Richard is guiding the company in the areas of health care systems interaction, medical focus planning, clinical partnerships and overall long term strategy. Richard is an internationally respected leader in the field of health care and life sciences. His career has spanned industry, health services and academia in Europe and the US. He therefore understands how medical innovation is developed, commercialized and adopted in a variety of health systems. His international business career includes biopharmaceuticals, diagnostics and medical informatics. Richard has served for the last 5 years on the board of Celgene, a leading international biopharmaceutical company. He chairs South London Health Innovation Network and several other health organizations and companies. Previously Richard has served as Director General of the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry, a Board and Executive Committee member of EFPIA (the European pharmaceutical industry association), Senior Vice-President, Chiron Corporation (Boston), General Manager, Worldwide Healthcare Solutions, IBM (White Plains, NY) and Partner at McKinsey & Co. Prof. Barker was awarded an OBE in the 2012 Honours List for services to the pharmaceutical industry. He holds a Visiting Professorship at Oxford University and an honorary chair at UCL, and is an honorary fellow of the British Pharmacological Society. He has been voted as one of the 50 most influential individuals in UK healthcare.