Professor Maud Lemoine is a Professor of Hepatology and head of the Digestive Disease Division. She is a consultant in Hepatology. She completed her medical degree in Hepato-gastroenterology from Paris University. She holds a PhD on the physiopathology of metabolic liver disease and has been working as a consultant for more than 10 years. Her clinical interests and research expertise are in viral hepatitis and metabolic liver disease. She is the chief investigator of numerous studies in this field and has been leading a research program on viral hepatitis and chronic liver disease in Africa. Her research is regularly used to inform the World Health Organisation (WHO) hepatitis B guidelines and other health policy agencies. She is a member of the WHO and European guideline development group for the management of hepatitis B and leads the hepatitis B clinical services. She has published extensively in world-class peer-reviewed journals, and her work is known internationally. She speaks French (mother tongue), English (fluently), and German (basic).