Maggie O’Brien has held senior midwifery leadership positions both in the UK and New Zealand, including the Director of Midwifery for Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and for Auckland District Health Board. She has had experience of culture change in both countries and believes strongly in the importance of developing compassionate cultures for women and midwives, and in providing supportive environments for student midwives, enabling them to reach their full potential.Maggie was elected President of the Royal College of Midwives from 2004 until 2008 and received an Honorary Fellowship from the RCM in 2009. Maggie’s most recent role was Senior Teaching Fellow at the University of Southampton.
Dr. Ellen Kitson-Reynolds is Deputy Head of School for Education, Principal Teaching Fellow and Principal Fellow - HEA, at the University of Southampton. Her interests link to transition from student to qualified practitioner, clinical decision making and autonomous practice, continuity of carer, Interprofessional education and bladder management.