Dr Richard Barker, Director General, Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry.

In this capacity, he is also a Board member of EFPIA (the European industry association) and Council member of IFPMA (the international equivalent).  His priorities include boosting the UK and Europe as a global leader in pharmaceutical innovation, strengthening the partnership between the industry and the Health Service, increasing patient engagement and access to new medicines in the UK and globally, and ensuring that the industry’s external image reflects its major contribution to health and economic prosperity.

He is Chairman of Stem Cells for Safer Medicines, a public-private partnership developing stem cell technology for predicting the safety profile of new medicines.
He is a member of the Ministerial Strategy Group for the industry, the NHS National Leadership Network and Stakeholder Forum, and Vice-Chairman of the UK Clinical Research Consortium and of its Advisory Board on Connecting for Health.