Nicola Bedlington was first Executive Director of the European Patients’ Forum (EUPATI), which she continues to serve as its Secretary General, and is co-founder of Patients Access Partnership (PACT). She previously provided leadership to the Swiss government’s Environment and Schools Initiatives (ENSI) Secretariat, an international government-based network established by the international Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development network in the field of Education for Sustainable Development. She also served the European Commission as an external expert in its NGO unit on disability policy, and was the Founding Director of the European Disability Forum. Nicola studied business and human resource management in the UK and France.