Laura Hickey OBE @LauraHickey Twitter profile

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Laura Hickey OBE

@LauraHickey

3 years

هذا الشبل من ذاك الاسد Like Father, Like Son. ⁦⁦ @sblhickey ⁩ #diplochef

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Running the #diplomile in Central Park with colleagues in 100 countries around the world. ⁦ @UKinNewYork ⁩ ⁦ @UKUN_NewYork ⁩ ⁦ @foreignoffice ⁩

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So farewell New York. Thanks for 5 unforgettable years. Will miss the wonderful team ⁦ @UKinNewYork ⁩ and this great city.

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@LauraHickey

4 years

I appear to have immaculate timing for my runs. This hail thunder flood combo was quite something.

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@LauraHickey

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Brilliant to have these female founders of British tech companies represent the future of U.K. tech innovation as part of #GREATfuture and breaking down barriers to access capital for female entrepreneurs. Great to be working with @janetcoyle2 on #UKFemaleFounders @UKinNewYork

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@LauraHickey

5 years

Glad to have been a part of #WorldPrideNYC yesterday to show our support for LGBTQ+ rights around the world. ⁦ @UKinNewYork ⁩ ⁦ @UKUN_NewYork ⁩ ⁦

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@LauraHickey

5 years

So I picked the perfect time for a run in Central Park today. Never had icicles on my eyelashes before. Always good to try something new, but think I once is probably enough.

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@LauraHickey

5 years

STEMing the Funding Gap for Female Entrepreneurs and why it is an economic imperative

STEMing the Funding Gap for Female Entrepreneurs

STEM: Supporting Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics

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Laura Hickey OBE

@LauraHickey

5 years

It’s official! @sblhickey is our new Ambassador to Iraq.مبروك

Stephen Hickey

@sblhickey

5 years

كان من دواعي سروري ان اقدم اوراق اعتمادي سفيرا للمملكة المتحدة للرئيس @BarhamSalih . وقد ابلغته ان المملكة عازمة على دعم العراقيين في بناء عراق مزدهر وقوي وديموقراطي.

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@LauraHickey

4 years

I am joining my colleagues @UKinNewYork and @UKUN_NewYork and all round the world as part of a global 24hour marathon relay for UNICEF and the NHS.

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@LauraHickey

6 years

Privilege to see these British and American wounded veterans complete the #WalkOfAmerica . Inspriring words from @DrBiden and @JoeBiden #SupportTheWalk

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@LauraHickey

6 years

In 2019, men have a virtual monopoly on Venture Capital in the U.K with less than 1% going to all female start ups. Groundbreaking research UK’s @BritishBBank publishes gender data from UK VC firms for the first time. Let’s change this. #GREATfuture

British Business Bank

@BritishBBank

6 years

#FemaleFounders pitching for venture capital get significantly less funding than male founders – as revealed by our #VCFemaleFounders report out today in collaboration with @diversityVC @BVCA . Download the full report here 👉 #VC #VentureCapital

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@LauraHickey

5 years

70 is the new 50! Wonderful for hear ⁦ @CamCavendish ⁩ challenge us to think differently about ageing societies in her new book Extra Time. Pleasure to host her and ⁦ @Emily_Benn ⁩ this week in New York.

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@LauraHickey

6 years

Brilliant session at the UN with UAE, Brazil, Bloomberg and MIT on how gender data can be used to #STEMtheGap and close the gender gap in STEM careers

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@LauraHickey

5 years

The only member of the family that is really enjoying home schooling and working from home.

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@LauraHickey

5 years

It was a privilege to hear from the inspirational ⁦ @ErikaIrishBrown ⁩ last night on diversity as a business imperative ⁦ @UKinNewYork ⁩ ⁦ @UKUN_NewYork ⁩

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@LauraHickey

5 years

Farewell SanDiego, I fear you have set the bar for scenic evening jog rather high.

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@LauraHickey

4 years

So #RedNoseDay is a bit different this year, but still supporting the most vulnerable members of our communities. Time to get our (digital) noses on! @RedNoseDayUSA @Walgreens @UKinNewYork

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Laura Hickey OBE

@LauraHickey

5 years

An exceptional choice...

