Professor Fiona Ross CBE is Professor Emerita in Health and Social Care at Kingston University, a governor of Westminster University and a former member of the REF2021 Equality and Diversity Advisory Panel. She has a background in community nursing and social policy and has worked in leadership positions at King’s College London, St George’s, University of London, as Dean at Kingston University and a Director of Research at the Leadership Foundation for Higher Education (now Advance HE). She has had executive roles leading equalities, commissioning research and delivering health and social care improvement across sectors. Fiona is also experienced in governance having had Board positions in the NHS, charities and universities. The fifth edition of her textbook “Nursing Older People” was published by Elsevier in May 2023.