Tony Sumner is a physics graduate with a PgD in astronomy and astronautics and twenty years' experience in the computer industry where he has been involved in software development, quality assurance and testing, and project management as well as the development and delivery of support systems and technical training programmes. Tony sits on the Cambridgeshire Community Services Patient Focus Committee. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society in 1989 and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and Commerce in 2008.