Following 26 years working in the Pharmaceutical industry, I have recently been appointed as the Head of the School of Pharmacy, here at Keele University. In addition to this I also Chair the Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Partnership NHS Trust board and also the Chair of the Nursing and Midwifery Councils Appointments Board. I am a graduate in Pharmacy from The School of Pharmacy, University of London and also attained my PhD in Microbial Genetics there in 1985. I obtained a post graduate 3 year Diploma in Management studies at the UK West Midlands Regional Management School in 1989.