Malcolm Hodgson is Chair of the the Progress Educational Trust (PET)'s Advisory Committee and a longstanding PET Volunteer, advising the charity on strategy, financial and accounting matters and acting as its Business Manager. Previously, he spent 30 years helping to set up and expand commercial businesses in developing countries, where he was involved in the evaluation, direction, financing and management of large-scale enterprises in a wide range of sectors including infrastructure, agriculture, forestry, property, finance, manufacturing and tourism. Upon retirement from that career, he studied Biology, Genetics and Medical Ethics and acquired an MSc from Imperial College London. He is a member of the Clinical Ethics Committee of Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, and he is particularly interest in the benefits and limits of parental autonomy in assisted conception and genetic selection.