Professor Moonesinghe is Professor of Perioperative Medicine at UCL and Honorary consultant in anaesthesia, perioperative and critical care medicine at UCL Hospitals. She holds several national leadership roles including as National Clinical Director for Critical and Perioperative Care at NHS England and NHS Improvement, and Director of the Health Services Research Centre at the Royal College of Anaesthetists. She was previously a Council member of the Royal College of Anaesthetists (four years) and advisor on academic training to the National Institute for Academic Anaesthesia (seven years). Her research focuses on evaluating novel technologies and pathways, risk prediction and outcome measurement, and improvement studies focusing on perioperative and critical care. Although her research is predominantly UK based, she is also involved with projects internationally, including several in low and middle income settings. Studies which she leads have recruited more than 80,000 participants to the NIHR portfolio, and she has received grant funding from NIHR, Welcome and the Health Foundation. Her work based at UCL includes setting strategic direction for the Centre for Perioperative Medicine and the Research Dept for Targeted Intervention, and supporting her own research group which currently includes 13 doctoral students. In her role for NHS England and NHS Improvement, she has been the senior clinical advisor supporting the critical care response to COVID19, involving a broad scope of work including procurement, workforce, clinical practice guidelines, research, innovation, and quality. She continues clinical strategic leadership for critical care, and also for the perioperative / anaesthesia aspect of the recovery of elective services. She was awarded the title of Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2021 Queen’s New Year’s Honours for service to anaesthesia, perioperative and critical care.