• Professor Richard Russell is Paediatric Gastroenterologist working in the Royal Hospital for Children and Young People in Edinburgh. • He is the clinical lead of PGHAN services in the east of Scotland. • He is current chair of the ESPGHAN “Porto” IBD group • PhD for an investigation into the genetic determinants of PIBD in children in 2008. • He has published around 180 research papers the vast majority in PIBD including all major GI journals which include previous and forthcoming ECCO/ESPGHAN PIBD guidelines. • He is an active clinical researcher in PIBD with a strong interest especially in dietary treatment of Crohn’s disease.