Joanne Flitcroft is a qualified solicitor with over 22 years’ experience. She trained in the City of London and later specialised in pharmacovigilance as part of a FTSE 100 pharmaceutical company’s global legal team. Joanne founded Opallios in 2016, a legal consultancy providing advice to companies operating in the life sciences sector. Her clients include pharmaceutical companies, CROs and health communications companies. Joanne is a Non-Executive Director on the Board of the British Society of Gastroenterology, a Governor on the Board of Edge Hill University and a school governor. She has travelled across West Africa in a Ford Fiesta and besides travel, enjoys spending her spare time pursuing her interest in the classics.