Daphné joined the world of charity management in 1999 after 30 years in medical research and education. After working for 10 years on international development for the Meningitis Trust (UK) Daphné joined the Confederation of Meningitis Organisations (CoMO) in 2009 as executive director. Daphné subsequently became a member of the Governing Council of CoMO in 2011 and its Vice President for Europe and Africa, posts that she held until December 2017 when she retired to help found the Coalition for Life-course Immunisation (CLCI) and become its Chair. Daphné retired as Chair of CLCI at the end of 2024 but remains on the Board of Trustees and is generally active in the world of vaccines advocacy.
