NICE Conference 2025 Speakers
Dr Sam Roberts
Chief executive, NICE
Prof Jonathan Benger CBE
Chief medical officer and deputy chief executive, NICE
Richard Vize
Journalist and public policy analyst and NICE Conference 2025 chair
Dr Dianne Addei
Senior public health advisor National Healthcare Inequalities Improvement Programme NHS England
Steve Bates OBE
Chief executive officer, BioIndustry Association
Fiona Bride
Director of medicines value and access, NHS England
Marie Burnham
Trust chair, South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Dr Stephen Bush
Chief clinical information officer and consultant in emergency medicine, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and regional clinical advisor, NHS England
Dr John Byrne
Executive medical director, NHS South West London
Dr Sarah Byron
Programme director for Healthtech strategy and development, NICE
Dr Anastasia Chalkidou
Programme director, guidance delivery – Healthtech, NICE
Dr Andrew Champion
Programme director, All Wales Therapeutics and Toxicology Centre (AWTTC)
Ben Collins
Programme director for health and care integration in Hounslow, North West London Integrated Care Board
Dr Louise Edwards
Programme director, implementation and insights, NICE
Lorna Dunning MSc MPH
Associate director - technology appraisals and highly specialised technologies, NICE
Jamie Elvidge
Senior scientific adviser, NICE
Hilary Fanning
Senior responsible officer, data for research and development programme, NHS England
Prof Kevin Fenton CBE PhD PrFPH FRCP FFSRH (Hon)
President of the Faculty of Public Health
Lesley Goodburn
Head of public involvement and engagement, NICE
James Halls
Founder and lead director, Open Source Healing Initiative (OSHI)
Kirsty Hoyle
Chief executive officer, Metabolic Support UK
Dr Pall Jonsson
Programme director for data and real-world evidence, NICE
Victoria Jordan
Director, value and access policy, the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI)
Helen Knight
Director of medicines evaluation, NICE
Louise Knowles
Deputy director, innovation accelerator and regulatory science, Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA)
Dr Andy Knox
General practitioner (GP) partner, Ash Trees Surgery and associate medical director, Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board (ICB)
Prof Manisha Kumar
Chief medical officer, NHS Greater Manchester
Jeanette Kusel
Programme director – methods, research and health economics, NICE
Dr Xiaoxuan Liu
Associate professor in artificial intelligence (AI) and digital health, University of Birmingham
John McGrath
Consultant urological surgeon, North Bristol NHS Trust, and chair of the NHSE Steering Committee for Robotically Assisted Surgery (RAS)
Emma McNally
Chief executive officer, Tourettes Action
Dr Clare Morgan
Director of impact and partnerships, NICE
Philip Morgan
Health outcomes director UK, GSK
Dr Kay Nolan
Head of prioritisation and surveillance, NICE
Dr Scott Purdon
Head of patient advocacy, Myeloma UK and chair of the Charity Medicines Access Coalition (CMAC)
Mark Rasburn
Senior public involvement adviser, NICE
Aimee Robson
Deputy director primary and community care, improvement and development, NHS England
Shaun Rowark
Associate director - data access and analysis, NICE
Chris Sampson
Senior principal economist, Office of Health Economics
Dr Koonal Shah
Associate director – science policy and research, NICE
Prof Reecha Sofat
Breckenridge chair in clinical pharmacology and therapeutics, University of Liverpool
John Spoors
Programme director - commercial, managed access and medicines policy, NICE
Luella Trickett
Executive director, medical devices, value and access, Association of British HealthTech Industries (ABHI)
Prof Clare Turnbull PhD FFPH FRCP FRCPath MPH-Epidemiology
Professor of cancer genetics, Institute of Cancer Research London and NHS consultant in clinical cancer genetics (Honorary), Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust
Philip Varghese FRCS MS MEd
Consultant colorectal surgeon minimally invasive and robotic colorectal surgery, University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust
Bernadette Warren
Patient and NICE committee member