Born on 16 March 1955 in Lingfield, United Kingdom

• Law studies, Oxford University, United Kingdom, 1974-1977
• Lawyer-linguist, Court of Justice of the European Communities, 1982-1987
• Translator with the Council of Europe, 1987-1988 and the Registry of the European Court of Human Rights, 1988-1994
• Assistant to the President of the Court, 1995-1998
• Legal and Executive Assistant to the President on the establishment of the single Court, 1998-2000
• Head of the Private Office of the President, 2000-2003
• Head of External Relations and Communication of the Court, Deputy to the Registrar, 2003-2006
• Section Registrar, 2006
• Director of Common Services of the Court, 2006-2015
• Deputy Registrar ad interim from 8 July to 30 November 2015
• Registrar of the European Court of Human Rights from 1 December 2015 to 30 November 2020.