Dame Anne Marie is Professor of Health & Nursing Policy, former Dean of the Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery & Palliative Care, King’s College, London and Past President of the Royal College of Nursing. She holds degrees from Edinburgh University (BSc Soc Sci Nursing Studies); Nottingham University (MPhil Surgery) and was the first nurse to graduate with a doctorate from Oxford University (DPhil Modern History). She is a historian, health, workforce, policy researcher & expert. She was the first nurse to win a prestigious Harkness Fellowship in Health Policy (University of Pennsylvania). She served on the Prime Minister’s Commission on the Future of Nursing and Midwifery, 2009-10 and been recipient of various awards; Nursing Times Leadership Award (2014); Health Services Journal Top 100 Clinical Leaders Award in 2015; 2017 nominated as one of 70 most influential nurses in the 70 years of the National Health Service. She co-led a Student Commission on the Future of the NHS supported by NHS England and was a member of the Parliamentary Review of Health and Social Care in Wales, 2018. She was a member of The Times (newspaper) Health Commission (2023-4) and is a regular commentator in the media. She is an Associate Fellow of the health think tank The Nuffield Trust & Green Templeton College, Oxford. She holds Fellowships from the Royal College of Nursing (FRCN), American Academy of Nursing (FAAN) was elected Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences 2019 Member of the Academia Europaea 2020 and National Academy of Science & Medicine in the US in 2021. She was awarded a Dame Commander of the British Empire (DBE) from Her Majesty the Queen for services to nursing in 2020