Stephen Hickey

@sblhickey

5 years

Delighted and honoured to be appointed British Ambassador to Iraq - looking forward to strengthening the close relationship between the UK and Iraq.

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@LauraHickey

7 years

Had the pleasure to meet @LewisPugh today. His Artic swimming put NY cold snap in perspective... Amazing commitment to fighting climate change.

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Laura Hickey OBE

@LauraHickey

4 years

New brilliant family lockdown game: our names go in a hat, each family member picks one, then that person gets to give the person named a haircut. Can’t be worse that our current state (although may be marginal for whoever the 4 year old picks). I think it could catch on.

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Laura Hickey OBE

@LauraHickey

7 years

After 18 consecutive male appointments, we have our first female UN Permanent Representative @KarenPierce22 .

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Laura Hickey OBE

@LauraHickey

5 years

Happy #RedNoseDay New York! Brilliant to hear Richard Curtis, Kate McKinnon and Emma Freud talk about their hilarious new comedy Yesterday. Time to get #NosesOn ...

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@LauraHickey

5 years

Venturing through the Glass ceiling: closing the VC gender gap at #GREATfuture - Diverse companies outperform non diverse ones by 35%. Diversity is a business imperative. @UKinNewYork

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@LauraHickey

8 years

Proud to host roundtable on @UNHLP report with business and @SScarpaleggia leading the way to create gender balanced supply chains #CSW61

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Laura Hickey OBE

@LauraHickey

6 years

Excited about this partnership with @Bloomberg and @WomenEqualities and the impact we can have together to accelerate the pace of change in the private sector.

Mike Bloomberg

@MikeBloomberg

6 years

The @Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index shows companies that are leading the way in addressing gender disparities. Thanks to @PennyMordaunt & @WomenEqualities , our new partnership will improve workplace gender equality reporting in the UK. #BloombergGBF

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@LauraHickey

7 years

Wonderful to welcome Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Karen Bradley MP, to New York, and thanks to @BillClinton for his commitment to Northern Ireland’s peace and prosperity.

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@LauraHickey

7 years

How do gender norms in media, entertainment, and advertising impact women’s economic power? Thanks to @SusanBaroness @GDIGM @WomenEqualities @FlatironSchool @techwillsaveus for working with us to #STEMtheGap

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@LauraHickey

3 years

Never quite know what you are going to run into in this fog…

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@LauraHickey

7 years

Kicking off UK-US public private collaboration on gender reporting to close the gender pay gap with @h_spencer and her team

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Laura Hickey OBE

@LauraHickey

6 years

At the Met, waiting to hear Placido Domingo sing. Never thought I would hear him perform in person. Very cool.

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@LauraHickey

2 years

The cat is enjoying the new heater

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@LauraHickey

5 years

This is strongly deserved. @GEMSGIRLS is an inspiring organisation and Rachel Lloyd has transformed the lives of many thousands of vulnerable children and young women. A real inspiration.

British Consulate NY 🇬🇧

@UKinNewYork

5 years

#ICYMI Rachel Lloyd has received a CMG for services to supporting victims and survivors of commercial sexual exploitation and trafficking. Her organization, @GEMSGIRLS , is New York State’s only organization designed to provide trauma-informed, strengths-based services.

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@LauraHickey

6 years

Even rush hour jersey traffic couldn’t keep us away. Good luck Liverpool! @LFC

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@LauraHickey

6 years

Great to see the Egyptian flag flying as @MoSalah makes his way into the pitch and scores in less than 30 seconds! Wish you were here @FCOJohnCasson

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Laura Hickey OBE

@LauraHickey

5 years

Perfect timing for the #RedNoseDayUSA run at the British International School. #NosesOn in a torrential downpour (which started seconds after this photo was taken)...

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Laura Hickey OBE

@LauraHickey

5 years

Marmite has finally made it to the shelves of Whole Foods. Now I feel truly welcome.

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@LauraHickey

2 years

Nothing can distract this one from his phone, not even a paint attack by his younger brothers. Serious focus.

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@LauraHickey

4 years

It is incumbent on all of us to counter racism and support equality before the law.

