Lawrence Tallon is the Chief Executive of the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA). He was previously Deputy Chief Executive at Guys and St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust, where he led the Trusts approach to strategy, technology, innovation and improvement. He has extensive experience across the healthcare sector in strategy and leadership roles, including within the Department of Health and Social Care alongside ministers and NHS leaders.Lawrence is committed to patient safety and healthcare innovation, as well as life sciences and risk-proportionate regulation.