Dr. Tony Edge is President of the UK Chromatography Society, supporting the next generation of scientists to develop their skills. Prior to this he was a business analyst at TetraScience, helping scientists liberate, unify and transform raw data into more-than-FAIR, AI-native data, bringing AI-native data to life in a rapidly growing suite of next-generation lab data management solutions, scientific use cases and AI-based scientific outcomes. He has also worked as the R&D Manager at Avantor, heading a team of specialist scientists in developing next-generation stationary phases for HPLC. He has worked in both manufacturing and industry, having periods of employment at LGC and AstraZeneca as well as Thermo Fisher Scientific and latterly Agilent Technologies. In 2008, he was fortunate enough to be awarded the Desty Memorial Lecture for his contributions to innovating separation science, and in the same year also won a clinical excellence award from AstraZeneca. He is also a member of the permanent scientific committee for the International Symposium on Chromatography.