Antony Phillipson

@AJPhillipson

4 years

1000s have marched in #nycprotests demanding racial equality and justice after the appalling murder of George Floyd. To bear witness has been humbling. As Maya Angelou told us, we all need to “develop enough courage to stand up for yourself and then stand up for somebody else”.

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@LauraHickey

5 years

Diversity in those creating new technology and those testing it is vital to avoid disadvantaging large parts of society;- @Dr_Black makes a compelling case for inclusion at #GREATFuture

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@LauraHickey

5 years

This is not how I spent rainy Saturdays before I had kids. 40ft up and soaked to the skin.

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@LauraHickey

4 years

Love this story.

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@LauraHickey

5 years

Thought provoking evening with ⁦ @OfficialZSL ⁩ ⁦ @DomJermey ⁩ ⁦ @jimwren ⁩ hearing about their work to counter the massive loss of wildlife and biodiversity we are experiencing- 60% gone in the last 40 years. We have to save our biodiversity to save ourselves.

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@LauraHickey

2 years

Not a bad view for a morning run (although I can’t say I feel the same about the hill I had to run up to see it)

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@LauraHickey

6 years

Great to have ⁦ @SalfordUni ⁩ in NYC for NY fashion week showcasing what the graduates and students of their award winning fashion design programme can do ⁦ @UKinNewYork ⁩

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@LauraHickey

6 years

@CycletoSyracuse off on final leg of their 700mile ride from Lockerbie to Syracuse to commemorate 30th anniversary of the Lockerbie bombing. Great to have @ScotSecofState and @Syracuse here in NYC to see them off. “Look back, but act forwards”.

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@LauraHickey

5 years

Left the room for 5 minutes and this happened. Apparently it is a fort. Hope they are as enthusiastic clearing it up...

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Laura Hickey OBE

@LauraHickey

3 years

I second that.

Stephanie Al-Qaq

@salqaq

3 years

Relief and joy as we set off from Tehran. @FreeAnoosheh @FreeNazanin @FCDOGovUK

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@LauraHickey

6 years

Definitely the best marathon (I say never having run one...)

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@LauraHickey

6 years

Excited to have @MikeBloomberg as our special guest.

Antony Phillipson

@AJPhillipson

6 years

Delighted to announce that @MikeBloomberg will be our special guest and give remarks at opening of Designing Our Future in New York 2-4 April. See the full program 👉 #GREATfuture

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@LauraHickey

3 years

Congratulations to Iran’s Javad Faroughi on a brilliant win.

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Laura Hickey OBE

@LauraHickey

5 years

Urgency of greening the whole economy is acute- our own survival depends on it. Powerful case for why all investments needs to go green from ⁦ @seankidney ⁩ at #GREATfuture London leads the way as world centre for green finance.

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@LauraHickey

7 years

Congrats to @RunRunRunPaul ! no better way to end a 3000 mile run than with a British beer in @sunkenhundred

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Laura Hickey OBE

@LauraHickey

3 years

Am looking forward to coming back to New York soon. Been too long.

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@LauraHickey

3 years

We seem to have got surprisingly good at swimming. Loved watching this team bring it home.

Team GB smash world record to win Tokyo 4x100m mixed medley relay gold

Great Britain won another swimming gold as the quartet of Kathleen Dawson, Adam Peaty, James Guy and Anna Hopkin broke the 4x100m mixed medley relay world record

www.theguardian.com

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@LauraHickey

3 years

Devon definitely exceeding my expectations for a morning run. Almost Californian. Who needs plan travel?!

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@LauraHickey

7 years

FCO has come a long way since 1991. Now embassies conduct same sex marriages in countries where not recognised.

New Foreign Office booklet published on its historic ban on homosexuality

The new booklet provides insight into the ban on diplomats being homosexual which was only lifted in 1991.

www.gov.uk

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Laura Hickey OBE

@LauraHickey

3 years

YES!!!!!

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@LauraHickey

7 years

New stats released today show 29% of FTSE 100 boards are now women. Good news, but let’s not stop there. #STEMTheGap #IWD2018 #InternationalWomensDay #PressforProgress @30percentclub @30percentclubus

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@LauraHickey

3 years

Absolutely delighted to see this.

