Geoff Lindsay practised as an educational psychologist, was director of the Centre for Educational Development and Research and the first chair of the Humanities and Social Sciences Research Ethics Committee at the University of Warwick. He is now Emeritus Professor in Warwick's new School of Education, Learning and Communication Sciences. Geoff has been president of the British Psychological Society (BPS) and also served on its Professional Conduct Board, Ethics Committee, and as chair of the Investigatory Committee for ethics complaints. Geoff led the BPS initiative to achieve statutory Regulation of all practitioner psychologists in the UK.