Graham has been a member of the board since 2015 and the Treasurer from the end of 2019.  He has been member of the YHA since childhood, continues to enjoy hostelling in the UK and Europe, and is active in spreading the hostelling bug to others most directly through the leadership of youth hostelling weekends for members of his cycling club.

Graham is an experienced senior leader in the public sector.  He is currently a special advisor to the European Space Agency having previously served as Chief Executive of the Space Agency, a role for which he was awarded the Royal Aeronautical Society's Geoffrey Pardoe Award in 2021, and as a career civil servant for almost 30 years across a wide range of UK Government departments beginning his career at HM Treasury and including a period as Finance Director at the Department of Culture Media and Sport.

He is a keen cyclist, having occupied at various times the positions of membership, road racing secretary and road racing and time trials event organiser in his club.  In 2021 he was silver medallist in the British Masters National Criterium Championship.

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