John Hibbs

John Hibbs founded The Hibbs Lupus Trust in October 2011 and is responsible for setting the charity's strategic aims, its overall management and leadership. Working voluntarily, John has built several corporate partnerships and successfully secured charity of the year with organisations to both raise funds and awareness for the charity. John has successfully raised the profile of lupus through the charity's use of social media and its website and has gained the support of several MPs. In 2009 Sarah Brown hosted a Downing Street reception to help John raise awareness of lupus. This was the first Downing Street reception to have been organised through Twitter and is documented in Sarah's autobiography. Always up for a challenge, particularly if raising funds for the charity, John has twice completed The Virgin London Marathon and also cycled 200 miles in under 19 hours from Lupus Way in Liverpool to Lupus Street in London. This is in addition to taking part in several half marathons, walks and fun runs. In 2014, John was listed in the Top 30 Social CEOs for his work with The Hibbs Lupus Trust.