Professor Bill Fawcett is a Consultant in Anaesthesia and Pain Medicine, Royal Surrey County Hospital Guildford, UK. and is currently Vice President of The Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland.

A major area of research interest has been the use of regional anaesthesia in patients undergoing liver and colorectal resections as well as respiratory physiology, and reversal of neuromuscular blockade, producing nearly 200 publications. He is an Editor for BJA Education, a National Assessor and chapter writer for The Confidential Enquiries into Maternal Mortality (MBBRACE-UK). Closely involved with ERAS® Society, he has held appointments at The Department of Health, UK and latterly as Executive Committee member and a website editor for the ERAS® Society. He is currently Vice President of The Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland, and their Featherstone Professor.