covid-19: Leadership doors need to open for Asian doctors shoring up NHS

I wrote a short piece about racism in the NHS. The statistics clearly show that non-white people are not wanted at senior management level. I find a lot of parallels in the situation with the NHS and what is happening in international aid. Except, in

April 21, 2020

Getting start-up funding in cold Damascus

Setting up a start-up requires money. Here are some of my tips for getting start-up funding (and surviving the process).

October 10, 2019

In Running a start-up, Working mum

The five things I wish I’d known when I founded a charity in the Middle East

I founded a charity in 2010. My aim at the time was to ‘give something back’. Here are the five things I wish I’d known at the very beginning.

August 22, 2019

In International development, Running a start-up, Women

Speaking in public: telling a memorable story

A few years ago I was asked to speak at a conference. The talk I gave went down so well that people quoted it back to me. How do you tell a memorable story?

June 25, 2019