If a chief executive is meant to embody the values that the organisation they lead holds true, then YMCA England has found a perfect fit in Denise Hatton.
The relatively new – she is six months into the role – boss of the national charity has spent 30 years at the organisation, working her way up from an administrative assistant when she joined aged 23, before managing then running local services and securing the top job last June.
Such a rise through the ranks of one organisation is unusual in today's voluntary sector, and the relevance it has for the young people that YMCA supports and works with is not lost on Hatton.
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