Richard Anderson is Professor of Clinical Reproductive Science, University of Edinburgh and works clinically in Infertility and Reproductive Endocrinology. He has interests in both female and male fertility, with a major aspect of this being fertility preservation and the effects of cancer treatments on fertility. He was Chair of the ESHRE Guideline group on Fertility Preservation in women, and a contributor to the ESMO guideline on fertility preservation, both published in 2000. He is a member of the ESHRE Executive Committee and the HFEA Scientific and Clinical Advances Advisory Committee.