Professor W. Huw Williams gained his PhD and then Doctorate in Clinical Psychology from the University of Wales, Bangor, Wales. He is doubly qualified in Clinical Psychology – as a Clinical Psychologist and a Clinical Neuropsychologist. He started his clinical career in London as a Clinical Psychologist in various services (Stroke, Neuro-rehabilitation, Neuro-Disability, and Primary Care). He was then on the founding staff team of the Oliver Zangwill Centre (OZC) for Neuropsychological Rehabilitation and a Visiting Scientist at the Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit in Cambridge. With his colleague Prof Jonathan Evans, he pioneered work in Neuropsychological Rehabilitation – particularly in the assessment and treatment of PTSD in TBI. He took up a Lectureship at the University of Exeter in 2000, progressing to Associate Professor (by 2007) then Full Professor. He has served as Secretary and then Chair of the Division of Neuropsychology (DoN) of the British Psychological Society. He has been an advisor to several national bodies in Healthcare and Policy (e.g. NICE/Ministry of Justice/ Dept for Work and Pensions) and international agencies and groups (e.g., UN Office for Drugs and Crime/ UN Global Study of Children Deprived of Liberty). He has given evidence, based on his group’s research, to Parliamentary bodies, including the Justice Committee of the UK & NI Parliament and the Justice Committee of the Scottish Parliament. He has appeared regularly in Hansard and has been cited by leading MPs in debates in the House of Commons on Traumatic Brain Injury. Particularly related to crime, and to the need to reform social, educational and health care systems to provide better support for vulnerable children and young people. His advice has led to changes in National policy and practice in UK and globally. Including his groups’ influence on the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child by adding commentaries on the importance of accounting for neurodisability as a factor to address to reduce criminalisation of children at risk. He has made many Radio and TV appearances – including on the flagship news programme “Today” on BBC Radio 4, and has frequently had his research reported in major news outlets, such as in The Economist - in a special report on Brain Trauma and Crime. In 2019 he was awarded a Fellowship of the BPS and the Barbara Wilson Award for Lifetime Achievement in Clinical Neuropsychology. In 2024 he was made a Fellow of the Salzburg Academy in Justice for reducing violence towards children and young people. In 2022 he took on the role of Associate Pro Vice Chancellor for Global Engagement, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences. He leads the activity of the faculty in development of Research Partnerships worldwide. He has published over 100 academic papers, and gained multiple grants form ESRC, MRC and other bodies.