Annette joined The Doctors Laboratory in 1989, and has been closely involved  in the growth and change from very small, to larger organisation. Annette has benefited from the developments in clinical diagnostics where scope of service and introduction of new diagnostic assays, supported by technical and IT delivery have provided opportunity for innovative development  and change.  She believes the formula for successful personal and business development is maintained by keeping the outward facing business message simple whilst benefiting from talented colleagues  who have helped with the complex internal execution and delivery.  Everyone has a role to play in service and operational delivery.

After an education in South Africa and Western Europe, I trained in biochemistry, medicine and chemical pathology in London. I worked as a consultant pathologist in Liverpool where I gained experience of point of care testing including an evaluation of using a near patient analyser in the emergency department. As international regional advisor, I have been involved with the College’s international developments which have included laboratory skills training in Eastern Africa.

Lieutenant Colonel Emma Hutley (MSc MRCP FRCPath DTM&H RAMC) is a Consultant Clinical Microbiologist and Defence Consultant Advisor In Pathology. She joined the British Army in 1997 and has served in Germany, Kenya, Poland, Iraq and Afghanistan. Appointed Consultant Microbiologist in 2013, she undertakes regular NHS clinical duties at Frimley Park Hospital. In 2014 she was appointed Defence Consultant Advisor in Pathology and leads the Centre of Defence Pathology. She is responsible for deploying laboratories, blood transfusion, and diagnostic services across the globe, including on ships and aircraft. She has a keen interest in emerging diagnostic capability and how it can transform patient care.

Gillian is a public health expert and director of SH:24 – an online sex and reproductive health service developed in partnership with the NHS. Using design-led innovation, SH:24 seeks to promote self-management and improve the sexual health of the local population. Since introduction, SH:24 has doubled access to STI testing and reduced STI rates by 8%.  SH:24 was awarded the BMJ Innovation team award in 2017; the Digital Impact award (health), the Queen's award for enterprise (innovation category) and the Guardian public service award in digital and technology in 2018. 

Jo has very broad experience in healthcare management ranging from running clinical departments and divisions to acting as Medical Director and Chief Medical Officer at Barts Health NHS Trust. As Director of Academic Health Sciences she has led research across the Trust and the training and education of 16,000 staff across Barts Health. 

National Clinical Director of Pathology for NHS England April 2013-16, Jo has worked across a broad range of programmes and projects in all the pathology disciplines including genetics, transfusion, digital pathology, data, networks and working with the diagnostic professional bodies, including the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges.

She is involved in a range of bodies as a board member, including chairing the Research Advisory Board of the Motor Neuron Disease Association and Chairing the Strategic Clinical Reference Group of the National Information Board.

Jo became President of the Royal College of Pathologists in November 2017.

Martin Kristensson is Senior Vice President, responsible for sales in Europe, leading the EU based sales team. He received his M.Sc. in Biomedical Engineering from the Technical University of Denmark in 2011, specialising in Signal and Model-based Diagnostics, combined with Image Diagnostics and Radiation Physics.  Together with his team, he coordinated the development of Visiopharm’s clinical products, and the change management processes used to implement the tools in the daily clinical routine across Denmark. In close collaboration with colleagues and customers, he continues to investigate new applications of image analysis within pathology, pursuing new ways of offering standardised high-quality data and diagnosis.

I am currently Lead Healthcare Scientist as part of the management team of a busy multidisciplinary blood sciences department in Plymouth. My background is clinical chemistry but I spent almost 10 years leading the POCT team. I am an advocate of POCT when delivered as part of a well governed and adequately resourced service. I chair conferences and speak regularly covering topics such as POCT, automation and management and I am a member of an international scientific advisory committee. In March 2018 I set up Thornhill Healthcare Events Ltd. to provide educational events that were more accessible and affordable for staff in the NHS and other healthcare organisations.

Dr Wale Atoyebi is a Consultant Haematologist, lead clinician for red cell disorders at the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford and honorary senior clinical lecturer at Oxford University. He underwent his haematology training in Oxford. His main interests are haemoglobinopathies and disorders of iron metabolism including diagnostics utilising an Oxford NGS iron regulatory panel. Dr Atoyebi is member of the NHS England, Clinical Reference Group for Haemoglobinopathies and on the editorial board of the 2018 Standards for the Clinical Care of Adults with SCD in the UK. He is also involved in collaborative research focused on strengthening healthcare systems by improving best practice in the diagnostics and management of SCD in Sub-Saharan Africa.