Name:
Sir Kent Woods MD HonFBPhS
Organisation:
University of Leicester
Year elected:
2015
Primary professional setting:
Academia
Sir Kent Woods was the Director of the NHS Health Technology Assessment Programme 1999-2003, Chief Executive of the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) 2004-2013 and Chairman of the Management Board of the European Medicines Agency 2011-2015. He is senior medical Trustee and vice-chairman of the Board of Trustees of the British Heart Foundation. A graduate of Cambridge and of Harvard School of Public Health, he was a consultant physician in cardiovascular medicine 1984-2003 and is Emeritus Professor of Therapeutics at Leicester University. He is a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences and was knighted for services to healthcare in 2011.