CURRENT POSITION

• Director, UK NEQAS Haematology since 2014
• President, UK NEQAS Charity (registered UK charity no. 1044013)
• Co-organiser, UK NEQAS Pre and Post-analytical quality monitoring service.

PROFESSIONAL CAREER

• Joined UK NEQAS in 2000 as UK NEQAS Haematology Scheme Manager and Deputy Director
• Former UK NEQAS Executive Committee member and chair
• Has over 25 years laboratory haematology experience with a strong professional interest in the laboratory diagnosis of inherited red cell disorders
• Director of UK NEQAS Haematology, hosted by the West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust.

OTHER PROFESSIONAL ROLES INCLUDE

• Member, British Society for Haematology Guidelines General Haematology Task Force
• Member, Independent Laboratory Performance Review Group of the NHS Sickle and Thalassaemia Screening Programme
• Member, International Council for Standardisation in Haematology
• Member, UK Proficiency Testing Working Group
• Board Member, European Quality Assurance in Laboratory Medicine (EQALM)
• Board Member, International Society for Laboratory Haematology.