Dr Phil Warner has worked with the biotechnology, medical diagnostics and clinical sectors for over 30 years, managing sponsored industrial research and also acting as supervisor for doctoral and master's student research as well as teaching at a postgraduate level. He held a Chair in Industrial Molecular Biology and has been the Director of the Institute of BioScience and Technology, both at Cranfield University. He continues to work for Cranfield on delivery and development of Executive Courses in the Regulatory Affairs and Quality Management arena.