1. Visiting professor in the Department of Mathematics, Aston University, Birmingham, and a member of the editorial board of Significance . His latest book is Chancing It: The Laws of Chance and How They Can Work for You
2. Executive director of the American Statistical Association
3. Chair of the Winton Centre for Risk and Evidence Communication at the University of Cambridge. He is currently president of the Royal Statistical Society, although this article is written in his personal capacity