Lately chairman of the psychogeriatricians in the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists, John Snowdon, trained at St Thomas's and the Maudsley. He is Director of Psychogeriatrics for Central Sydney and Associate Clinical Professor at Sydney University. Professor Snowdon has worked in Australia for the past quarter of a century, playing a key part there in the development of psychiatric services for older people, and he writes widely on clinical and service research and policy. He is a frequent visitor to the UK.