Our advisory board

Our specialist advisory board plays a key role in informing and advising the information we provide to our customers.

Mr Peter Bowen-Simpkins, Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist FRCOG, MA, MBBS, LRCP, MRCS, MFFP.  Chairman of Advisory Board.

Nicola Richards is a partner in city law firm Macfarlanes. She has three small children and used Smart Cells International's services for the birth of her youngest child in 2007.

Janice Rymer is Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Guys and St Thomas' Hospital at King's college School of Medicine.  Her areas of special interest are ovarian failure, minimal access surgery and medical education.

Mrs Karen Madgwick, DMLM, CSci, FIBMS is a Biomedical Scientist specialising in Transfusion Science. As part of her current role she works closely with thalassaemia and sickle cell transfusion dependant patients.

Dame Lorna Muirhead has spent nearly 40 years in clinical practice working as a midwife. In 1997, Dame Lorna became President of the Royal College of Midwives. She served two terms of office demitting in 2004, having spent 8 years representing midwives in the UK and Internationally.