Cherry Seaborn has a documented background spanning competitive field hockey, postgraduate business education, professional risk and technology work, and later sustainability-focused projects. Before entering the corporate sector, she represented England at youth level, won university championships with Durham and played a full season for Duke University in the United States.
Her later career developed through Deloitte roles spanning financial risk, digital innovation and sustainability. More recently, official records have also connected her with Babes in Armour and Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business, while England Hockey records show that she remained involved in competitive club hockey more than a decade after her Duke season.
Quick Facts
| Field | Details |
|---|---|
| Full name | Cherry Seaborn |
| Education | Durham University; Master of Management Studies at Duke University |
| Sport | Field hockey |
| International level | Represented England at Under-18 and Under-21 level |
| Duke record | Played 23 matches and scored six goals in the 2013 season |
| Professional background | Risk, technology, digital innovation and sustainability |
| Former employer | Deloitte |
| Business project | Founder of Babes in Armour Ltd., according to Duke Fuqua |
| University role | Member of Duke Fuqua’s Board of Visitors since 2020 |
| Recent hockey | Captained Harleston Magpies in multiple 2024–25 league fixtures |
From England Youth Hockey to University Competition
Seaborn had already built a substantial sporting record before moving to the United States. Duke Athletics records that she represented England at both Under-18 and Under-21 level.
Her youth international achievements included European Under-18 bronze in 2009, a Four Nations silver medal in 2010, and European Under-21 bronze in 2012. Duke also records England Under-21 selection in 2011, 2012 and 2013.
Alongside international youth hockey, she competed at university level in Britain. She helped Durham University win British university championships in 2012 and 2013, giving her a strong competitive record before her postgraduate move to Duke.
Her 2013 Season at Duke
After graduating from Durham in 2013, Seaborn entered Duke University’s Master of Management Studies programme at the Fuqua School of Business. Fuqua identifies her as a member of the MMS class of 2014.
Her move was also an important sporting step. During Duke’s 2013 field hockey season, she appeared in 23 of the team’s 24 matches and started 21 of them. She scored six goals, finished with 12 points and registered three match-winning goals.
Duke reached the NCAA championship match on 24 November 2013 during Seaborn’s single season with the team.
She was a regular starter and contributed directly to Duke’s scoring during a season that ended at the national championship stage.
What Seaborn Said About Sport and Teamwork
Some of the clearest first-hand comments from Cherry Seaborn come from interviews published by Duke Athletics in 2013.
In a September 2013 interview, she explained that she had long wanted to study and play in the United States. Duke appealed to her because it offered the combination of postgraduate education and high-level sport she was seeking.
Later that year, she spoke about the importance of teamwork. Rather than focusing only on individual achievement, she described hockey as an opportunity to contribute to something larger and to help other people succeed.
She also spoke positively about the support available to student-athletes at Duke, including the way academic and sporting structures worked together. Her comments from that period centre on team contribution, shared goals and the experience of combining study with competitive sport.
Moving Into Risk, Technology and Sustainability Work
After completing her Duke studies, Seaborn began a professional career with Deloitte in New York in 2014. Her professional profile records roles spanning finance and operational risk before later work in technology, digital and innovation.
Her career subsequently continued in London. The same professional record places her in Deloitte’s Nature, Climate and Sustainability – Innovation; Scaling Impact team at manager level from August 2021.
That role continued until March 2024, which is the latest confirmed end date for her Deloitte employment. Some older profiles still describe her as a current Deloitte employee, although her professional profile records no later Deloitte role.
Her roles progressed from finance and operational risk into technology and digital innovation, followed by sustainability-focused work.
Further Study in Sustainable Business
Seaborn’s move towards sustainability was accompanied by further education. Her professional profile records study at the University of Cambridge from 2020 to 2021, with research focused on how collaboration between established companies and start-ups can accelerate sustainable innovation.
Her profile also records a Sustainable Finance credential issued in February 2022 through the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership.
These studies aligned closely with the direction of her professional work at the time. Her stated research interest focused on how organisations could work with emerging companies to help environmental and sustainability-focused ideas develop at greater scale.
Professional Work Connected With Environmental Innovation
Seaborn’s public professional activity has included work connected with The Earthshot Prize and sustainability innovation.
Through her professional LinkedIn activity, she referred to The Earthshot Prize as an organisation she had worked with and highlighted Deloitte’s involvement with the Sanergy Collaborative through that partnership.
Her comments focused on creativity, innovation and collaboration as ways of addressing environmental challenges. She also shared professional opportunities involving female founders working on climate-related problems.
Earlier activity from her Deloitte career included involvement with a global digital-risk survey, fitting the broader pattern of her work across technology, innovation and risk before her later sustainability focus.
Her public professional activity centred on sustainability innovation, climate-related projects and collaboration aimed at helping environmental solutions develop at greater scale.
Babes in Armour and Her Continuing Fuqua Role
During the later part of her documented Deloitte career, Seaborn also became involved with Babes in Armour Ltd.
Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business currently identifies her as Founder, Babes in Armour Ltd. Official Companies House records separately list her as a director of both Babes in Armour Limited and Babes in Armor Limited, with appointments beginning on 6 April 2023.
Babes in Armour Limited remained listed as active in 2026, with a confirmation statement dated 5 April 2026. The corporate records establish the company’s legal existence and her directorship, while Fuqua provides the separate founder description.
Companies House confirms the company’s active status but does not provide sales, revenue or commercial-scale figures.
Seaborn also maintains a continuing connection with Duke. Fuqua lists her as a member of its Board of Visitors since 2020. The board advises the school on areas including programmes, curriculum, facilities and operations.
Her involvement therefore extends beyond being a former student. More than a decade after completing the MMS programme, she remains connected with the institution through an advisory role.
Her Return to Competitive Club Hockey
Seaborn’s hockey record did not end with her university career.
Official England Hockey match sheets show her playing for Harleston Magpies’ women’s first team during the 2024–25 Women’s Division 1 South season. She was recorded as captain in multiple fixtures, including matches played in September and November 2024 and February 2025.
A Harleston Magpies club programme published in September 2025 added further context. Ladies’ first-team manager John Adams wrote that Seaborn had stepped into the captaincy during the previous campaign after Ella Picton was injured.
The same club publication stated that she would be absent during the 2025–26 season and expected her to return the following season. No official 2026–27 match record included in the confirmed information established that she had returned.
Her 2024–25 appearances remain significant because they document competitive participation more than ten years after her Duke season.
Cherry Seaborn’s Path Across Sport and Sustainability
Seaborn’s public record spans high-level hockey, postgraduate business study and professional work in risk, technology and sustainability. Her later involvement with Babes in Armour and Fuqua’s Board of Visitors, alongside her 2024–25 return to league hockey, adds more recent context to that record.
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