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Pro-Vice-Chancellor of the Faculty of Medical Sciences, Newcastle University, Professor Burn is Professor of Movement Disorders Neurology at Newcastle University and Honorary Consultant Neurologist for Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. His first degree was at Oxford (Physiological Sciences), returning to his native North East for clinical training and early medical jobs, including neurology. After further neurology training and undertaking research in London (National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square and Hammersmith Hospital) he was appointed as a Consultant Neurologist and Senior Lecturer in Newcastle in 1994.

He was previously Director of the Newcastle NIHR Biomedical Research Unit in Lewy body Dementia and National Speciality lead for Neurodegeneration in the NIHR Clinical Research Network. He is an Emeritus NIHR Senior Investigator, having previously been awarded Senior Investigator status for two consecutive terms) and currently chairs the NIHR Translational Research Collaboration for Dementia. Up until September 2017 David was National Clinical Director for Parkinson’s UK. He is also President Elect for the Association of British Neurologists and a Trustee of the Multiple System Atrophy Trust and Parkinson’s UK.

Dr Liz Mear is the Chief Executive of the Innovation Agency, North West Coast Academic Health Science Network. Prior to joining the AHSN, Liz was Chief Executive of the Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust and Chair of the Cheshire and Merseyside Comprehensive Local Research Network.

Before working at the Walton Centre Liz held a number of Director roles in a variety of NHS organisations including the acute sector, mental health and ambulance service. Liz worked in local government for 17 years, holding a variety of senior customer service roles. Liz has also worked as a Senior Management Consultant, specialising in public sector business performance improvement and change management. Liz sits on the Well North Board, the national Patient Safety Strategy Board and chairs the North West Procurement Development Board.

Professor Steven Myint is a physician with Board level global experience in public, private and the third sectors. He is Chairman of INeX, a Singapore biotech company, senior fellow at A*Star, the government research agency of Singapore. He is also an Adjunct Professor at Duke-NUS and NTU Business School in Singapore.

Professor Myint is also a director of Oxford Biodynamics in the UK and Primex Oy and Aplagon Oy in Finland. He is a former Chairman of Plexpress Oy, Chairman of Green Signal Bio, and Director of Moewin Associates. Previous Board roles have included Care International, and the executive chairmanship of Onmedica Group Ltd and Onmedica India Private Ltd. He has been Chief Executive of a patient group, the European Federation of Neurological Associations.

He was Professor and Dean of Medicine & Health at the University of Surrey and Professor of Microbiology & Immunology at the University of Leicester. He has been a global Medical Director at GlaxoSmithKline and Senior Vice-President for R&D/Chief Medical Officer at BTG International. He is a Fellow or Member of several societies, including the Institute of Knowledge Transfer, the Royal College of Physicians and the Royal Society of Medicine.

Alan is the Chief Information Officer at Aetna International, responsible for all aspects of technology supporting the complex needs of a global, growth focussed & innovative healthcare organisation. Alan is an executive level Digital and Technology leader, successful entrepreneur and qualified Chartered Management Accountant, with a proven commercial track record of implementing at all sizes of organisations.

Alan's experience includes over 25 years in Healthcare, Banking, Capital Markets and Insurance, bringing digital innovation, vision, knowledge, drive and the ability to deliver globally across multiple businesses and support functions. He has commercially negotiated complex contracts, and has a deep knowledge of developing sophisticated architectures and platforms to satisfy business and consumer needs in international cultures and organisations, having lived and worked on four continents.

Alan holds an Honorary Professorship at the UCL Faculty of Engineering (Intelligent Systems) and has specific research interests in Digital Health, Artificial Intelligence and Entrepreneurship.