David Shewring is a Consultant Hand Surgeon appointed in Cardiff in 1994. He trained in Orthopaedic and Hand Surgery in Southampton, Cambridge, Cardiff and Oxford. He has served in numerous roles for BSSH and was BSSH president for 2018. He is currently Chairman of the Committee of Management of the Journal of Hand Surgery (European Volume) and led the successful BSSH bid to host the 2022 Joint IFSSH/IFSHT Congress in London, which will be its first time in the UK.He served on FESSH Council as Chairman of the Education and Training Committee and set up the successful FESSH Academy. Outside medicine, his interests include the cultivation of citrus, oenology and, now that he cant play anymore, watching his sons play rugby.