I am not only a Graphic Designer but also a qualified doctor, working in the NHS. I have years of clinical experience working with people, both patients and colleagues, and a wealth of leadership experience in clinical, managerial and strategic healthcare roles.

I am also very experienced as an educator at a prestigious UK university, as a teacher and lecturer in medicine and student wellbeing, as well as having a lead role in delivering clinical placements for medical students throughout all years of a medical degree.

However, there was a time earlier in my adult life when I might have taken a completely different path into Graphic Design, having studied Design at A-Level and college. For reasons to complex to go into here, I eventually chose medicine.

During my medical career I kept my creative side alive with set design for university plays, logo and leaflet design for medical school events, book cover design for a yearbook, countless clinical presentations, and even more hand-drawn diagrams for patients.

In my educator role I was often gently mocked for the amount of time I put into the appearance of my presentations. Changing fonts, endlessly fiddling with the positioning of titles and text, and careful use of colours and images.

However, in recent years, as I progressed through my career into leadership roles, there was less and less space for creativity as it was replaced by admin and management tasks. Then, a number of events interrupted my mapped out career plan and caused me to re-evaluate my priorities. I began to understand the importance to me of creativity and decided to place it back at the centre of my life. I have spent the past few years re-organising my working life and re-training myself with creative skills.

It’s an often said cliche that medicine is an art and not a science. There is some truth in this. The art of understanding people, being curious, and wanting to know more about someone in order to find the best way to help them, has always been at the core of my medical practice.

This also forms the basis of my design practice. I believe that my unique blend of skills and experience bring a distinctive perspective to every project, combining precision, creativity and a deep understanding of people, to provide truly tailor-made and distinctive designs.

Having made such a significant change in my own career, I am also passionate about helping others to achieve their goals.