Huby attended Athénée Royal de Malmedy school in Belgium followed by the Institut des Hautes Etudes des Communications Sociales in Brussels. She started her career as a
radio journalist in Belgium in the 1980s, there she presented a current affairs show every day for a national audience. After a year, she took a job in the UK at the
Birmingham Post. She studied English at
Birkbeck, University of London while teaching French part time. Age 24, she founded a press office for the charity
Médecins Sans Frontières in
Zagreb, Croatia before moving on to become head of the UK arm of Médecins Sans Frontières. While at Medecins Sans Frontieres (UK) she worked providing medical facilities in countries such as former Yugoslavia and Rwanda. where they discussed the Justgiving concept which led to Huby leaving the organisation to start up the company and launch the website in February 2001. Living in Islington, Huby is the chair of an education business, MyTutor. She is also co-chair of Green Conservation, a group trying to change the laws regarding
Grade II listed properties in conservation areas, to enable owners to make them more eco-friendly and energy efficient. Huby is also a trustee of the
Anna Freud Centre. == References ==