Andrew Dillon graduated from the University of Manchester in 1975. He held several senior management positions in the UK National Health Service, including General Manager of the Royal Free Hospital and Chief Executive of St George’s Hospital, both academic health centres in London. He was the founding Chief Executive of NICE, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence in England from 1999 to 2020. He is now a visiting professor at the Institute of Global Health Innovation, Imperial College, London and works as an independent consultant.