Elika Ashoori

@lilika49

3 years

Happiness in one pic @FreeAnoosheh @FreeNazanin

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@LauraHickey

5 years

Coming to New York this week...

Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

@FCDOGovUK

5 years

- Two countries - 25 cities - 11 weeks The @rafredarrows ✈️ are currently promoting 🇬🇧 on their biggest-ever tour of 🇺🇸 and 🇨🇦. #RedArrowsTour

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7 years

Great to meet @MelindaKatz to hear her priorities for Queens, discuss economic opportunities and🇬🇧🇺🇸collaboration

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@LauraHickey

5 years

#MLKDay ⁦ @MuseumofCityNY ⁩ was a great way to celebrate this inspiring man’s legacy

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@LauraHickey

6 years

Here are some of the ways we are making gender equality central to our work in New York...

British Consulate NY 🇬🇧

@UKinNewYork

6 years

Happy #InternationalWomensDay ! From promoting representation in peacekeeping negotiations to closing the venture capital funding gap, we're proud to help women and girls around the world unlock their full potential. Find out more 👇 #IWD2019 | #BalanceForBetter @UKUN_NewYork

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@LauraHickey

7 years

#rednoseday100

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@LauraHickey

7 years

Horrible news today on the streets of our great host city. We stand with NYC.

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@LauraHickey

5 years

Proving that you can grow and green your economy at the same time. #COP26 #YoCA2020

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@LauraHickey

6 years

Forbes ranks best employers for women in the US. 10% are in NYC. This data can help or hinder employers’ efforts to attract top talent, and a bit of competition can only be a good thing... #STEMtheGap

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@LauraHickey

6 years

Happy St David’s Day! Brilliant to have Eluned Morgan Welsh Minister for International Relations and the Welsh language in New York.

Welsh Government International 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

@walesintheworld

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Good discussion with FCO’s @LauraHickey - making sure Wales’ voice is heard throughout UK’s international network - codi llais Cymru yn yr UDA

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@LauraHickey

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Wonderful to see Catherine Zeta-Jones honoured by the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama on St David’s Day in New York. Completely blown away by the exceptional show the @RWCMD put on in her honour. @WelshGovernment

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Laura Hickey OBE

@LauraHickey

6 years

⁦Nice to see a bit of Liverpool in NY ⁦ @LFC ⁩

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@LauraHickey

5 years

The questions VCs ask of women and men are different and lead to different funding outcomes. Asking the same number of opportunity and risk questions of start-ups regardless of gender would make a big contribution to level the playing field.

British Consulate NY 🇬🇧

@UKinNewYork

5 years

At this morning’s roundtable with @lynnloacker founder of @dwtProjectW , the #UKFemaleFounders were given an insightful talk from @KanzeDana following her research on 'The real reason female entrepreneurs get less funding'.

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Laura Hickey OBE

@LauraHickey

5 years

Congratulations Rachel!

GEMS

@GEMSGIRLS

5 years

GEMS Founder and Executive Director, Rachel Lloyd, was invited to Buckingham Palace yesterday and awarded the Companion of the Order of St. Michael and St. George (CMG) title by Prince Charles! Congrats Rachel! #GemsGirls #QueensAward #queenshonourslist2020

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Laura Hickey OBE

@LauraHickey

7 years

A real pleasure to facilitate this stimulating discussion. Thank you @ianbremmer and @DMiliband for sharing your insight

ian bremmer

@ianbremmer

7 years

Thank you to Deputy Consul General @LauraHickey and @DMiliband for a great discussion on the global outlook for 2018!

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@LauraHickey

5 years

⁦ @colorfactoryco ⁩ well worth a visit

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@LauraHickey

5 years

Wonderful to see Konta again at #USOpen , but some questions raised about the umpire who keeps overruling his line judges to give the Russian challenger the second set...

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Laura Hickey OBE

@LauraHickey

4 years

So this speaks to me.

