Hannah Graf MBE is a former Captain in the British Army and a powerful activist for the trans community that she and her husband are both integral to.
Appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire in 2018 for services to the LGBTQ community in the British military, Hannah campaigns for trans people, offering emotional as well as practical support for them and their families through her vast charity work.
A natural leader, a deep-thinking speaker, a dedicated mother and a one-time high-adrenaline sport junky! Hannah is now Head of Investigative Reporting, Financial Crime Investigations at one of the UK's biggest banks.
You may have seen her with her husband, Jake Graf, on the Channel 4 documentary Our Baby, A Modern Miracle.
In this deeply personal conversation, Hannah reveals how
- sport gave her a refuge and safe space growing up
- high adrenaline or extreme sports are the perfect training ground for life-threatening situations in the army
- how sport continues to shape her life, and that of her young, growing family
We're definitely staying in touch with Hannah and you can too by following her on Instagram at HannahW. You can also find access to the many and diverse charities Hannah supports through this link.
94% of women working in C-suite executive roles played sport at a younger age,
52% at university level*.
In all walks of life, not just the C-Suite, participation in sport from an early age promotes professional excellence, in whatever field a woman moves into. And that’s a fact.
Sport helps develop resilience, discipline and teamwork. Together these form a holy trinity for success.
Hosts Rachel Shelley (Helena Peabody on TV’s The L Word, gay icon and mother to a teen girl in London) and Dublin’s Nikki Symmons (former international hockey and cricket player for 13 years, Ireland’s first female athlete to come out as gay and a specialised DEI advisor) talk to some of your favourite high-achieving women from all walks of life, about how their sporting experiences have shaped them in weird, wonderful and often whacky ways. With a lot of laughter en route.
They discuss the wild and varied parallels they see between competitive sport and their real-life experiences.
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