Stephane qualified as a Doctor of Pharmacy in 1994 in Nantes (France) and moved to the UK in 1998 where he worked as a community pharmacist for 14 years. He transferred to the secondary care sector in 2009 as clinical pharmacist within a hospital providing elective procedures in major orthopaedic surgery, general surgery, gynaecology, ENT and ophthalmology specialties. Stephane developed a particular interest in anticoagulation, especially postoperative Venous Thrombosis prevention and perioperative management of antithrombotic drugs. He created a thrombosis committee for the hospital of which he is the lead and is now heavily involved in the development of national policies for VTE prophylaxis and perioperative use of antithrombotic medicines. Stephane is also a trustee for the charity Thrombosis UK (https://thrombosisuk.org/ ).