Natasha Kaplinsky OBE
Chair of Judges Natasha Kaplinsky OBE Broadcast Journalist, Save the Children Ambassador and Co-founder of Mum & You
Professor Jacqueline Dunkley-Bent OBE
Professor Jacqueline Dunkley-Bent OBE Chief Midwifery Officer for England National Maternity Safety Champion for the Department of Health Jacqueline has vast experience in healthcare provision. She has worked as a midwife and a nurse and held senior positions in clinical practice, education, leadership and management including: Director of Midwifery and Nursing positions for Womens and…
David Hutchon
David JR Hutchon BSc(Med Sci), MB, ChB, FRCOG As a Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist at the Darlington Memorial Hospital for 28 years, David Hutchon started investigating the circulation and respiration at birth and the effect of early cord clamping in 2003. He has since published and lectured extensively on the subject and co-operating with UK…
Louise Page
Louise Page Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist Obstetric Lead for Mental Health Chelsea & Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust – West Middlesex site Louise is a Consultant Obstetrician & Gynaecologist at West Middlesex Hospital, Chelsea & Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. She trained at St Mary’s Hospital Medical School, London and specialised during her early postgraduate…
Professor Soo Downe OBE
Professor Soo Downe OBE Professor in Midwifery Studies UCLAN Soo’s research is encompassed by four distinct programmes of work, namely: Intrapartum phenomenon and techniques, with specific attention to physiological processes and consequent outcomes Midwifery expertise and practice Place and mode of birth, and associated interprofessional issues Service user engagement. Soo is research active within the…
Petra ten Hoope-Bender
Petra ten Hoope-Bender Technical Adviser, Sexual & Reproductive Health United Nations Population Fund Petra ten Hoope-Bender has been a midwife since 1985 and was an advocate and a member of the board of the Dutch organization of midwives since the early 90’s. She is the Director of Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn and Child Health at ICS…
Dr Neel Shah
Dr Neel Shah, MD, MPP Assistant Professor of Obstetrics, Gynaecology, and Reproductive Biology Harvard Medical School; Director, Delivery Decisions Initiative, Ariadne Labs Dr Neel Shah, MD, MPP, FACOG, is an Assistant Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology at Harvard Medical School, and Director of the Delivery Decisions Initiative at Harvard’s Ariadne Labs. As an…
Ms Elizabeth Iro
Ms Elizabeth Iro Chief Nursing Officer World Health Organisation (WHO) Mrs Elizabeth Iro is the World Health Organisation Chief Nursing Officer. She commenced in this role in January 2018 and is a member of the WHO Headquarters leadership team. Mrs Iro is from the Cook Islands, she has served as the country’s Secretary of Health…
Baroness Julia Cumberlege CBE
Baroness Julia Cumberlege CBE Co-chair of the APHG Baroness Cumberlege is a Conservative Peer. Baroness Julia Cumberlege CBE parliamentary Secretary of State for Health 1992 – 97. Past Chair of East Sussex Social Services, Brighton Health Authority, SW Thames Region, St George’s Medical School and Mentor NHS Supervisory Board. She Chaired the government review of…
Franka Cadée
Franka Cadée President International Confederation of Midwives (ICM) Franka Cadée is an expert on Midwifery and advisor on international maternal health, with over 30 years of strategy and policy developments, advocacy, leadership, project management and partnership. She is the current International Confederation of Midwives (ICM) President. Franka is known to many for her research work…
