Speaker Bio: Simon has been a research manager and administrator for over 30 years, now an independent research consultant he previously led the research office at the Universities of Kent and Sunderland. He has been a panel advisor and secretary for RAE2008, REF2014, and REF2021 and has read more impact case studies then he has had hot dinners. He has delivered training and development, and consultancy on research impact and research management more generally at many UK universities and a few overseas too. Simon is a past chair of ARMA and past board member of EARMA and still has a passion for research management and administration (RMA) as a profession and indeed as a research area. He leads the INORMS (International Network of Research Management Societies) RAAAP (Research Administration as a Profession) Task Force that is collecting longitudinal data about the profession - https://sites.google.com/view/raaap. The RAAAP results play a major role in The Emerald Handbook of Research Management and Administration Around the World (2023) open access book that he was one of the lead editors for. He is also a member of the NISO CRediT (Contributor Role Taxonomy) standing committee and is a HiddenREF committee member. Simon is managing editor of the Journal of Research Management and Administration (JoRMA).