Dr Colin McArthur is a senior intensive care specialist in the Department of Critical Care Medicine, Auckland City Hospital.  Graduating from Auckland University, he trained in both anaesthesia and intensive care medicine in New Zealand, the UK and Hong Kong. He is the immediate past Chair of the Australia and New Zealand Intensive Care Society (ANZICS) Clinical Trials Group with over 25 years’ experience in investigator-led large-scale multicentre intensive care trials. In addition to being an active clinical trialist, Dr. McArthur also leads research governance for New Zealand’s largest clinical research facility at Auckland City Hospital, and holds honorary/adjunct appointments at Auckland University and Monash University, Melbourne.