Clinical Director of Cardiothoracic Anaesthesia and Cardiac Critical Care, Barts Heart Centre, St Bartholomew’s Hospital, London, UK. Chair of the Barts Health NHS Trust Sedation Committee. Lead Intensivist, Nuffield Hospital, London. Co-founder SedateUK, the leading UK training organisation for non-anaesthetist delivered sedation, with over 1500 staff trained from over 100 hospitals in the UK and Ireland. Author of original research into sedation, cardiac ICU and anaesthesia for cardiology and cardiac surgery with current development of a digital pain service funded by InnovateUK. Author of The Handbook of Safe Sedation and contributor to The Oxford Handbook of Cardiothoracic Anaesthesia. Interests include innovation, the development of novel drugs in clinical practice and healthcare system change management.