Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, since 1993. Previous Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon and Senior Lecturer Royal London Hospital & University of London 1992 t0 1993 Assistant Medical Director – Clinical Governance University Hospitals Birmingham Trust since 2016 Professor Institute Cardiovascular Sciences University of Birmingham Previous Chair of the UK National Training SAC in Cardiothoracic Surgery and Chair JCIE UK and Ireland (national exam board all surgical specialties) Chair of European Board of Cardiothoracic Surgery (examinations) 2013 – 2019 Past President of the Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery Great Britain and Ireland 2014 – 2016. Previous Vice President 2012 - 2014 Head of the School of Surgery for the West Midlands Deanery/Health Education England since 2017. Chair of the Confederation of Post Graduate Schools of Surgery UK 2017- 2020. Member of Council Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh 2015 – 2020; re-elected for 2020 to 2025 Fellow of the Faculty of Surgical Trainers and Faculty of Peri Operative care RCS Ed Chair of Professional Standards Committee RCS Ed 2015 – 2021. Chair of the Joint Surgical Fellowship Board RCS Ed since 2020. Vice President Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh 2022-2025