Professor Deborah Bowman, MBE

Deboarah was appointed as a non-executive directors in January 2019.

A leading academic and author, Professor Bowman is currently Deputy Principal (Institutional Affairs) and Professor of Bioethics, Clinical Ethics and Medical Law at St. George's University of London. She has written widely about medical ethics in both academic and popular publications, including the British Medical Journal, Medical Humanities, Medical Education and The Conversation. She also works as a radio broadcaster, including as a presenter of Test Case and the forthcoming Patient Undone and as a regular panellist and programme consultant to Inside the Ethics Committee, all for BBC Radio 4.

In 2017 Professor Bowman was awarded an MBE for services to medical ethics and she is currently chairing the General Medical Council’s review of its consent guidance.