Dame Suzi Leather Chair, Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority, London, UK

Dame Suzi Leather's academic background is in political science and she also has probation and social work qualifications. She has worked in the consumer movement, at regional, national and European levels and has particular interests in regulation, public policy and health issues. Her broad professional experience includes having chaired a... read morecommunity and mental health NHS Trust, been the founding chair of the first combined Healthy Living Centre and UK Online Centre and was the first Deputy Chair of the Food Standards Agency and a member of the Royal Society's Inquiry into Infectious Diseases of Livestock. Dame Suzi was appointed the Chair of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority in March 2002. She is also a member of the Human Tissue Authority.