Family recreates ‘One Day More’ from Les Misérables in hilarious quarantine spoof

“One more day of online school (will we get a change of clothes?)...”

www.classicfm.com

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@LauraHickey

5 years

@psdifabio True, but if you survive and still have the same number of children at the end as you started with, there is very little left in this world that you can’t conquer...

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@LauraHickey

6 years

These kids from the Bronx really bringing out the sun at summer streets

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@LauraHickey

5 years

Greening the financial sector is an imperative for all of us. Low carbon Future is the only Future with any longevity.

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@LauraHickey

5 years

@harryvx You are in danger of making diplomacy look cool.

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@LauraHickey

6 years

So this is good news. UK and US researchers find an enzyme that eats plastic bottles

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Laura Hickey OBE

@LauraHickey

6 years

Brilliant.

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Laura Hickey OBE

@LauraHickey

7 years

Remembering those we lost #QEIIGarden #911Anniversary #Honor911

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Laura Hickey OBE

@LauraHickey

5 years

@BrianJJonesUK @jomcphail @SianCMacLeod @VickiTreadell @Ormalublacker @ewadesmith @CGMundell @CGHurndall @Sophie_Diplomat @KarenBell @i_southworth @cwchatter @kate_airey @karaowen @HermioneGough Made my day @BrianJJonesUK ! Great to see so many women moving on up.

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@LauraHickey

5 years

There is a revolution under way in what money is for. Climate risk, global green finance and transparency are changing the capital market. We have to run not walk in this transition if we want to avert climate induced catastrophe. @GFI_org London leads the way #Greatfuture

Ty Francis MBE

@tyfrancis

5 years

Green-lighting ‘Global Green Finance’ panel at @tradegovukUSA ’s Designing Our Future eventbin NYC w/ @HSBC ‘s VP Sustainable Finance Divya Bendre, @RogerGifford , @seankidney , moderated by Erin Robert @jpmorgan . #GREATFuture

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@LauraHickey

6 years

Powering Past Coal Alliance and Bloomberg Philanthropies announce a new partnership on transition away from coal. @claireperrymp @cathmckenna @MikeBloomberg discuss the huge potential of the low carbon economy, which in the UK is growing 5 times faster than the rest.

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Laura Hickey OBE

@LauraHickey

6 years

This is really good news.

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@LauraHickey

7 years

The misery continues as the Assad regime supported by Russia shamelessly flout the ceasefire resolution

The White Helmets

@SyriaCivilDef

7 years

A baby girl was rescued alive, pulled from the rubble after intensive aerial bombardment on residential neighbourhoods in #Douma City in #EasternGhouta 2 days prior. #SaveGhouta . #Syria March 4th

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@LauraHickey

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@dave_clay This is perfect.

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@LauraHickey

5 years

#NosesOn #RedNoseDay

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Laura Hickey OBE

@LauraHickey

7 years

Thanks to you and @beachgal for your brilliant insight, was a real pleasure

Mary Ellen Holden

@MEH3113

7 years

Thanks @LauraHickey and the British Consulate for hosting a lively roundtable discussing gender portrayals and pay in media in the US and across the pond. #STEMtheGap was a social awakening @GDIGM @beachgal @MEH3113

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Laura Hickey OBE

@LauraHickey

6 years

Low carbon electricity generation hits record high of 53% of total in the U.K.

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@LauraHickey

7 years

Brit completes epic 3,000-mile run for fellow Army vets on Brooklyn Bridge | Brooklyn Daily Eagle

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Laura Hickey OBE

@LauraHickey

6 years

#WithRefugees

Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

@FCDOGovUK

6 years

#WorldRefugeeDay 44,400 people were forced to flee their homes every day in 2017 25.4 million people are refugees 52% of them are children The UK is working around the world to support those who have been forced from their homes. Retweet if you stand #WithRefugees

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@LauraHickey

5 years

@h_spencer @Ambition_Inst @GEOgovuk Congratulations Hillary and to Ambition for recruiting you! My team and I are sorry to see you go. All the best for this next stage.

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@LauraHickey

5 years

@harryvx @UKinNewYork @UKUN_NewYork That was all @_anandaks ‘ work

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@LauraHickey

3 years

@lvanderkam @DrJ_SLP Elephant and Piggie books