Bob Bingham is a paediatric anaesthetist at Great Ormond Street Hospital with a particular interest in anaesthesia for cardiac and craniofacial surgery. Along with colleagues, he started the Paediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) course in the UK and directed the 1st PALS and the 1st Emergency Paediatric Life Support (EPLS) courses in the country. Bob was Chairman of RC (UK) from 2000 - 2003 and Chair of the Paediatric Subcommittee from 2006 - 2015.